Smoky Jack (T6)
There was once a small, primitive campground here, but it has long since been abandoned.
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Smoky Jack (T6) Details
This site gets its name from Smoky Jack - the nickname given to John Connel, the man for whom John Muir herded sheep. Muir described John Connel in this way: "He lived mostly on beans. In the morning after his bean breakfast, he filled his pockets from the pot with dripping beans for luncheon, which he ate in handfuls as he followed the flock. His overalls and boots soon, of course, became thoroughly saturated and instead of wearing thin, wore thicker and stouter and, by sitting down to rest from time to time, parts of all vegetation, leaves, petals, etc., were embedded in them, together with wool fibers, butterfly wings, mica crystals, fragments of nearly everything that part of the world contained—rubbed in, embedded and coarsely stratified, so that these wonderful garments grew to have a rich geological and biological significance..." Roadside marker: T6
Difficulty
Low
Distance
N/A
Estimated time
Region
Tioga Road (Rt 120 East)
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