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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6L_the-art-of-thomas-hill_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Along with other accomplished artists of his time, including Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, Thomas Hill's large-scale oil paintings of Yosemite captured the attention of people across America, visually introducing them to magnificence of Yosem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1X_the-journey-to-yosemite_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Tourism in Yosemite began long before it became a national park. In the 1850s, daring visitors endured long days of rugged travel on foot and horseback. Indian trails led them to never-to-be-forgotten views of Yosemite.
Entrepreneurs were soon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1W_waterfalls-of-yosemite-valley_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Nowhere else on earth are there so many spectacular waterfalls in such a concentrated area.
During the spring, torrents of water from melted snow thunder over Yosemite's precipices. By August, the "ephemeral" falls disappear; others, like the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1V_glaciers-at-the-gate_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Geologic processes that created Yosemite Valley include glaciation, erosion, rockfalls, and earthquakes. Most of these processes are still at work here, shaping and reshaping the land. Ancient glaciers have left dramatic geologic evidence virtuall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1T_el-capitan_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
El Capitan is famous for its massive bulk of largely unbroken rock and its sheer, vertical face soaring 3,000 feet into the air. This monolith is composed of a particularly durable granite, allowing it to withstand the pressures of glaciers and er…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6V_wawona-hotel_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
After several pioneer lodging structures were destroyed by fire, Henry Washburn and John Bruce had this building, opened in April, 1879, erected. Bruce died in it in 1882, but Henry, John, Edward, and later Clarence Washburn owned and operated it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LE_a-storied-landscape_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
The open vista below you, Big Meadows, has many stories to share. American Indians have been using this area for thousands of years. It was also center of activity for some of the first Euro-American settlers. By 1874, the Coulterville and Yosemit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JF_the-grand-lodge_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
The first director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, was as at home in the High Sierra as he was in high society. To ensure Yosemite's protection for future generations, he knew that influential people would have to care about the p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JE_the-ahwahnee-porte-cochere_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
The log, trestle-roofed entranceway to The Ahwahnee hotel is called the "porte cochere." The hotel's architect had originally intended that automobiles enter a porte cochere from the meadow side of the hotel through the space where the Indian Room…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177S_welcome-to-glacier-point_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
People have been coming to Glacier Point for generations to see one of the most spectacular views on earth. For a panoramic vista of Yosemite Valley, walk along the trail to Glacier Point, located ? mile from where you're now standing. Along the t…