Mount Winchell-13,786' (North Palisade) (37.1045961, -118.5261656)
Winchell Bay (Cove)-564' (Millerton Lake West) (37.0010608, -119.6604202)
Winchell Creek-610' (Friant) (36.9971719, -119.6498641)
Winchell Cove Cemetary-909' (Friant) (36.9941165, -119.6434748)
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Description:
Mount Winchell: Alexander Winchell (1824-1890; professor of physics and later of geology, University of Michigan, 1853-1872; at Syracuse University, 1872-1877, as chancellor and professor of geology; returned to Michigan University, 1879; state geologist of Michigan, 1859-1862, 1869-1871.
In 1868, Elisha Cotton Winchell, of Millerton, gave the name Mount Winchell, in honor of his cousin Alexander, to the point now known as Lookout Point, overlooking Kings River CaƱon. (Daily Morning Call, San Francisco, September 11, 1872.—S.C.B., 1926, XII:3, p. 245.) Unaware of prior use of the name by his father, Lilbourne Alsip Winchell gave it in 1879 to a peak south of the Palisades. (L. A. Winchell, in letter to T. S. Solomons, 1896.) The name was transposed by the U.S.G.S. to one of the peaks north of the North Palisade.
First ascent by Harvey C. Mansfield, John M. Newell, Windsor B. Putnam, June 10, 1923. (S.C.B., 1924, XII:1, pp. 90-91.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
Winchell Cove Cemetery: The Winchell Cove Cemetery contains some of the oldest burials in Fresno County. Soldiers that passed away at nearby Fort Miller were buried at the fort as early as 1852 and were removed to Winchell Cove when Friant Dam was completed in 1941. Burial mounds are visible, but only one headstone remains, that of Francis Steddum. An Eagle Scout project researched and plotted out the over 80 plots, most of which are unidentified. The cemetery is located at Winchell Cove Marina on Millerton Lake above Friant, California. The cemetery is barely noticeable from the marina itself, and can be accessed by a one lane dirt road that dead-ends below it, and by a hiking and equestrian trail that is not very well maintained. The cemetery is fenced in and locked. There is no access to the cemetery itself, but you can walk around the fenced area. From Find a Grave
Also from Find a Grave. There are about 20 named occupants out of the 80 mounds. Only one of the original headstones. Most of the graves are in the 1850-1870's range. But there are two in the 1900, include 1951.
From GNIS:
- Mount Winchell: Located on the Fresno-Inyo county line, this peak, (13,749 ft. elev) was named for Alexander Winchell, ( 1824-1891), eminent American geologist. The name was first applied in 1868 by Elisha Cotton Winchell of Millerton, Calif., a cousin, to Lookout Point, on the Kings River. In 1879, Lilbourm Alsip Winchell, the son of Elisha, unaware of prior usage, bestowed the name on a peak south of the Palisades. Finally, the US Geeological Survey moved·the name again . to the eminence that now bears it .... "
- Winchell Creek: Flows for 3 miles into Millerton Lake.
Trips:
- January 10, 2018 - Day hike on South Shore Trail
- January 15, 2018 - Day hike with meetup group on South Shore Trail. Sherri went to the cemetary
- February 10, 2018 - Meetup training hike for California Classic Half Marathon
- January 15, 2020 - Sherri and Gary on the South Shore Trail
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