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| Tharp 's Log | ||
Hale D. Tharp Pioneer Resident of the Three Rivers Locality first visited Giant Forest in 1856 accompanied by two Yokut Indians he lived in this rustic cabin each summer from 1861 until Sequoia Nation Park was established in 1890. He used the nearby meadows as range for his live stock. |
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| Tharp recognized as the discoverer of the Giant Forest died at his Horsed Creek Ranch Home on November 5, 1912 at the age of 84. | ||
| Despite what the Sierra Club and Environmentalist would like you to believe the parks meadows thrived and were beautiful from the grazing of cattle. There was many more wild flowers and I think the meadows were much more beautiful back in the days of cattle grazing than today. | ||
| The Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks used to lease out the meadows to cattle grazers that brought thier cattle into the park prior to the establishment on the parks. The leases ran out when the last member of the family that signed the lease pasted away. | ||
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