“Dome of the Continent”: Mount Whitney, Continental Expansion, and the Democratization of the Sierra Nevada

Authors

Joseph Esparza, Montana State UniversityFollow

Abstract

This article explores how Tumanguya, the Paiute name for what settler-colonists called Mount Whitney, became a landmark presence in the American environmental culture--and why.

Recommended Citation

Esparza, Joseph (2024) "“Dome of the Continent”: Mount Whitney, Continental Expansion, and the Democratization of the Sierra Nevada," Eastern Sierra History Journal: Vol. 5, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/eshj/vol5/iss1/3