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Center for Archaeological Research at Davis Publication Number 5. University of California at Davis. Bunnell, Dr. Lafayette. Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event, 3d ed. New York City and Chicago, IL: F. H. Revell Company, 1892. Callaghan, Catherine A. 1984. Plains Miwok Dictionary. University of ...
Humans may have lived in the Yosemite area as long as 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. [1] Habitation of the Yosemite Valley proper can be traced to about 3,000 years ago, when vegetation and game in the region was similar to that present today; the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada had acorns, deer, and salmon, while the eastern Sierra had pinyon nuts and obsidian. [2]
The Mariposa Grove Cabin, originally built in 1864 by Galen Clark, Yosemite's first guardian and discoverer of the Mariposa Grove, stands as an iconic symbol of Yosemite National Park. Located near the General Grant and General Sheridan trees, the cabin has been rebuilt three times on the same site, with the current structure dating to 1931. [2]
The Yosemite Museum is located in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park in California. Founded in 1926 through the efforts of Ansel Franklin Hall , [ 1 ] the museum's displays focus on the heritage and culture of the Ahwahnechee people who lived in the valley.
Yosemite National Park (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-ih-tee [5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6] [7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest.
The Royal Arches, like much of the Yosemite area, feature a great choice of rock climbing sites. The Royal Arches climbing area spans from the Church Bowl to Washington Column. The Royal Arches Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. This route, despite its name, is located hundreds of yards east ...
Yosemite National Park suspended the sale of summer online reservations for its most popular campgrounds. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado announced it would close Mondays and ...
The Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is the youngest and most extensive of the intrusive suites of Yosemite National Park, and also comprises about 1/3 of the park's area. The Suite includes Half Dome Granodiorite, Cathedral Peak Granite, and Kuna Crest Granodiorite.