Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the

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. It is located in

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, The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first

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and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's

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. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864.

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Mountains of Tulare County, California Mountains of Kings Canyon National Park Mountains of Northern California {{TulareCountyCA-geo-stub

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