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Theodore Solomons
1870–1947
An early Sierra Club explorer, surveyor, and writer, he helped imagine the high-country route that later became the John Muir Trail. His adventures in California’s Sierra Nevada left their mark on the map through places like Evolution Valley and Evolution Basin.
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A good old scout
by Theodore Solomons
About the author
Born in San Francisco in 1870, Theodore Seixas Solomons became one of the energetic young explorers of the Sierra Nevada in the 1890s. He was a charter member of the Sierra Club and spent years traveling, surveying, photographing, and writing about the High Sierra.
From 1892 to 1897, he explored the region around Mount Goddard and is credited with naming Evolution Valley and Evolution Basin. He is especially remembered for proposing and tracing an east-side route through the Sierra that later influenced the John Muir Trail, which is why he is often called a pioneer of that famous path.
Solomons also shared his work in writing, including accounts published in the Sierra Club Bulletin. He died in 1947, but his legacy lives on in the landscapes he explored and in the long tradition of Sierra trail travel he helped inspire.