"I was born into the Frederick A. Moore Family, in November, 1932…already in progress. I had four older rothers and later one younger. My father was born in 1896, in the small town of Blackrock, just East of Hwy. 395, across from, the now, Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery…The little town of Blackrock does not exist today.
The Moore families, before 1896 and later… had settled in the surrounding towns of Independence, Bishop, Keeler, and Lone Pine, California. My father grew up in Lone Pine acquiring long time friendships with many families of the 1900’s, in which today I still keep in contact with: The Cook’s, The Lasky’s, The Spainhower’s, Chrysler’s & Lacey’s. I am the last survivor on my immediate ‘Moore’ family.
In my book I touch on my family and town history. How my Dad met my Mother…their first home, The Mary Austin House…possibly the first movie made in the Alabama Hills, The Roundup, 1920. The early Chrysler-Cook, Mt. Whitney Pack Trains, in which my father was a guide in the summer months…Our many adventures in the Whitney Portals, that not many children ever get to experience! Plus, our life during WWII on a ranch in the Alabama Hills.”—cover.
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