Yosemite
The Embattled Wilderness
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I. Incomparable Yosemite
Glacier Point
4. Glacier Point has long attracted reckless tourists, such as this party in 1887. Courtesy of the Bancroft Library.

view from Glacier Point
5. The view from Glacier Point, looking east, includes Half Dome and the High Sierra. Courtesy of the National Park Service.

giant sequoias
6. The giant sequoias of the Mariposa Grove have fascinated Yosemite visitors since the late 1850s. Photograph by Ralph H. Anderson, courtesy of the National Park Service.


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Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness
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