Historic Structures Report, Part I: Squatters Cabin (Bldg. No. 45)
1965. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Squatters Cabin (Bldg. No. 45). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington Service Center. Washington, D.C.
This dramatic landscape testifies to nature's size, beauty, and diversity—huge mountains, rugged foothills, deep canyons, vast caverns, and the world's largest trees. Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park lie side by side in the southern Sierra Nevada east of the San Joaquin Valley. Weather varies a lot by season and elevation, which ranges from 1,370' to 14,494'. The Squatters Cabin in Giant Forest will be retained as an historical exhibit to represent the pioneer days in Sequoia National Park and the settling of Giant Forest. It is a good example of a pioneer log cabin which has an appeal to Park visitors and helps give them the atmosphere of the relationship between the pioneer and the wilderness atmosphere. This cabin is located on the edge of Huckleberry Meadow and is most readily accessible by trail from the Crescent Meadow road (approximately .3 miles). Other trails lead to the Squatters Cabin from Crescent Meadow parking area (.8 miles). Giant Forest Village (1.6 miles), and the General Sherman Tree (2.4 miles). An interpretive sign explaining the history of the cabin should continue to be maintained at the site. No furnishings are contemplated as part of the exhibit.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1965-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington Service Center
- Units
- PWR , SEKI
- Keywords
- giant forest, John Vest, Kaweah Cooperative Commonwealth, log cabin, pioneer period, squatters cabin
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 001302: Squatter's Cabin