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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 -- L.
- 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.
See also: Moab. Mount Peale.
Black Nigger Canyon. Castle Valley. Mount Tomasaki. Mount Tukuhnikivatz. Mount Waas. Sierra la Sal. |
La Sal Mountains, Grand County, Utah.
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Large isolated laccolithic range located south-southeast of Moab.
The highest peak is Mt. Peale at 12,721 ft.
1899.
Types described from this location:
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on My Journey
to the La Sal Mountains: 0080
- On
the Trail, with Purpus, in California: 0420 0550
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Lake
City, Colorado. | |
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1893. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Lake
Fork River, Colorado. | |
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1893. |
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Las Animas, Baja California, Mexico.
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1901. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Las Vegas
Valley.
Sheep Range. Vegas Desert. 
| Las
Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. | |
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The site of the springs mentioned by the early visitors to Las Vegas
were on the north side of the present day town.
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:
0270
- On the Trail, with Purpus, in
California: 0500
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Las Vegas.
| Las
Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. | |
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The valley containing the present town of Las Vegas. 1898.
Articles
that refer to this location: - A Cactus-Collecting Trip to the
Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0250
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Amargosa
Desert. | Lathrop Wells, Nevada. | |
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Laura Mountain, Kern County, California. |
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(Location uncertain.) 1897. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Laura Peak, California. | |
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Articles that refer to this location: - On the Trail, with
Purpus, in California: 0290
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Spring
Mountains.  |
Lee Canyon, Nevada. | |
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Query: |
Leuchtenbergia, , Mexico. |
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Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katharine Brandegee: 3/12/1903
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Magruder
Mountain. Palmetto
Mountains.
Allida. Stone Cabin. 
| Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. |
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Along Nevada Highway 266 in the Palmetto Mountains
and just north of Magruder Mountain.
T5S, R40E, S36 and 37° 28'N, 117° 30'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:
0130
Letters that refer to
this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Glenville.
Poso Creek. |
Linns Valley, Kern County, California.
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In the Sierra Nevada just outside of Glenville along Poso Creek
in T25S, R30E and at 35° 46-48'N, 118° 43'W.
1897.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report of My Journey
in the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0030
- On the Trail, with Purpus, in
California: 0270
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Little Kern Creek, California. |
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Types described from this location:
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Farewell
Gap. Kern River. Vandever Mountain.
Shotgun Pass. Trout Meadows. |
Little Kern River, Tulare County, California.
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In the Sierra Nevada it has its headwaters on the south side of
Farewell Gap and Vandever Mountain
and flows south-southeast eventually joining the Kern River
at the Forks of Kern.
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:
0060 0080
- 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
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Little Owens Lake, Inyo County, California.
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October, 1896. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Beaverdam.
| Littlefield, Arizona. | |
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Owens Valley.
Cottonwood Creek Canyon.
Mount Whitney. 
| Lone
Pine, Inyo County, California. | |
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Along U. S. Highway 395 in Owens Valley in T15S, R36E, S28
and at 36° 33'N, 118° 4'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:
0050
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0340
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0450
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus to
Katherine Brandegee: 5/9/1898
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Lookout Peak, California. | |
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Articles that refer to this location: - C. A. Purpus: His
Collecting Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0150
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Lookout Point, California. | |
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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: 0070
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Lyon
Meadows, Tulare County, California. | |
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Now called Lion Meadows and is located in the Sierra Nevada
along Lion Creek near the confluence with the Little Kern River.
T19S, R32E, S16 and 35° 16'N, 118° 30'W.
1896.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on my
collecting trip this year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California:
0080
- 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
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