Ben Harris, unwashed & profane was known as "the greatest liar in the Sierra."
He frequented Lemon Cove and the Mineral King back country and became part of the folklore.
His mule was the smartest, his dog the meanest, his gun the . . . — — Map (db m141540) HM
On Sierra Drive (California Route 198) at Pogue Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Sierra Drive.
On this site, in 1879, a large two story thirteen room hotel was constructed, known as “The Cottonwoods,” by the partnership of C.W. Crocker and J.B. Wallace of San Francisco, and J.W.C. Pogue. The Pogue family came to this lime kiln area in 1865 . . . — — Map (db m155190) HM
