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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1Z_the-story-of-half-dome_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
Millions of years ago the granite block of Half Dome was larger, but there was never a matching half. Undercut by glaciers near the base, slabs of rock fell away from a broad vertical crack in the granite, leaving a sheer face. Remnants of the mis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1Y_yosemite-valley_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of California to "be held for public use, resort and recreation...inalienable for all time." This act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18YE_john-muir-the-woodcutter_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
In 1869, innkeeper James Hutchings hired a young wilderness explorer named John Muir to rebuild and operate his sawmill. Muir worked here for almost two years, milling trees blown down in a storm to build improvements at Hutchings' Yosemite Valley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18MQ_the-ahwahneechee_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
This marker is composed of four plaques secured front and back to two pillars.
Adapting to a New Life
For thousands of years, Indians adapted to climate changes, fires and droughts in the Sierra. They also survived conflicts with other local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18MP_a-home-for-rangers_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
Stephen T. Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, employed park rangers to guide tourists and protect parks from poachers. In 1920, Mather hired architect Charles Summer to construct a home for members of his newly organized rang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K4_olmsted-point_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
This turnout was named in honor of famed landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), and his son, Frederick, Jr. when Tioga road opened to automobile traffic in 1961. Olmsted senior was considered the father of American landscape archi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K2_leconte-memorial-lodge_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
LeConte Memorial Lodge was built by the Sierra Club in 1803/04 in honor of the world-renowned scientist and charter Sierra Club member Joseph LeConte who died near here in 1901. The memorial served as Yosemite Valley's first public information cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K1_the-old-yosemite-village_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
Before you lies the site of the Old Yosemite Village. Stretching between the Four Mile Trail and Sentinel Bridge, it was a bustling hamlet during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It consisted of guest cottages, photo studios, a hotel, bathhouse, sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18K0_reawakening-the-meadow_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
Where the Old Village once stood, little evidence remains. In its heyday, thousands of tourists arrived on horseback, in wagons, and in early Model T Fords. They danced, bathed, and slept here. Today this is hard to imagine, as the meadow seems so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JH_early-tourism_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
After leading the first tourist party into Yosemite Valley in 1855, entrepreneur James Hutchings promoted the Valley's "Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity" in his own .California Magazine. Not long after, a steadily increasing stream of visitors trave…