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Paul Hickman and Terence Pitts, George Fiske, Yosemite Photographer (Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1980) James Mason Hutchings, In the Heart of the Sierras contains many photographs by Fiske; Galen Clark, The Yosemite Valley (1910) has more photographs by Fiske. Fiske provided the photographs to his good friend Clark as a favor, as Clark ...
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. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude ...
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 Glacier Point Hotel was a historic chalet-style hotel, located at 7,240 feet (2,207 m) above sea level, the highest elevation for a hotel in the West.Constructed in 1917 in the rustic style, it was an architectural marvel with stunning views of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite Valley, View from Inspiration Point, 1879, in the Princeton University Art Museum Minerva Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, National Park, by Watkins. Carleton E. Watkins (1829–1916) was an American photographer of the 19th century. Born in New York, he moved to California and quickly became interested in photography.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday and was the longest-reigning British monarch, briefly visited Yosemite National Park on March 5, 1983. News stories in Bee archives recounted the queen’s ...
The horsetail waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California as the Fire Fall during winter. (Getty Images/Jorge Villalba) The peak of the firefall is around Feb. 21, but the evenings leading ...
The Desmond Park Service Company changed its name to the Yosemite National Park Company in December 1917 and was reorganized in 1920. [5] On October 27, 1917, a fire destroyed the hotel including the Desmond Company's records. The fire was started by a defective attic flue. [5] [6] In April 1918, the new El Portal Inn replaced the Hotel Del Portal.