Pinnacles National Monument correspondence and photographs 1903-1904

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Pinnacles National Monument correspondence and photographs 1903-1904

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Letters to Prof. William R. Dudley of Stanford University pertaining to the creation of Pinnacles National Monument in San Benito County, California; and photographs of the area. Correspondents include local residents S. C. Hain and L. W. Jefferson, Congressman James C. Needham, Senator George C. Perkins, J. H. Fimple of the Dept. of the Interior, and Gifford Pinchot. The photographs were possibly taken by L. W. Jefferson and are annotated.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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Fimple, J. H.

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Needham, James Carson, 1864-1942.

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Perkins, George C. (George Clement), 1839-1923

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Dudley, William Russel, 1849-1911

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Jefferson, L. W.

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Hain, S. C.

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