Black Rock Canyon: Difference between revisions
Use the Chron as a source, it precedes the Quincy paper. |
Fly Canyon |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
There is a "Black Rock Canyon" in Pershing County at 4583ft, which is over near I-80. | There is a "Black Rock Canyon" in Pershing County at 4583ft, which is over near I-80. | ||
The GNIS entry for [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847159 Box Canyon] states that a variant name is Black Rock Cañon and that the source is "Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates." Box Canyon is the canyon that goes between a location south of [[Mud Meadow]] and [[High Rock Lake]]. The 1954 Vya 1:250,000 map shows that creek as "Willow Creek" | The GNIS entry for [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847159 Box Canyon] states that a variant name is Black Rock Cañon and that the source is "Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates." Box Canyon is the canyon that goes between a location south of [[Mud Meadow]] and [[High Rock Lake]], not to be confused with [[Fly Canyon]] to the north. The 1954 Vya 1:250,000 map shows that creek as "Willow Creek" | ||
Black Rock Canyon is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of [[Peter Lassen]] as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as [[Clapper Creek]].<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106139939/peter-lassens-death/ Peter Lassen's Death]," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.</ref> | Black Rock Canyon is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of [[Peter Lassen]] as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as [[Clapper Creek]].<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106139939/peter-lassens-death/ Peter Lassen's Death]," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 29 December 2022
The name "Black Rock Canyon" appears in various places and is sometimes confused with High Rock Canyon.
There is a "Black Rock Canyon" in Pershing County at 4583ft, which is over near I-80.
The GNIS entry for Box Canyon states that a variant name is Black Rock Cañon and that the source is "Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates." Box Canyon is the canyon that goes between a location south of Mud Meadow and High Rock Lake, not to be confused with Fly Canyon to the north. The 1954 Vya 1:250,000 map shows that creek as "Willow Creek"
Black Rock Canyon is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of Peter Lassen as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as Clapper Creek.[1]
George W. Riddle reported that the party travelled through High Rock Canyon three days after traversing Black Rock Canyon.[2]
Fairfield, when writing about the death of Peter Lassen states:
- "The circumstances are as follows : There has been a party of men stopping in this valley all winter, to be ready as soon as spring opened to prospect Black Rock Canyon for a supposed silver mine. ".[3]
Ferol Egan's chapter about the Lassen-Clapper murders is titled "An Occurrence at Black Rock Canyon".[4] Egan states that the modern name of the canyon is Clapper Canyon.
References
- ↑ "Peter Lassen's Death," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.
- ↑ "The Golden Frontier The Recollections of Herman Francis Reinhart, 1851-1869," Herman Francis Reinhart, 2014.
- ↑ "Fairfield's pioneer history of Lassen County," p. 171, 1916
- ↑ "Sand In A Whirlwind," Ferol Egan, 2016.