Just got done watching the movie, "High Sierra" starring Humphrey Bogart. In this 1941 picture, if you haven't seen it, the movie has several scenes in Lone Pine and the road to the Portal.

Anyway, at the beginning of the movie, Bogart is at a gas station with Mt Whitney in the background. The attendant mentions Mt Whitney is the highest peak in the USA at 14,501 feet...... again, 1941.

paul