...Kevin: The hut was originally built in 1909 as a shelter for scientists so they could stay at the summit and make various weather and astrophysical measurements. I think the part about its being "John Muir's abandoned weather station" is erroneous.
Yup - I agree.
In the same vein - it's fun to read newspaper accounts of the Eastern Sierra written by LA papers in the 30's, 40's, 50's and even a bit beyond. Sometimes the reader was treated to some rather fanciful stuff.
