Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

A896.1

Description

Mounted studio portrait of an older man with a beard and mustache. He is identifed on the reverse as Charles Dorance Begole of Lone Pine, CA. The photo was taken on November 18, 1883. Information from the archival envelope and another copy of this photo includes: He laid out the town of Lone Pine, owned the ranch where Roadside Park is (north end of Lone Pine as of 1959 or 1990?), was an Indian Fighter (per the Story of Inyo), was a Notary Public in Lone Pine, and died in 1891. He was a member of the first party to climb Mt. Whitney with A. H. Johnson.

Collection

Della Dearborn Smith Collection

Made/Created

Date made

November 18, 1883