1907 Map of Olancha

Strategic passage through the mountains is marked by Siberian Pass and Cottonwood Pass, leading toward the Siberian Outpost and Whitney Meadows. The presence of the The Tunnel along the South Fork Kern River and the designated Big Trees near Lloyd Freeman Meadows illustrates the era's focus on surveying natural resources and early timber and water management before the landscape was further developed or reorganized under the national park system.