slgwv's photos with the keyword: camp

Whiskey Creek Camp, Granite Chief Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California. See adjacent photo for more information.

Whiskey Creek Camp, Granite Chief Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California. See adjacent photo for more information.

A Basque sheepherders' camp from around the turn of the last century, now in the middle of the Granite Chief Wilderness in California's Sierra Nevada. The buildings are being preserved for their historical value--that's why they remain in the wilderness! This is the bunkhouse. The left inset is a storage building; the right inset is a large oven for baking bread, constructed as a small free-standing building in its own right. Note it's all stone, brick, and mortar. Many Basques emigrated to the mountain West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and have left their own cultural imprint. In fact, the first Basque-English dictionary was published by the University of Nevada, Reno, in the mid-90s, and AFAIK UNR is still the only place where you can learn Basque in English.

And there is a _lot_ of dirt road to cover! At (misnamed) Lava Beds Camp by Eagle Rock Spring, Pershing County, Nevada.

Patterson Campground, South Warner Mountains, in extreme northeastern California. Just south of the South Warner Wilderness.

In a gnarly aspen grove on the flanks of Fox Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. As usual map location is highly approximate.

Seven Troughs District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA. Another view. The stamp mill in profile in the center is the same one that's the subject of another photo.