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Diary

Description

Opening page, handwritten in pencil - "Record of trip on Kern and Kaweah rivers, July 1899..." Notes range from stream flow measurements to comments about hikes and fishing.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1899
Call number
mssSinclairhh
Creator
Sinclair, Henry Harbinson (1858-1914)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Arthur W. Sinclair and Marjorie Sinclair, children of H.H. Sinclair, 1936.
Associated people
Cowper, Thomas, (1712-1778.)
Associated organizations
California Delta Farms, Inc.
Fontana Water Company.
Great Western Power Company.
Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company.
Palmer Oil Company.
Southern California Edison Company.
Tournament of Roses Association.
United Mines.
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