Name of Plaque Jewels of the High Country
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County 57 miles east of Sonora on Hwy 108 Kennedy Meadows
Resort & Pack Station in Tuolumne County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque on rock base with flagpole
Date of Dedication June 2, 2001
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH B. J. Marsh, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
The Jewels of the High Country
FRED LEIGHTON FIRST ENTERED THIS EMIGRANT WILDERNESS BASIN IN 1895 TO TEND
CATTLE WITH HIS UNCLE ALVAN SHAW. THANKS TO HIS VISION TO BUILD CHECK DAMS.
FIRST ONE IN 1920 ON THE STREAM FLOWS IN THE AREA THE WATER WAS RESERVED FOR
FISH PROPAGATION AND TO POOL FOR WILDLIFE DURING DROUGHT PERIODS. FRED LEIGHTON
AND OTHERS BUILT A TOTAL OF 18 CHECK DAMS BEFORE THE “1964 WIDLERNESS ACT”.
YELLOW HAMMER (1920) RED CAN LEIGHTON BIG EMIGRANT LOWER BUCK
EMIGRANT MEADOW BIGLOW BEAR Y MEADOW HORSE MEADOW HUCKLEBERRY
SNOW COPPER MEADOW WHITESIDE LITTLE EMIGRANT HIGH EMIGRANT
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS June 2, 2001 -6006-
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM