Mat, 1893.] LOCALITIES VISITED BY THE EXPEDITION. 6%6 



Victor, San Bernardino County, Calif. Altitude, 2, 713 feet or 827 meters (S. C. 



Ry.). 1,10. 



A station on tbe Southern California Railway, on tho Mohave River, a few miles 

 north of Cajon Pass and 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of San Bernardino. 



Mkrkiam, Palmer, Fisher. 

 Virgin River, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. C-E, 16-18. 



A large stream which rises in southwestern Utah and empties into the Colorado 

 River ahout 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of the Great Bend. The Virgin Valley 

 referred to in the report is the valley along -the lower part of tbe river, in tho State 

 of Nevada Merriam, Bailey. 



Visalia, the county seat of Tulare County, Calif. Altitude, 348 feet (105 meters). 

 E, 6 Palmer, Bailey, Fisher, Nelson. 



"Walker Basin, Kern County, Calif. G, 7-8. 



A valley ahout 8 or 10 miles (13 or 16 kilometers) south of Havilah, on the road 

 between that point and Caliente. Mossman's Ranch in the south end of the valley 

 has an altitude of 3, 157 feet (961 meters) Merriam, Palmer, Bailey, Fisher. 



Walker Pass, Kern County, Calif. Altitude 5,100 * feet or 1,555 meters (5,322 feet or 



1,622 meters, Wheeler) . F, 8. 



A wagon pass through the south end of the Sierra Nevada from the South Fork of 

 Kern River to the Mohave Desert. Named by Fremont in honor of Joseph Walker, 

 guide on the third Fremont expedition Merriam, Palmer, Fisher, Bailey. 



Watkins' Ranch, Nye County, Nev. 



A ranch in Ash Meadows 3 or 4 miles (4 or 6 kilometers) west of King Spring, 

 owned by George Watkins. The base camp of the expedition was located here for 

 several weeks in Marcb, 1891, and collections were made by 



Palmer, Bailey, Fisher, Nelson. 



Waucoba Peak, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude 11,267 feet (3,434 meters). 



One of the highest peaks in the Inyo Mountains, situated at the head of Saline Val- 

 ley, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of thetowu of Independence.. Nelson. 



Wawona, Mariposa County, Calif. 



A stage station in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the Raymond and 

 Yosemite Valley road, 36 miles or 58 kilometers (by road) north of Raymond, Fresno 

 County Nelson. 



White Mountains, Inyo County, Calif. B, 8. 



A high range on the east side of Owens Valley, forming a northern continuation of 

 the Inyo Mountains. The highest point, White Mountain Peak, has an altitude of 

 14,245 feet (4,342 meters) Merriam. Bailey, Nelson. 



Whitney Creek, Tulare County, Calif. 



The largest stream entering the North Fork of Kern River from the east ; it rises 

 in Whitney Meadows 8 or 10 miles (13 or 16 kilometers) south of Mount Whitney and 

 empties into the North Fork of Kern River near Soda Springs. 



Whitney Meadows, Tulare County, Calif. Altitude 9,371 feet (2,856 meters). 



Large meadows near timber-liae at the head of Whitney Creek, about 10 miles (16 

 kilometers) south of Mount Whitney and 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Big Cot- 

 tonwood Meadows Palmer, Bailey, Fisher, Nelson, Stephens, Dctchee. 



Wild Rose Spring, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude 4,060 feet (1,237 meters). E, 10. 

 A spring situated in a canon of the same name on the west slope of the Parramint 

 Mountains, about 10 miles (16 kilometers") northwest of Telescope Peak. 



Merriam, Bailey, Fisher, Stephens. 



