George Henry Burgess
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George Henry Burgess was an English American painter, wood engraver and lithographer. In London, he received training in lithography. With two other brothers preceding them, in 1850 Burgess traveled t
Mother Lode Inn
San Francisco in July, 1849
King Kamehameha IV, 1856
Queen Emma, 1856
Merced River
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The Merced River is a 145-mile -long tributary of the San Joaquin River in central California, United States. It flows from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley and is best known for its stee
George Henry Burgess
…Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, California) Yosemite Museum (Yosemite National Park, California) Gallery King Kamehameha IV, 1856 Queen Emma, 1856 The Merced River, Yosemite Valley Frazer River Camp, 1858 View of San Francisco in 1850, painted in 1878 Footnotes Citations References Driesbach, Janice T.; Jones…
The Merced River in Yosemite Valley
The Merced River canyon in Yosemite National Park
May Lake, at the headwaters of Snow Creek, is one of many lakes feeding the Merced River.
Salmon historically migrated as far upstream as Happy Isles, but dams now block their passage.