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Return to Sequoia National Park and the Generals Highway

On the 29th I finally was able to make a return trip to Sequoia National Park via California State Route 198 and the Generals Highway.  The Generals Highway is a personal favorite of mine and in my opinion is one of the best engineering gems of the National Park Service.  I covered the history of the Generals Highway on AAroads.com net forum after consulting the curator for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks which can be found here on reply #7: Generals Highway History I also covered the precursor road to Sequoia National Park which was known as the Colony Mill Road which can be found here: Colony Mill Road Essentially the abridged version of access to Sequoia National Park is as follows:  -  Either in 1895 or 1896 there was a Danish socialist commune that was set up along the North Fork Kaweah River.  Apparently there was at least two town sites in what was known as the Kaweah Cooperative Colony; Arcady (now known as Kaweah) and Advance. ...