Carl Purpus, Plant Collector in Western America Geographical Index of Carl Purpus -- F

By Arnold (Jerry) Tiehm

With additional editing by Barbara Ertter and Tom Schweich

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  • A combined geographical index for Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, Carl Purpus, and Tom Schweich is available at Combined Geographical Index -- F.
  • Locations are generally listed in the way that Purpus spelled them, with a reference to a current name or spelling for that location.
  • All locations are in the United States, unless another country is explicitly listed in the entry.
  • Locations in the United States may be compared with the United States Geological Service: Geographical Names Information System by clicking on Query: G. N. I. S.


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Query: G.N.I.S.
Fairfax, Marin County, California.
 
Letters that refer to this location:
  • Carl A. Purpus to Katharine Brandegee: 3/23/1899
 
Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Broder's Cabin, Mineral King. Tulare Peak. Vandever Mountain. Little Kern River. Full Size Image

Farewell Gap, Tulare County, California.
In the Sierra Nevada just east of Vandever Mountain and south of Tulare Peak. T17S, R31E, S35 and 36° 24'N, 118° 34'W. 1895. 1896. (Entry has hand-written notations: "No way!" and "...between Vandever and Florence.")

Types described from this location:


Articles that refer to this location:
  • Report on my collecting trip this year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California: 0070
  • C. A. Purpus: His Collecting Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898: 0100
  • On the Trail, with Purpus, in California: 0220

Letters that refer to this location:
  • Carl A. Purpus to Katharine Brandegee: 9/8/1897
 
Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: White Mountains. Silver Peak Range. Oasis. Full Size Image

Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Bounded by the White Mountains on the west and the Silver Peak Range on the east. 1898.
Articles that refer to this location:
  • Report By C. A. Purpus On His Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah: 0090
  • C. A. Purpus: His Collecting Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898: 0370
  • On the Trail, with Purpus, in California: 0470
 
 
Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Hot Creek Range. Monitor Range. Full Size Image

Fish Spring Valley, Nye County, Nevada.
Now called Little Fish Lake Valley and is bounded by the Monitor Range to the west and the Hot Creek Range to the east. 1898.
Articles that refer to this location:
  • Report By C. A. Purpus On His Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah: 0520
  • A Cactus-Collecting Trip to the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah: 0100
 
 
Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Slate Mountains.

Flagstaff, Arizona.
1900.

Types described from this location:

 
Letters that refer to this location:
 
Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: El Paso Range.  

Fremont Valley, California.
   
 
Query: G.N.I.S.
Frisco, Beaver County, Utah.
The site of Frisco, Utah is 12 miles west of Milford, Utah, on Utah Highway 21.  
Letters that refer to this location:
  • Carl A. Purpus to Katharine Brandegee: 5/10/1899
 


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Date and time this article was prepared: 6/7/2002 7:33:55 PM