First Light At Convict Lake
by Priya Ghose
Title
First Light At Convict Lake
Artist
Priya Ghose
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Photograph - Digital Photograph
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Golden aspen trees flow like water down the sides of the mountains at Convict Lake in the Autumn. Known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains that surround the lake (including Mount Morrison), Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, USA. The lake was named after an incident in 1871, where a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City. A posse from Benton, led by Deputy Sheriff George Hightower, encountered the convicts near the head of what is now Convict Creek. Posse member Robert Morrison, a Benton merchant and Wells Fargo Agent, was killed in the encounter, and Mount Morrison was named after him.
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November 16th, 2012
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