A, B, C,
D, E, F,
G, H, I,
J, K, L,
M, N, O,
P, Q, R,
S, T, U,
V, W, X,
Y, Z
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Madurango
Range. | Madurango Peak, California. |
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|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katharine Brandegee: 6/24/1897
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Argus Range.
Maturango Peak.
Madurango Peak. 
| Madurango Range, Inyo County, California. |
|
|
This is now considered to be part of the Argus Range but the name
is preserved with Maturango Peak which reaches 8839 ft. 1897, 1898.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report of My Journey
in the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0270
- Report By C. A. Purpus On His
Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah:
0020
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0070
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Magdalene Bay, Baja California. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 1/6/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Maggie Peaks.
| Maggie Mountain, California. |
|
|
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Maggie
Mountain. Middle Tule
River. | Maggie Peaks, Tulare County, California. |
|
|
Now called Maggie Mountain it reaches a height of 10,042 ft.
and is located in the Sierra Nevada just east of the North Fork
of the Middle Fork of the Tule River and south of Maggie Lakes.
36° 27'N, 118° 37'W.
Forms the divide between the Wishon Fork Tule River and the Little
Kern (trail is in the Little Kern watershed).
1896.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on my
collecting trip this year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California:
0030
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0220
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Mount
Magruder.
Lida. Mount Magruder. |
Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
|
| |
Current name for "Mount Magruder" south of Lida and Nevada Highway 266.
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Manwell, San Bernardino County, California.
|
| |
"I send there two boxes of plants."
Letters that refer to
this location: - Carl A. Purpus to Katherine Brandegee: 7/17/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Argus Peak.
Madurango Range. |
Maturango Peak, California. |
|
|
Articles that refer to this location: - C. A. Purpus: His
Collecting Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0190
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0320
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mazatlan, Sinaloa. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Hop Creek.
| Meadow Valley Creek, Nevada. |
|
|
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Panaca.
| Meadow Valley Wash, Nevada. |
|
|
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Potter Valley.
| Mendocino County, California. |
|
|
Large county on the north coast of California. Includes such towns as Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Ukiah and Potter Valley. Some of Purpus' collections are described as being from 'Mendocino County" without a more detailed location.
Types described from this location:
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mesa
Grande, Colorado. |
|
|
1892. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mesa
Mal Pass (Pais?), Argus Mountains County, California.
|
| |
1897. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Maggie Peaks.
| Middle Tule River, Tulare County, California.
|
| |
Now called Middle Fork of the Tule River it runs from near Camp Nelson west
toward Springville. Highway 190 follows it for quite a distance.
1895, 1896, 1897.
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:
0030
- 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
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Milford, Utah. |
|
|
"… on a branch of the Union Pacif." |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mill
Creek, La Sal Mountains County, Utah. |
|
|
1899. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mineral Point, Colorado. |
|
|
1893. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| MineralKing, California. |
|
|
1895.
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A.
Purpus to Katharine Brandegee: 9/8/1897
- Carl A. Purpus
to Townsend Brandegee: 8/23/1905
|
Query: |
Miraflores, Baja California, Mexico.
|
| |
1901.
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A.
Purpus to Katharine Brandegee: 1/5/1901
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Courthouse
Cliffs. La Sal Mountains.
| Moab, Grand County, Utah. |
|
|
Along the Colorado River in Moab Valley in T25-26S, R21E and at 38° 33-35'N,
109° 31-34'W.
1899.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0060
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus to
Katharine Brandegee: 8/24/1899
- Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 9/10/1899
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mojave, Kern County, California. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 5/9/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mojave Desert, Nevada. |
|
|
1897. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Monachy Meadows, Tulare County, California.
|
| |
This reference is probably to what is now called Strawberry Meadows on the
southeast side of Templeton Mountain in the Sierra Nevada.
The whole complex was once called "Monache."
T19S, R35E, S3-4 and 36° 18'N, 118° 11'W.
1896.
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: 0120
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0110
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0230
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mongollones, Arizona. |
|
|
1903. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Fish Spring
Valley. Monitor Valley. Table Mountain. |
Monitor Range, Nevada. |
|
|
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Monitor
Range. Toquima Range. |
Monitor Valley, Eureka, Lander, and Nye Counties County, Nevada.
|
| |
Located west of the Toquima Range and east of the Monitor Range.
Purpus was in southern Monitor Valley in Nye County
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:
0540
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mono
Lake, California. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 8/30/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Montezuma Well, Yavapai County, Arizona. |
|
|
1902, Sept 1903. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Hot Creek
Range. | Morey Peak, Nye County, Nevada. |
|
|
Hot Creek Range, 10,246 ft. Types described from this location:
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:
0510
Letters that refer to
this location: - Carl A. Purpus to Katherine Brandegee: 8/10/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Hot Creek
Range. | Morey Range, Nye County, Nevada. |
|
|
Now known as the Hot Creek Range and is due north of Warm Springs.
The range is bounded by Hot Creek and Big Sand Springs valleys to the east
and Stone Cabin and Little Fish Lake Valleys to the west.
The highest peak is Morey Peak at 9825 ft. and is in
T9N. R50E, S24 and at 38° 38'N, 116° 18'W.
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:
0510
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Farewell, Tulare County, California.
|
| |
Types described from this location:
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Palmetto
Mountains.  |
Mount Gabb, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
|
| |
Now called Palmetto Mountain located in the Palmetto Mountains and
reaches an elevation of 8879 ft. T5S, R40E, S32 and 37° 28'N, 117° 33'W.
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:
0110
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Hull, Mendocino County, California. |
|
|
1894.
Letters that refer to this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Pahranagat
Range.
Quartz Spring. |
Mount Irish, Lincoln County, Nevada.
|
| |
Tallest peak in the Pahranagat Range at 8741 ft.
in T3S, R59E, S31 and at 37° 9'N, 115° 24'W.
1898.
Types described from this location:
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:
0450
Letters that refer to
this location: - Carl A. Purpus to Katherine Brandegee: 8/10/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Laura, California. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katharine Brandegee: 6/24/1897
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Magruder
Mountain.
Magruder Mountain. |
Mount Magruder, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
|
| |
Now called Magruder Mountain it is just south of highway 3 at the south
end of the Palmetto Mountains. The peak is 9046 ft. and is in
T6S, R40E, S16 and at 37° 25'N, 117° 32'W. 1898.
[also referred to as Mount Magruder].
Types described from this location:
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:
0120 0610
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to the
Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0120
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0400
Letters that refer to
this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Moses, Tulare County, California. |
|
|
1895.
Articles that refer to this location: - 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
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: La Sal
Mountains. | Mount Peale, San Juan County, Utah. |
|
|
Located in the La Sal Mountains and reaches an elevation of 12,721 ft. T27S,
R24E, S24 and 38° 27'N, 109° 14'W.
1899.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0150
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount San Hedrin, California. |
|
|
Articles that refer to this location: - On the Trail, with
Purpus, in California: 0100
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California.
|
| |
Highest point in Marin County at 2610 ft. 37° 56'N, 122° 35'W.
1899.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0020
- On
the Trail, with Purpus, in California: 0540
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: La Sal
Mountains. | Mount Tomasaki, Grand County, Utah. |
|
|
Located in the La Sal Mountains and reaches an elevation of 12,231 ft.
1899.
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Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0150
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mount Towiasky, . |
|
|
190_. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: La Sal
Mountains. | Mount Tukuhnikivatz, San Juan County, Utah.
|
| |
Located in the La Sal Mountains and reaches an elevation of 12,483 ft.
T27S, R24E, S22 and 38° 27'N, 109° 16'W.
1899.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0150
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: La Sal
Mountains. | Mount Waas, Grand County, Utah. |
|
|
Located in the La Sal Mountains and reaches an elevation of 12,311 ft.
1899.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0150
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Lone Pine. 
| Mount Whitney, Inyo County, California. |
|
|
Also referred to as Mt. Whitney it is along the Sierra Nevada crest north
of Mt. Muir and south of Mt. Russell.
This is the highest point in the continental United States at 14,496 ft.
T16S, R34E and 36° 35'N, 118° 17' 30" W.
1895, 1896.
Types described from this location:
Articles that refer to this location: - C. A. Purpus and His
Introductions: 0110
- Report on my
collecting trip this year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California:
0210
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0050
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0160
Letters that refer to this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Bull Valley. Enterprise. Pine Valley Mountains. 
| Mountain Meadows, Washington County, Utah.
|
| |
Located southeast of Enterprise between the Bull Valley and Pine Valley Mountains.
It is in the northwest part of T38S, R16W.
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:
0370
- On the Trail, with Purpus, in
California: 0500
Letters
that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus to Katherine
Brandegee: 9/10/1899
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Mountain Meadows Mountains, Utah. |
|
|
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 8/1/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Argus Range.
| Mountain Springs Canyon, Inyo County, California.
|
| |
Located on the southwest side of the Argus Range in T23S, R41E. Referred to by Purpus as "Mountain Spring Canyon." 1897.
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Articles that refer to this location: - Report of My Journey
in the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0230
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0190
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0320
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Palmetto
Mountain. | Mt. Palmetto, Nevada. |
|
|
Probably Palmetto Mountain.
Letters that refer to this
location: - Carl A. Purpus to Katherine Brandegee: 5/28/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Muddy Creek.
| Muddy, Nevada. |
|
|
"… I got it on the Muddy it looks like …", may refer to Muddy Creek or the Muddy River.
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 7/4/1898
|
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Muddy. |
Muddy Creek, Clark County, Nevada. |
|
|
Now called the Muddy River it flows southeast from Moapa Valley and enters
Lake Mead just below Overton.
1898. ?also 1900.
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:
0270
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0250
|
| |
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C, D, E, F, G, H, I,
J, K, L,
M,
N, O,
P, Q, R,
S, T, U,
V, W, X,
Y, Z
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