Big Bear Inyo National Forest the remains of which may

the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea

A derivative of the comprehensive Wilderness Press guidebook John Muir Trail by Sierra expert Elizabeth Wenk

and map selection

Scale - 1/2" to the Mile

with a new foreword by James Agee

Big Bear Inyo National Forest the remains of which mayIn 1845, Benjamin Davis Wilsonthe future first mayor of Los Angeles and the grandfather of Gen. George S. Pattonled a 20 man posse into the San Bernardino Mountains in search of Native American raiding parties that had been attacking Riverside ranches. But what they found in a particular high altitude valley were, instead, large and furry. Wilsons men soon roped 11 bears, bringing the creatures into camp, and the valley the Serrano Indians knew as