Mt Conness-12,569' (Tioga Pass) (37.9670530, -119.3213951)
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Conness Lakes-10,679' (Tioga Pass) (37.9747498, -119.3056774)
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Conness Glacier-11,548' (Tioga Pass) (37.9702013, -119.3184905)
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Conness Creek-7,880' (Tioga Pass) (37.9638123, -119.3387691)
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From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
John Conness (1821-1909); native of Ireland; came to United States, 1836; member California legislature, 1853-1854, 1860-1861; United States Senator from California, 1863-1869; resided in Massachusetts from 1869 until his death in 1909.
“Mount Conness bears the name of a distinguished citizen of California, now a United States Senator, who deserves more than any other person, the credit of carrying the bill, organizing the Geological Survey of California, through the Legislature.” (Whitney: Yosemite Guide Book, 1870, p. 100.)
“I recognized the old familiar summit . . . and that firm peak with titan strength and brow so square and solid, it seems altogether natural we should have named it for California’s statesman, John Conness.” (King: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, 1872, p. 267.)
The members of the Whitney Survey were naturally appreciative of Senator Conness for helping their cause. Excepting for this mountain, however, his name has almost faded from history along with the names of other party politicians.
First ascent by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner, 1864. (Whitney: Yosemite Guide Book, 1870, p. 103.) Occupied as a survey station by Lieutenant M. M. Macomb and party, of the Wheeler Survey, September 25, 1878. (S.C.B., 1918, X:3, plate CCXIX.) Occupied by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1879, 1887, and 1890. (George Davidson: The Occupation of Mount Conness, in Overland Monthly, February, 1892, p. 116.)
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- Mt Conness
- Named for John Conness, Senator from California in 1863-1869.
- In Yosemite National Park, 1.6 km (1 mi) east of Roosevelt Lake and 1.6 km (1 mi) southwest of Conness Lakes at Conness Glacier.In Yosemite National Park, 1.6 km (1 mi) east of Roosevelt Lake and 1.6 km (1 mi) southwest of Conness Lakes at Conness Glacier.
- Conness Creek
- In Yosemite National Park, heads at Roosevelt Lake, flows southwest to the Tuolumne River at the southeast corner of Glen Aulin.
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