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The Sierra Nevada lies primarily in Central and Eastern California, with the Carson Range, a small but historically important spur, extending into Nevada. West-to-east, the Sierra Nevada's elevation increases gradually from 500 feet (150 m) in the Central Valley [ 18 ] to more than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) atop the highest peaks of its crest 50 to ...
History of the Sierra Nevada — a major mountain range in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories ...
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was established in 1979 by homebrewers Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi in Chico, California, United States. [1] The brewery produced 786,000 US bbl (922,000 hl) in 2010, [2] and as of 2016, Sierra Nevada Brewing is the seventh-largest brewing company in the United States and is the third largest privately owned brewery in the United States.
Logging in the Sierra Nevada arose from the desire for economic growth throughout California. The California Gold Rush created a high demand for timber in housing construction, mining procedures, and building railroads. In the early days, harvesting of forests were unregulated and within the first 20 years after the gold rush, a third of the ...
President Benjamin Harrison creates Sierra Forest Reserve. [2] 1897 Sheepmen resist grazing control and reserves repeal. [2]: 167 1898 Sierra reserves hire first 60 rangers. Gifford Pinchot named chief of United States Division of Forestry. [2]: 167 1899 The first timber sale in a California National Forest. [3]
The Plains and Sierra Miwok traditionally lived in the western Sierra Nevada between the Fresno River and Cosumnes River, in the eastern Central Valley of California.As well as in the northern Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta region at the confluences of the Cosumnes River, Mokelumne River, and Sacramento River.
The spring of 1845 saw the first covered wagons surmount the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They left this valley, ascended to the ridge, and turned westward to old Emigrant Gap. The wagons were lowered by ropes to the floor of Bear Valley. Hundreds followed before, during, and after the gold rush. This was a hazardous portion of the overland ...
His best known book is History of the Sierra Nevada (1965), which is still in print. In addition to serving as Sierra Club president, he was president of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (1942–43), California Academy of Sciences (1950-53), and the California Historical Society (1960–62).