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the tninsplanting- was suc-cessfiilly iicconiplished. Mr. Joliii Brodcr, of Redstone Park, 

 has been very active in stocking- luincn waters of tills reyion, and he informs me that 

 to his knowledge the following streams lia\c liccii stuikrd with trout in recent years: 

 East Fork of Kaweah throughout its (Mitirc Iciioth and including; several of the 

 small tributaries at its headwaters; Cliti' Creek, tributary to Middle Fork of Kaweah, 

 just north of Mineral King; Wolverton Creek, tributary to Marble Fork of Kaweah 

 at north edge of the Giant Fori^st: liiv Anoyo, tril)utary to Kern River, stocked by 

 Edward Hurlhurt from the Litllr Kcin: Uattlrsnakc ( 'reck, tributary to Kern River, 

 stocked by Mr. Kroder from the Littlr Kith, the result not known; Shotgun Creek, 

 one of the headwaters of the Little Kern; Nine Mile Creek, an eastern tributary of 

 Kern River which it joins below Kern Lake, was stocked from Kern River in 1897 

 by Mr. Broder near the Hot Springs; South Fork of Kaweah at South Fork 

 Meadows south of Sand Meadow with trout from Soda Creek at Quinns Horse Camp. 

 The historj^ of the introduction of trout into Cottonwood Creek and the subse- 

 quent description of the species is interesting and should be made a matter of record. 

 Cottonwood Creek was originally without trout of any kind. Desiring to learn the 

 facts concerning tlie introduction of the fish into this stream I interviewed or wrote to 

 a number of gentlemen who were supposed to possess information bearing upon the 

 tuansaction. In response to my letters several replies were received. Judge A. C. 

 Harvey, of Lone Pine, Inyo County, Cal., gave a full account of tiie transplanting. 

 He saj's: 



The golden trout were caught in South Fork of Kern River in a little stream in Mulky Meadow, 

 just wliere the H(nkett trail enters the meadow. They were caught with hook and line by S. V. 

 Stevens, A. C. Stevens, and Thomas George. Thirteen fish were eaught and carried in a coffee pot 

 over the Hockett trail and put in Cottonwood Creek about a mile above the Stevens sawmill, at a place 

 known as the "Tom Williams bridge." One died in transit. This was, I think, in July, 1876. The 

 distance from the jilace in Mulky Meadow where the fish were obtained to the Tom AVilliams bridge 

 is about :',\ to 1 miles. There was no possible way for fish from Volcano Creek to get into the waters 

 of Miilk\ Meadow at that time. I have heard lately that fish from Volcano Creek had been put in 

 CottoiiwM.id ( 'ivrk many years before by a man by the name of Nelson; if so, they did not live, for I 

 have (ished in these mountain streams since 1870. In 1879 Mr. Stevens and I took a nice string of fish 

 from Cottonwood Crei-I-;, wliieh showed that they did well; they would average about 8 inches long. 

 I am positive n. > lisli « ere ever put in from Kings River, as has been claimed by some. In 1890 ( 1891 ) 

 .Mr. K. H. Edwards, M. Hand, J. R. Moffet, and a man named Cook turned a little stream of the Cot- 

 tonwood Creek and caught perhaps 100 fish and took them about 2J miles up to Cottonwood Lakes.' 

 When they arrived at the lakes quite a number of the fish were dead. Perhaps 50 lived and apparently 

 have done well. They grow very large in the lakes; some have been taken that weigh over 5 pounds. 

 They are beauties and very fat, but our fish law does not quite fit the requirements of the golden trout. 

 .V great many fish are taken on the riffles between the lakes in May and June, at the height of the 

 spawning season, which should not be done. TIk; altitude of the lakes is about 10,000 feet, which 

 makes their season short. They are very prolific. I have taken them in the latter part of August 

 with spawn. 



Mr. George W. Stewart, president of the Tulare County Fish and Game League, 

 gives the following information under date of October 28, 1904: 



I have been informed and have for several years been under the impression that Mr. E. H. 

 Edwards, of Lone Pine, Inyo County, Cal., had planted golden trout in Cottonwood Creek. I recently 

 wrote him for full information concerning the matter — the date and places where planted and the 

 stream from which the fish planted were procured. I am in receipt of the following from Mr. Edwards: 

 "Cottonwood Creek was stocked by Colonel Stevens, Thomas George, and A. C. Stevens in 1876 with 



B. B. F. 1905—3 



