The original inhabitants were
Indigenous Americans, and in 1869,
John Muir visited the area, grazing sheep. In 1885,
John Baptiste Lembert made a seasonal
homestead at Soda Springs, also filing a claim under the
Homestead Act. In 1898, John McCauley used the homestead at Soda Springs as a seasonal pasture for his livestock. In 1915, The
Sierra Club built
Parsons Memorial Lodge at Soda Springs. ==References==