Photo of Watcuwate, a Monache, the native American tribe that inhabited Tehipite Valley and The Middle Fork of The Kings River in California. Lowie museum negative. Photo by E.W. Gifford
Detail of a Tehipite Valley pictograph. Created by The Monache tribe which inhabited the upper foothills, canyons and Sierra mountains east of Fresno. The tribe was driven out of the wilderness and forced in Rancherias. This pictograph is the same shape as the oak leaves in the area. Canyon of The Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. ©Van Miller
Evening light and shadow play on the glacial scarred walls of The Gorge of Despair. Tehipite Valley, Canyon of The Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. Photo ©Van Miller
Spanish Bayonet, Yucca whipplei. Tehipite Valley, Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. Photo ©Van Miller
Tehipite Dome, Tehipite Valley, Canyon of The Middle Fork of The Kings River, SEKI, California, USA. Archival photo from the Bancroft Library.
Gorge of Despair Detail on Flickr.
Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA. ©Van Miller
Looking up into Crystal Gorge. The smooth granite here is text book exfoliation. The water sluicing over this rock was very warm. Canyon of the Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA. Vintage Kodachrome 64. Photo ©Van Miller
Full view of The Gorge of Despair as viewed from the top of Silver Spray Falls. Tehipite Valley, Canyon of The Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. ©Van Miller
Evening light illuminates one of the turrets above The Gorge of Despair as viewed from Tehipite Valley. Canyon of The Middle Fork of The Kings River, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California, USA. Photo ©Van Miller
View of turrets near Gorge of Despair from above Blue Canyon Falls. Tehipite Valley, Canyon of the Middle Fork of The Kings River, The Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. ©Van Miller
