DAIRY MILKING HEADQUARTERS, LEIDIG MEADOW, 1918, Yosemite National Park. In 1918, when the National Park Service was in its infancy, cattle used the meadows in Yosemite National Park, and a dairy milking headquarters was maintained at the edge of Leidig Meadow in Yosemite Valley.

LEIDIG MEADOW, SUMMER OF 1955. With Leidig Meadow restored, visitors, rather than cattle, enjoy the meadows of Yosemite Valley. This is only one of the many successful restorations of the natural scene in this lovely valley, which is part of a park dedicated to "the benefit and enjoyment of the people."