Eastern Mojave Vegetation California Highway 270  
 

Tom Schweich  

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Cinnabar Canyon
Literature Cited
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Other Articles: U. S. Highway 395: at CA Hwy 270  

Junction: US Highway 395
      California Highway 270 follows Clearwater Creek

Literature Cited:
- Bureau of Land Management, 2003.
- Chesterman, Charles W., 1968. Full Size Image Entrance to Cinnabar Canyon

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626660

Locations: Big Alkali. Cinnabar Canyon.  

Cinnabar Canyon

Road north. Appears to be best way to Big Alkali.
Full Size Image Mormon Meadow looking northeast from the lower end.

Other Articles: Field Notes: 26-Jun-07 at Mormon Mdw  

Full Size Image Coyote Springs Road at CA Hwy 270 in Mormon Meadow

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626640 Coyote Springs Road: at California Highway 270  

Junction: Coyote Springs Road

Literature Cited:
- Wedertz, Frank S., 1978. Full Size Image Mormon Meadow

Other Articles: Field Notes: 26-Jun-07 at Mormon Mdw

Locations: Mormon Meadow.  

Mormon Meadow

Named for Col. Thomas J. Moorman, an 1850's resident of the area.
      Mormon Ranch
Full 
Size Image Upper end of Mormon Meadow

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626620  

Looking southwest, downstream on Clearwater Creek, at the upper end of Mormon Meadow.
Full 
Size Image Upper end of Mormon Meadow

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626620  

Looking northeast, upstream on Clearwater Creek, at the upper end of Mormon Meadow.
 

Locations: Mono Basin.  

Clearwater Creek (East Walker River) Basin above …
Pass
Mono Basin (Cottonwood Canyon) below …
Full 
Size Image Mount Biedeman from the north side.  

Locations: Mount Biedeman.  

Road to Mt Biedleman
      Cross Creek

Literature Cited:
- Chesterman, Charles W., 1968. Full Size Image Murphy Spring … Full O' Cows

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626560 Mono Basin Flora: at Cottonwood Cyn

Locations: Murphy Spring.  

Murphy Spring

Type locality of the Murphy Spring Tuff Breccia.

While Annie Alexander and Louise collected here, this trip it was full of cows and not very inviting for botanizing.

Full 
Size Image Upper Cottonwood Canyon from CA Highway 270

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626550  

View of Cottonwood Canyon from California Highway 270.
Full Size Image Mount Biedeman from pass west of Bodie

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20070626540  

View of Mount Biedeman with Tioga Crest in background.
 

Locations: Mono Basin.  

Mono Basin (Cottonwood Canyon) above …
Pass
Rough Creek (East Walker River) Basin below …

Other Articles: Cottonwood Canyon Road: near Bodie  

Junction: Cottonwood Canyon Road
      Bodie State Historic Park entrance station.
      Bypass Road

Literature Cited:
- Anders, George, 2006.
- Billeb, Emil B., 1968.
- Browne, J. Ross, 1863.
- Wasson, Jos., 1878.
- Wedertz, Frank S., 1969.  

Locations: Bodie.  

Bodie

Union Street
      Bypass Road
 

Other Articles: Nevada Route 3C: near Bodie  

Junction: Nevada State Route 3C
     

Literature Cited

  A list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
 
Anders, George. 2006. This old ruin: a ghost town is suspended in time, thanks to handyman's invisible hand. Wall Street journal. {TAS-pdf}

Location records referred to by this literature:

  • Bodie, Mono County, California.
 
Billeb, Emil B. 1968. Mining Camp Days. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1968. {TAS}

Location records referred to by this literature:

 
Bureau of Land Management. 2003. Cinnabar Canyon Road Improvement. EA Number: CA-170-03-43. Bishop, CA: Bureau of Land Management, November 2003. {TAS-pdf}

Location records referred to by this literature:

 
Browne, J. Ross. 1863. A Trip to Bodie Bluff and the Dead Sea of the West -- in 1863. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Olympic Valley, California: Outbooks, 1978. {TAS}

Location records referred to by this literature:

 
Chesterman, Charles W. 1968. Volcanic Geology of the Bodie Hills, Mono County. pp. 45-68 in Coats, Robert R., Richard L. Hay, and Charles A. Anderson. Studies in Volcanology: A Memoir in Honor of Howel Williams. Memoir 116. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, 1968. ...

Location records referred to by this literature:

 
Wasson, Jos. 1878. Bodie and Esmeralda. San Francisco, CA: Spaulding, Barto & Co., May, 1878. {TAS} Souvenir reprint 1963 by Wendell Hammon and Theron Fox.

Location records referred to by this literature:

  • Bodie, Mono County, California.
  • Aurora, Mineral County, Nevada.
  • Esmeralda, Mineral County, Nevada.
 
Wedertz, Frank S. 1969. Bodie: 1859-1900. Bishop, California: Sierra Media, Inc., 1969. {TAS}

Location records referred to by this literature:

  • Bodie, Mono County, California.
 
Wedertz, Frank S. 1978. Mono Diggings. Bishop, CA: Chalfant Press, 1978. {TAS}

Location records referred to by this literature:

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Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:32:53 PM