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This community takes its name from LeRoy Vining. In 1852 Lieutenant Tredwell Moore and soldiers of the 2nd Infantry pursued Indians of Chief Tenaya’s tribe from Yosemite across the Sierra by way of Bloody Canyon. They brought back mineral samples, and a prospecting party was then organized. Among its members were the Vinings, Lee and Dick, who established a camp at what is now Lee Vining Creek.
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Lee Vining, California · United States
