Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Henderson Margaret ("Margie")
Active in the DPS: 1947-1969
Active in HPS; DPS

Marge and her husband Bill where popular leaders during th 1950's.
She died in December 1993 while in Seattle.
Slide From Rosemarie and Lloyd Balsam Collection Photo by Niles Werner
Rosemarie and Lloyd Balsam Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Margie Henderson and Bill Henderson
after 10-day climbing trip in Sierra Nevada
Aug. 1949 (George Creek trailhead?)

Bill & Margie with group on Granite Peak in the Oriflame Mountains April 25 1948 Willard Dan is behind Bill.

Photographer:  Lloyd Balsam Photo: Elsie and Eric Kent Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Margie Henderson (left) and Rosie Balsam (Rosie Kent at the time) after 10-day climbing trip in Sierra Nevada Aug. 1949 (George Creek trailhead?).

Margie & Bill with group on summit of Rabbit Peak. Album page labeled "Rabbit Peak 1946."

Unspecified location & date (but c. 1948). Margie Henderson & Freda Walbrecht (dark hat).

Photo:  Elsie and Eric Kent Collection
Photo by Niles Werner
Louise & Niles Werner Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Margie Henderson Big Picacho
1955. Appears to be near start of
Big Picacho approach via
Canyon del Diablo.

Margie Henderson on
Hundred Peaks Section Exploratory
climb of Red Mountain May 1977.
From the Robert & Maureen Cates Collection


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1947 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1947 DPS Emblem
1951 Member - Education Committee
1952 Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1953 Member - Chapter Membership Committee
1953 Banquet Chair - Desert Peaks Section
1954 Vice Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1954 Member - Schedule Committee
1955 Member - Schedule Committee
1963 Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1965 Member - Orange County Group
1966 Member - Orange County Group
1969 Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section
1978 Program Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section

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