Title supplied by cataloger. Walt Disney envisioned building a ski resort in Mineral King in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His plans included a visitor village, ski runs and ski lifts among the several bowls surrounding the valley. Disney's death on December 15, 1966 and strong opposition from conservationists prevented the resort from ever being built. Walt Disney, left, on his last visit to Mineral King on September 14, 1966 with Gov. Pat Brown (center) and Willy Schaeffler (right), Disney ski consultant. At extreme right is Larry Whitfield, Sequoia National Forest supervisor and at right, background, is Ron Miller, Disney's son-in-law and professional football player.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Disney, Walt,--1901-1966 Miller, Ron,--1931- Brown, Edmund G.--(Edmund Gerald),--1905-1996 Animators--United States Motion picture producers and directors--United States Resorts--California--Mineral King National parks and reserves--California Governors--California Men--California--Mineral King Cameras--California--Mineral King Microphones Sequoia National Forest (Calif.) Mineral King (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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