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The following is a bibliography of the Sierra Nevada of California, United States, including books on recreation, natural history, and human history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] View of Banner Peak and Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness
The mountain was named for Robert Morrison, a merchant in the town of Benton, who was killed near Convict Lake on September 23, 1871, while he was acting as member of a posse pursuing escaped convicts from the Nevada State Penitentiary. [6] Nearby is Mono Jim Peak which is named for Mono Jim, a Paiute guide, who died in the same gun fight. [7]
I, March 1871. "Active Glaciers Within the United States," The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 27, no. 161, March 1871. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1872 (much of it previously published as articles in the Atlantic Monthly) "John Hay," Scribner's Monthly, v. 7, no. 6, Apr. 1874.
King, Clarence (1871). Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-585-27432-0. In Chapter 3 of the free online version of this book, King gives an account of the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.
Sierra Nevada Big Trees: History of the Exhibitions, 1850-1903: Los Angeles, California: Dawson's Book Shop. Lowe, Gary D. (2004). The Big Tree Exhibits of 1870-1871 and the Roots of the Giant Sequoia Preservation Movement. Livermore, California: Lowebros Publishing.
Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (1965). History of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01551-7. King, Clarence (1871). Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-585-27432-0; Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979
Sierra Nevada Big Trees: History of the Exhibitions, 1850-1903: Los Angeles, California: Dawson's Book Shop. Lowe, Gary D. (2004). The Big Tree Exhibits of 1870-1871 and the Roots of the Giant Sequoia Preservation Movement. Livermore, California: Lowebros Publishing.
Convict Lake (Mono: Wit-sa-nap) is a lake located in Mono County, California, United States, situated in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada.It is known for its turquoise-blue water, the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround it, the trout fishing it affords, and its unusual history.