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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



come famous under the name of its part, the Tehipite 

 Valley ; the lesser will have the undivided possession of 

 the title, Kings Canyon. Tehipite is as distinctive and 

 unusual a name as Yosemite. But the Middle Fork of 

 the Kings is by far a greater stream from every point of 

 view than the beautiful South Fork. 



Looking ahead, this canyon of the South Fork seems 

 destined to the quicker and the greater development. It 

 is broader, flat- 

 ter, and more 

 livable. It lends 

 itself to hos- 

 tel ries, of 

 which two al- 

 ready exist. It 

 is more easily 

 reached and al- 

 ready has some 

 patronage. 

 Moreover, 

 from its name 

 and position, it 

 is the natural 

 r e c i p i ent of 

 whatever pub- 

 licity grows out 

 of both. Tehi- 

 pite has to 

 build from the 

 ground up. 



There are 

 few nobler 

 spots than the 

 junction of 

 Copper Creek 

 with the Kings. 

 The Grand 

 Sentinel is sel- 

 dom surpassed. 

 It fails of the 

 personality of 

 El C a p i t a n, 

 Half Dome, 

 and Tehipite, 

 but it only just 

 fails. If they 

 did not exist, it 

 would become 

 the most cele- 

 brated rock in 

 the Sierra, at 

 least. The view 

 up the canyon 

 from this spot 

 has few equals. The view down the canyon is not often 

 excelled. When the day of the Kings River Canyon 

 dawns, it will dawn brilliantly. 



We loped and ambled and galloped down this 

 gorgeous valley, filled to the brim with the joy of 



FtTLY NAMED 

 Towering three thousand five hundred feet 



above the river 

 River Canyon. 



its broad forested flats and its soft invigorating air. 



The walls were glorious. Those in shadow were cloth- 

 ed in purple, streaked and blotched with yellows and 

 many dark ochers. Large areas were frosted with grays 

 of many shades, some on abutting cliffs shining like 

 silver. The walls in sunlight showed interesting differ- 

 ences. The purples of the shaded side now became dark 

 grays ; the light grays, white. The yellows faded or ac- 

 quired greenish 

 tints. Here and 

 there in broad 

 s u n 1 i ght ap- 

 peared splotch- 

 es of vivid 

 green, probably 

 stains of cop- 

 per salts. 



West of 

 Mount Whit- 

 iney, through a 

 magic land be- 

 tween it and 

 the eastern 

 boun d a r y of 

 the Sequoia 

 National Park, 

 lies a third val- 

 ley of great 

 beauty, that of 

 the Kern Riv- 

 er. There are 

 those who hold 

 it equal to the 

 Kings Canyon. 

 1 do not know ; 

 I did not see it. 

 But I confess 

 it photographs 

 as nobly. Be 

 this as it may, 

 of one thing I 

 am certain, and 

 that is that the 

 Greater Sequo- 

 ia will become, 

 s t r a i g htway 

 upon realiza- 

 tion as a na- 

 tional park, as 

 justly celebrat- 

 ed as any oth- 

 er, and it will 

 naturally fol- 

 low that a 

 be diverted to 

 varied attrac- 

 to set down 



THE GRAND SENTINEL" 



this peak is one of the features of Kings 



goodly amount of tourist travel will 



this section, the wonderful beauty and 



tions of which I have here attempted 



but which may only be fully realized and appreciated 



after personal inspection. 



