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YOSEMITE
Guidebook 1940 |
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Arno B. Cammerer, Director
CONTENTS
Cover (Half Dome)
Formation of Yosemite ValleyWaterfalls
Glacier Point and Rim of Valley
The Big Trees
Wawona
Tuolumne Meadows
Hetch Hetchy
Winter Season
Fishing
Plant and Animal Life
Naturalist Services
Administration
Accommodations & Expenses
Free Public Campgrounds
Hotels, Lodges, etc.
Miscellaneous Services
How to Reach the Park
What to Do and See in Yosemite
Rules and Regulations
Historic Events
| 1851 | Mariposa Battalion discovered Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point. |
| 1855 | J. M. Hutchings organized first party of sightseers to enter Valley. |
| 1856 | "Lower Hotel," first permanent structure, built at base of Sentinel Rock. |
| 1858 | Cedar Cottage built. |
| 1864 | Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Trees set aside as park by Congress, to be administered by State of California. |
| 1868 | John Muir made his first trip to area. |
| 1871 | Conway started work on Four-Mile Trail to Glacier Point. Finished in 1872. |
| 1874 | Coulterville Road built to Valley floor. Big Oak Flat route completed to Valley. |
| 1875 | Wawona Road constructed to floor of Valley. |
| 1876 | Sentinel Hotel built. |
| 1881 | Tunnel cut through Wawona Tree. |
| 1882 | Tioga Road constructed. Conway built Glacier Point Road. |
| 1890 | Yosemite National Park, surrounding Yosemite Valley, created October 1. |
| 1891 | Capt. Wood, first superintendent, arrived with Federal troops to administer park, May 17. |
| 1899 | Camp Curry established. |
| 1900 | Holmes brothers of San Jose drove first automobile into Yosemite. |
| 1906 | Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove receded to United States. |
| 1913 | Automobiles admitted to Yosemite Valley. |
| 1914 | Civilian employees replaced military in administration of park. |
| 1919 | First airplane landed in Valley, May 27, Lt. J. S. Krull, pilot. |
| 1926 | All-Year Highway completed and dedicated July 31. |
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