Kings Canyon Fur Trapper
Between 1910 and 1940, Joseph Walter Shorty Lovelace Jr (1886-1963) trapped fur in the watershed of the South Fork of the Kings River. He built as many as 36 small, simply constructed cabins (similar to Rocky Mountain trapper cabins from the 1820s) for his enterprise. Most of the cabins are in ruins or have not been located. Two of the best remaining cabins are located in Vidette Meadow and Cloud Canyon. - AsNotedIn