How to Help
The Mineral King Valley is one of the most historic valleys in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, holding prehistoric as well as historic 1870s to early 1900s sites and artifacts. It still maintains a living community begun in 1873 with presently occupied buildings that were constructed from 50 to over 100 years ago. One stated alternative of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is to tear down this historic, living community even while maintaining old Park administration buildings of its own.
With your help, we can preserve this, and other Sierra Nevada historic sites.
Participate in the Park Service planning process:
Sequoia National Park is now in the process of creating a new General Management Plan to set Park direction for the next few years. With enough public pressure, the Denver planning team will be forced to place more emphasis on the preservation of all historic sites in our mountains.
Your input may be the key turning point. By writing a letter requesting preservation of the Mineral King community to the GMP planning team and other agencies and individuals listed below, you may help to stop not only the destruction of Mineral King, but also of many other Sierra Nevada historic sites. Mineral King has the potential to be the vanguard of a new government policy for historical and cultural as well as natural conservation.
Tell the Park Service what you think:
Contact the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park:
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Three Rivers, CA 93271
Phone: (209) 565-3341
Contact the National Park Service:
National Park Service
Robert G. Stanton, Director-001
1849 C St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-6843
Contact your local representative:
A list of congressmen and senators with their contact information can be found at:
C-SPAN's Congressional Directory
Join an organization working towards preservation of Mineral King historic structures and sites:
Mineral King Preservation Society
Mineral King District Association
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