Historic Images

  • 1879-1915 River Hill Grade
    The River HIll Grade was used from 1879 to 1915
  • 1883 Surveyor Map
    1883 map by Peter Yapel Baker
  • 1885 Apple Orchard house
    The Apple Orchard house in 1885
  • 1891 Map of Red Hill
    1891 map of Red Hill on Mineral King Road
  • 1902 Stage to Mineral King
    The stage to Mineral King in 1902
  • Mineral King prior to the 1906 earthquake
    Mineral King prior to the 1906 earthquake
  • 1906 Harry Trauger with children
    Harry Trauger with children at Mineral King in 1906
  • 1908 stage passing Barboni Cabin
    Stage passing the Howard Barboni cabin in 1908
  • 1911 Mineral King Store and Post Office
    The Mineral King Store and Post Office in 1911
  • 1912-1922 Mineral King community
    Mineral King community circa 1915
  • 1913 Three Rivers Store
    The Three Rivers store in 1913
  • 1913 Wooden bridge over the Kaweah River
    The wood bridge over the Kaweah River in 1913
  • 1914 auto in Three Rivers
    An automobile stops in Three RIvers in 1914
  • 1915 Griffe's pet fox
    Griffes' pet fox in 1915
  • 1920 sag in the Kaweah River bridge
    The bridge over the Kaweah RIver sags in 1920
  • 1920 girls on the gate
    Girls stand on a rung of the gate in 1920
  • 1921 Mineral King Store
    The Mineral King Store in 1921
  • 1927 fish hatchery
    The fish hatchery in 1927
  • 1920 Main Street Pogue Row
    Main Street or Pogue Row in 1920
  • 1930 Ira Jones
    Ira Jones in the Sierras in the 1930s
  • 1934 Caines Flat
    Caines Flat in 1934
  • 1944 Ray Gem Buckman
    Gem and Ray Buckman at the Mineral King Resort in 1944. (Photo courtesy of the Hansen Family Collection)
  • 1949 East Mineral King
    East Mineral King in 1949. (Photo courtesy of the Hansen Family Collection)
  • 1949 Sawtooth Peak
    Sawtooth Peak in 1949. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service)
  • 1949 skiers on big rock
    Skiers on Big Rock in Mineral King, now on Disney property. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service)
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  • Freight wagon in front of Smith House
    A freight wagon stops in front of the Smith House hotel
  • Griffes, flume walker
    Griffes, a flume walker
  • Harry's Bend
    Harry's Bend
  • Construction of the Kaweah Power House
    Construction of the Kaweah Power House No. 1
  • Kaweah Power House No. 1
    Kaweah Power House No. 1
  • Table in a Mineral King cabin
    Table in a Mineral King cabin
  • Pot of beans
    Pot of beans
  • Schaeffler Roch 1966
    Willie Schaeffler and André Roch in Mineral King in 1966
  • Stage in front of the store
    Stage in front of the Mineral King Store
  • U.S. Cavalry soldiers
    U.S. Cavalry soldiers in Three Rivers