Carroll Creek Pack Station 1

LET CHRYSLER AND COOK PACK YOU TO THE PLACE OF YOUR CHOICE IN THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH SIERRA RECREATIONAL REGION

The Kern River ...

The headwaters of the Kern River, the portion which constitutes the "last frontier" for fishermen and nature lovers, is reached by trail over Whitney Pass, or by one of the southerly passes; namely, Army Pass, Mulkey Pass or Cottonwood Pass. In this huge drainage basin are found every variety of trout, at altitudes ranging from 6500 to 12,800 feet. .

Whether a person fishes a stream or whips a fly in a lake, is all a matter of choice. There are many scenic attractions in this, the high country of Sequoia National Park. The "Grand Canyon" of the Kern is one of the seldom heard of wonders of the west, with towering cliffs reaching a maximum height of 3000 feet, fencing the Kern for thirty miles. Chagoopa Falls, Big Arroyo, Golden Trout Falls, the Post Pile, Natural Bridge, are some of the attractions associated with this wilderness region.

Easy to Reach ...

It is easy to reach Chrysler and Cook pack stations, located near Lone Pine, California. The new, high-speed, all-paved highway, U.S. 395, brings one from Los Angeles on the south or Reno from the north to Lone Pine in only a few hours of easy driving along a scenic thoroughfare. This route is known as the Three Flags Highway and is open the year-round.

Airplane Services

To the highest Airport
in the northern hemisphere

THROUGH COOPERATION, Sierra Air ways offers those of our patrons who wish to save time, fast transportation by air, thirty minutes from Lone Pine to our new camp, located in the heart of the Sierra at Tunnel landing field. Tunnel field is the highest airport in the northern hemisphere-elevation, 9,200 feet.

Here we furnish good meals and comfortable sleeping accommodations. There are also available saddle horses, pack animals and a guide service for those wishing to visit Rocky Basin lakes, Rock Creek, Kern River, Golden Trout creek and numerous other points of interest?all easily reached within a short horse back ride from this centrally located camp.

Excellent stream fishing for golden trout may be had a short distance from camp and a comfortable horse back ride takes you to some of the best lake and stream fishing in the West. Beautiful scenery predominates and, in season, the deer hunter will find this to be a well chosen spot.

FROM LONE PINE

For those wishing to fly in from Lone Pine, Sierra Airways with planes piloted by Lloyd Downs, will bring passengers to the Tunnel field.

FROM BAKERSFIELD

McGorkle Flying Service and Meadows Flying Service, both of Bakersfield, will provide regular transportation between Kern Co. Airport, Bakersfield, and our high, mountain airport.

--- Free Auto Storage ---

Free auto storage is provided for our patrons, either at Carroll Creek or Hunters Flat pack stations.

--- Information ---

For information about Chrysler and Cook Pack Trains and the Outpost Camp, write us direct at Lone Pine -- telephone either of our Los Angeles offices at TRinity 1544 or the Sierra Packers' Booking Bureau, PRospect 1665 at 1224 South Grand Avenue

SPORTSMENS'

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Nature Lovers' Paradise

In the Home of the Golden Trout

SHORTEST -- MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO MT. WHITNEY

MT. WHITNEY--HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES

CHRYSLER and COOK

MT. WHITNEY PACK TRAINS
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OUTPOST CAMP
P. O. ADDRESS - - - LONE PINE, CALIFORNIA

For Reservations or Information

Write Us Direct
Or phone our Los Angeles offices at
TRinity 1544 or Sierra Packers' Booking
Bureau, 1224 So. Grand Ave. phone
PRospect 1665

Carroll Creek Pack Station

Located ten miles
southwest of Lone Pine

HERE ONE OF our large pack outfits is stationed, ready at all times to transport you over safe, scenic, trails into the heart of this great country of recreation and relaxation.
Carroll creek is the ideal starting point for fishing and hunting trips into the back country.

--- Golden Trout Camp ---

A short ride of 3 and one-half hours takes you to Golden Trout Camp, located on Cottonwood Creek at an elevation of 10,000 feet. Excellent meals and comfortable beds are furnished at reasonable prices here, as well as fully equipped housekeeping cabins for those who prefer them.
Two miles above Golden Trout Camp are the 10 Cottonwood Lakes noted for their excellent Golden Trout fishing.

--- Over Army Pass ---

From here the trail continues over Army Pass and down the west slope to Rock creek lakes. From Rock Creek lakes the trail winds down Rock Creek, taking you in and out of deep, luxuriant meadows, dotted with innumerable wild flowers, and thru the cool fragrance of stately pine forests. The trail hugs the creek and from his saddle the vacationist may observe the glistening bodies of the sturdy Golden Trout swimming about in the pools.
About four miles from the lakes, down Rock Creek, the trail branches or forks. One trail goes to Mt. Whitney and then joins the famous Muir Trail, leading to the headwaters of the Kern and on to Yosemite. The other trail, turning south, leads over Siberian pass into the Golden Trout Creek and the Kern River country.

--- Over Mulkey Pass ---

Lone Pine area of the High Sierra is also a favored hunting ground. For the deer hunter there are Red Rock and Cold Meadows, Mulkey, Ramshaw and Potholes areas, and Little Whitney and Templeton Meadows. All of these districts are well populated with Black Tail deer. In addition, several other nearby areas are well known to hunters. Bear are numerous in the late fall.
The trail over Mulkey Pass is the shortest, most direct route which may be taken to reach this famous hunting area, although it may also be reached over Cottonwood Pass.

Deborah Cook of Jackson, CA writes.

Ray,

I was real pleased to run across your website and see that you have a brochure and pictures of Chrysler & Cook. I am the niece of Ted Cook who owned the pack train. He had no children of his own and so his biography is left for me to compile for our family history. My father, Fred Cook, was his brother. My father was 51 when I was born, and now myself, just under 50, I find that I am fortunate to have heard the stories of the early Owens Valley first hand from those who lived them.

I have some photos of Ted and his wife Margaret at the Carroll Creek station, some taken on a hunting trip up Mt. Whitney, my father on horseback in the Alabama hills, etc, and am putting together more info. My father, born in 1902, was the youngest of the Cook boys. He worked with uncle Ted for a while and was also a packing partner of Leakey Olivas and Fred Burkhart. I noticed that the article by Livermore mentions all of these names.

I have been over in your neck of the woods several times this and last year. I am an archaeologist and was over to Fish Springs doing work at the Buckeye Mine that was covered up with dirt this last spring from Cal Trans widening the road. I was back again last October for the Lone Pine film festival. What a grand time. I took time to ride with another packer out of McGee Creek. He had stock brought down for the festival so we took a ride in the Alabamas. I was pleased that he was there. I didn't want to trailer my own horse over for riding as it is a 7 hour drive over the mountains and my mustang does not take quietly to a long trailer ride. I live over on the west side in the hills near Jackson, CA.

I want to thank you for helping keep the history of Chrysler and Cook and the other pack trains alive.

Deborah Cook (Jackson, CA - Oct 2002)

Chrysler & Cook

This partially destroyed 1937 packing permit with Frank Chrysler's signiture is all that I was able to salvage from the Frank's burned out home at Carroll Creek circa 1969. This house once contained all of the records from the early years of Mt. Whitney Pack Trains when it was under the ownership of Frank Chrysler and Ted Cook. It was a sad event when the home burned down. Many valuable packing records from those early years of packing in the Eastern High Sierra were lost forever. Even I didn't understand the value of the records which were lost.

Chrysler & Cook pamphlet courtesy the archives of Rich McCutchan

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