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REPORT ON THE KING'S RIVER CANON 

 AND VICINITY. 



To THE President of the United States, 

 To THE Secretary of Agriculture, and 

 To the Forester: 



We beg to submit for your consideration the following 

 report : — 



This report has been inspired by the grandeur and magnifi- 

 cence of the scenery of the King's River Cafion and the adjacent 

 region. This includes the Tehipite and Paradise valleys and 

 the High Sierra, where the two main branches of the King's 

 River — the South and Middle forks — and their tributaries rise. 

 The Sierra Club has visited this region on two of its annual 

 Outings — in 1902 and again in 1906. Because of its inaccessibility, 

 comparatively little is known of this extensive mountain park 

 which lies in the upper drainage basin of the King's River. At 

 the present time the trip entails many miles of arduous stage- 

 riding and travel over rough mountain trails. However, the 

 Legislature of California, in 1905, appropriated $25,000 for build- 

 ing a road into the main canon, provided Fresno County would 

 appropriate $12,500 for the same purpose. This has been done, 

 and the work of surveying the line of this road is nearing com- 

 pletion. The road itself should be finished within the next year 

 or two. 



The object of this report is twofold. We wish to make this 

 region better known and aid in attracting the attention of the 

 traveling public to it. One of the main purposes of the Club 

 is "to publish authentic information concerning" the Sierra. The 

 other object of this report is "to enlist the support and co- 

 operation of the people and the Government in preserving the 

 forests and other natural features" of the Park and "render 

 them accessible." If we attract the public eye to this wonderful 

 region and induce the Government to assist in making it more 

 accessible and in protecting it from threatened encroachments, 

 we shall have accomplished all that could be desired. 



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Probably the question oftenest asked of one who has visited 

 the King's River Cafion is "How does it compare with Yosemite?" 

 That it has Yosemite-like characteristics is certain. John Muir, 



