OLANCHA PEAK (12,123 ft.) | Named by Wheeler Survey in 1907 |
'Olancha Peak' is on the Wheeler Survey atlas sheet 65. The pass and the
creek are named on the first Olancha 30' map, 1907. William Crapo
told F. H. Wales in 1881 that the word meant 'sleeping beauty.' From the
summit of Mt. Kaweah the reclining figure of a
woman could be seen on the side of Olancha Peak -- arms across abdomen,
hair flowing back of head, face and breast clearly visible.
(Farquhar files, from
Versteeg.)"
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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