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Ash Mountain Entrance Sign

Historic Entrance Sign to Sequoia National Park

Attraction on Kaweah River on Kaweah Middle Fork / Indian Head Trail in Sequoia NP, Sierra Nevada near Three Rivers, CA

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The Ash Mountain Entrance Sign at Sequoia National Park was constructed in 1935 by Civilian Conservation Corps craftsmen. Featuring a carved Native American face, the sign was made from blocks of sequoia wood and fastened with wrought iron brackets. The design was first proposed by National Park Service architect Merel S. Sager in 1931, who designed a small log sign for the Ash Mountain entrance. In 1935 resident park landscape architect Harold G. Fowler created a much larger design. He recruited CCC worker George W. Munro, who had displayed a talent for woodworking, and they selected a piece of fallen sequoia wood from the Giant Forest. Fowler sketched the profile in blue chalk on the wood using an Indian Head nickel as a guide. Munro carved the wood over a several-month period and the…

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in Sequoia NP, Sierra Nevada near Three Rivers, CA

Observation Point in Sequoia NP, Sierra Nevada near Three Rivers, CA

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Ash Mountain Entrance Sign

Ash Mountain Entrance Sign

Ash Mountain Entrance Sign