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Mt. Whitney
and Lone Pine in the early 1900s |
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All
photo cards on this page courtesy of Rich McCutchan archives
unless otherwise noted. |
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Dow
Hotel June 1942
Check out the
Hotel rates below.
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On
the pack trail to Mt. Whitney.
Before there
was a Whitney Portals road there was a pack trains trail from
the Owens Valley floor to the summit of Mt. Whitney. 15 miles
of burning desert with little or no water to wet your lips and
plenty of dust to make you wish you had some "cool clear
water". |
Whitney Portals road before it was paved.
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Dow Hotel rates in June of 1942
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Single
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$1.50 |
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$2.00, |
with
bath |
$2.50 |
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$3.00 |
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Double
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$2.50 |
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$3.00, |
with
bath |
$3.50 |
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$4.00 |
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Twins
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$3.00 |
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$3.50, |
with
bath |
$4.00 |
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$5.00 |
Now these are incredible hotel rates; of course, people only
made $100 a week so it was "all relative" as they say!
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"Mule Packers
and the Sierra Club"[pdf]
by Charles Morgan
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Mt.
Whitney Area
Before there
was pavement, there was a dirt road from Lone Pine to Whitney
Portal. |
Leslie Engelhart western art. |
The Western
face of Mt. Whitney from the Guitar Lake area. |
Looking west towards Red and Black
Kaweah, Mt. Hitchcock and Hitchcock Lake from Trail Crest Pass,
13,777'. |
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Looking south along the crest of
the Sierra from the summit of Mt. Whitney. |
"Packing
in the Sierra"[pdf]
by Henry M. Brown
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Mt. Whitney area back country
Looking southeast
towards Mt. Tyndall (R) and Mt. Williamson (M) from Junction
Pass. |
Leslie Engelhart western art. |
Looking northeast
across Upper Rock Creek Lake towards the Miter Basin and Mt.
Langley. |
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Looking east
across Upper Crabtree Meadows towards Mt. Young (L) and Mt. Whitney
(R).
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(Leslie Engelhart drawing)
If you are looking for some outstanding western art to compliment
your home then check out Leslie's gallery.
You will not be disappointed. I am quite picky myself; and it
is seldom that you will find "packers artwork"
where the packer is actually packing mules instead of horses.
Not that I have anything against you horse packing
folks, it's just that on the often steep and rocky trails of
the eastern Sierra Nevada you just need a
more sure footed animal.
Many thanks Leslie your artwork is heartwarming and exciting!
PS. - Leslie's dad (Lou Roeser) and her brother (Lee Roeser)
owned and operated Mammoth Lakes Pack Station for many years.
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Packing
& High Sierra Stories |
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Mt.
Whitney Packers of the 40s - 70s |
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Mt. Whitney and Early Lone Pine |
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Mt. Whitney and Early Lone Pine |
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Wildflowers
of the High Sierra |
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Packers High Sierra Experience |
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 This page was last updated on
23 August 2007 |
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