Shorty Lovelace Historic District

The Shorty Lovelace Historic District contains a collection of small mountain cabins stretching across Fresno and Tulare counties in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Between 1910 and 1940, trapper Joseph Walter 'Shorty' Lovelace constructed up to thirty-six cabins throughout the Kings River Canyon area for shelter during his expeditions.

These five-by-seven-foot structures with dirt floors represent the early frontier living conditions of the first non-Native American year-round resident in upper Kings River Canyon.

The district includes nine preserved cabins located at Williams Meadow, Sphinx Creek, Crowley Canyon, Granite Pass, Vidette Meadow, Gardiner Creek, Woods Creek, Cloud Canyon, and Lower Bubbs Creek.

The district earned its National Register of Historic Places designation on January 31, 1978, preserving these mountain shelters at coordinates 36.7406 latitude and -118.518 longitude.

Location: Fresno County

Location: Tulare County

GPS coordinates: 36.74060,-118.51800

Latest update: March 3, 2025 01:53