Place-Hospital Rock-2,743' (Giant Forest) (36.5213340, -118.7712089)
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A huge boulder, sixty feet long and twenty feet thick, overhanging in such a
way as to form a spacious room; used by the Potwisha Indians for gatherings,
ceremonials, and for shelter for the sick and for new-born babies.
In 1860, Hale D. Tharp and John Swanson stayed here for three days
while the Indians healed Swanson’s injured leg. In 1873 Alfred Everton was
accidentally shot in a bear-trap that he had himself set. George Cahoon carried
Everton to the rock, where he left him while he went for assistance. From this
incident Hale Tharp gave it the name Hospital Rock. In 1893 James Wolverton
lay here during his last illness. (Walter Fry, in
Sequoia National Park Nature Guide Bulletin,
No. 5, February 17, 1925.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
Named by Hale THarp in 1873. Alfred Everton was accidentally shot while in a bear trap. He was sheltered here under the overhanging rock. One of the finest and most accesible Indian paintings. There is another set of paintings is close to the Potwisha Campground. Origin and meaningsa are unknown. From Oak to Pine to Timberline by Helen and Forest Clingman
Trips:
- May 30, 2018 - Meetup group traveling along the General's Highway, looking for adventure, a regular smorgasbord of trips.
- Sierra Nevada GeoTourism blog
- Wikipedia
- Last adventurer blog-good explanation of petroglyphs and pictographs
- Michael Fuller of St Louis Community College web site. Shows many good pictures of the pictographss. Also has a professor from CSU, Fresno, John Pryor leading the tour.
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