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III. Visitation and Development
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18. John Muir accompanied this most
important visitor, President Theodore Roosevelt, through Yosemite in May
1903. The men pose on Glacier Point. Courtesy of the Yosemite
National Park Research Library.
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19. As the founders of Camp Curry in
1899, David Curry (standing, white tie) and Jennie Curry (seated, white
dress) projected a wholesome family image. Nevertheless, both, as
committed businesspeople, were often accused of putting personal
interests ahead of the welfare of Yosemite. Courtesy of Shirley
Sargent.
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20. On September 15, 1915, an employee
of the Curry Company folded this photograph and included it in a letter
to President Woodrow Wilson. He accused David Curry's chief competitor,
D. J. Desmond, of serving alcoholic beverages to minors at Desmond's
Camp Yosemite. "We see in this picture a baby," the employee wrote,
"barely out of its cradle, with an empty glass setting in front of it;
we also see in the background a typical representative of Satan pouring
out his vile decoction." Actually, Curry had planned the letter and
picture himself, hoping to discredit the Desmond enterprise. Courtesy
of the National Archives and Records Service.
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