http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/joseph-le-contes-grave/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Sat, 25 May 2013 18:52:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/joseph-le-contes-grave/#comment-2102 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:44:23 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1024#comment-2102 Apropos of 19th-century geology in California, I was pointed to Up and Down California, a blog reposting every day of the Whitney expedition of 1860-61. Today they reached the New Idria mining district.

]]> http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/joseph-le-contes-grave/#comment-2099 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:03:14 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1024#comment-2099 There’s a ship named after him on the Alaskan Inner Passage Marine Highway Route as well.

]]> http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/joseph-le-contes-grave/#comment-2086 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:27:35 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1024#comment-2086 Wonderful story. Looks like he died doing what he loved.

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