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| 1000Pks | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | There's a whole paragraph on how "Tioga" came to be a CA place name. I recommend reading "Place Names of the Sierra Nevada," by Peter Browning. "From Abbot to Zumwalt." My copy ran $11.95, but you should see it at many Eastern Sierra bookstores, probably for a bit more, now. Try the USGS Geographic Names Information System website for some free browsing on place names. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 5:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I actually own a copy of Place Names of the Sierra Nevada- a good book. I mentioned the peak's naming because I thought others might find it an interesting note while viewing the SP page. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 6:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | The word Tioga, originally from the Iroqois, comes from miners from New York whose county was named that. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 4:00 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | There's a whole paragraph on how "Tioga" came to be a CA place name. I recommend reading "Place Names of the Sierra Nevada," by Peter Browning. "From Abbot to Zumwalt." My copy ran $11.95, but you should see it at many Eastern Sierra bookstores, probably for a bit more, now. Try the USGS Geographic Names Information System website for some free browsing on place names. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 5:13 pm | ||
| Diggler | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I actually own a copy of Place Names of the Sierra Nevada- a good book. I mentioned the peak's naming because I thought others might find it an interesting note while viewing the SP page. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 6:13 pm | ||
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