Madera to Yosemite Stage Route

Madera to Yosemite Stage Route (HMQF1)

Location: Madera, CA 93638 Madera County
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N 36° 57.717', W 120° 3.586'

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Est 1879

Switching from the iron horse to the horse drawn stage after a night at Madera's Yosemite Hotel, which still stands across the street from this monument, at 6 A. M. the tourists would load up in open stages to enable them a good view. Stagecoaches, by their enclosed design were unpopular. Each trip to Yosemite Valley took 2 or 3 days, depending on the road, road conditions or other delays such as the many stage holdups. One woman from whom 20 dollars was taken said "I wouldn't have missed it for 100."

It took approximately 72 horses for each trip to Yosemite Valley. Each stage line owned about 600 horses and had to provide a stage stop to change horses every 7 or 8 miles. In it's heyday there were many stages lined up in front of the hotel every morning.

In 1886 with the completion of the railroad to Wildcat Station (Raymond) in the foothills and out of the infamous valley mud, the routes busiest days were gone. In 1941 the W.P.A. and the California Public Works completed a then modern highway to Friant. Madera again had a major stage (motorized) line to Yosemite.

Madera - Gateway to Yosemite
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HM NumberHMQF1
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series, and the More Than Words series.
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Year Placed1999
Placed ByE Clampus Vitus, Grub Gulch Chapter 41-49
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 11:34am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 761772 N 4094692
Decimal Degrees36.96195000, -120.05976667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 57.717', W 120° 3.586'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 57' 43.02" N, 120° 3' 35.16" W
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Area Code(s)559
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 65-99 E Yosemite Ave, Madera CA 93638, US
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