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Camp Curry, now known as Curry Village, was established in 1899 at the base of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. [2] Developed as an alternative to the first-class Sentinel Hotel , it offered a more affordable, rustic lodging experience.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yosemite National Park. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park , California , United States .
In 1925 the two family-run companies became the Yosemite Park and Curry Company and went on to build and run the Ahwahnee Hotel as the company headquarters for years, introducing a number of traditions, including the Bracebridge dinner. Curry Village was the site from where villagers and visitors watched the Yosemite Firefall. This "fall" was ...
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1931 visitor map featuring depictions of Yosemite's scenery, buildings, and activities, printed by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company. YP&CC also played a pivotal role in the development of the Ahwahnee Hotel , which was conceived in the 1920s to provide luxury accommodations in the park. [ 1 ]
They founded Camp Curry, now Curry Village. [49] Park service administrators felt that limiting the number of concessionaires in the park would be more financially sound. The Curry Company and its rival, the Yosemite National Park Company, were forced to merge in 1925 to form the Yosemite Park & Curry Company (YP&CC). [50]
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David and Jennie Curry's ad for the "Firefall" David and Jennie Curry were schoolteachers who arrived in Yosemite Valley in 1899. [7] The couple ran a tent camp in the valley [8] and, despite the two-week round-trip journey via horse and wagon from Merced, California, the camp registered 292 guests in its first year. [9]