Whisky Falls, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States
Unincorporated community in California, United States
37°17′13″N 119°26′21″W / 37.28694°N 119.43917°W / 37.28694; -119.43917CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyMadera CountyElevation5,912 ft (1,802 m)

Whisky Falls (formerly, Whiskey Falls) is an unincorporated area of Madera County, California.[1] It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Shuteye Peak,[2] at an elevation of 5,912 feet (1802 m).[1]

In the early 1900s, author Stewart Edward White built a cabin on Peckinpah Mountain near the old mill near Whiskey Falls, and wrote about the experience in The Cabin.[3] In 2019, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott took a tour of an illegal marijuana farm in Whiskey Falls, in the Sierra National Forest.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whisky Falls, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 845. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Grady, Grace (January 7, 2005). "The Cabin near Whiskey Falls". Sierra Star. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ McDaniel, Piper (September 12, 2019). "Illegal cannabis farms still scarring public lands". Santa Maria Times. Tribune News Service. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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