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The Mariposa Grove Museum stands on the site of the original Galen Clark Cabin. In 1930, the National Park Service built the current structure to display museum exhibits about the grove's history. [9] [10] [11] It is a one-story log structure measuring 20 feet (6.1 m) by 45 feet (14 m) and divided into two rooms.
The stagecoach route from Raymond to Wawona covered 44 miles (71 km) and took approximately 10 hours, including a lunch stop at Ahwahnee. After an overnight stay at the Wawona Hotel , travelers completed the final leg with a six-hour, 20 miles (32 km) ride to Yosemite Valley.
In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought excitement to the Yosemite Valley Railroad by riding it and touring the Yosemite Valley, which included a lunch stop at Mariposa Big Trees Grove. The railroad picked up the President's party from the Southern Pacific in Merced and pulled the ten cars, including the President's private car, to El ...
A few other items also made it through: the sign in front of the school, a lion-shaped bollard representing its mascot, and several lunch tables. "That's the miracle that we're hanging on to. That ...
The company operated stagecoaches from Wawona to Mariposa Grove, holding a monopoly on stagecoach visits to the grove. [15] Stagecoaches departed daily from the Wawona Hotel, carrying up to eight passengers on three bench seats. Lunch stops were held at Galen Clark’s cabin. [16] The Wawona Hotel in 1903.
Mariposa (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ p oʊ z ə,-s ə / ⓘ; [6] Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. [7]
Unable to sleep around 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Sean St. John got out of bed and drove from his Pasadena home to check on his Altadena pizzeria, Pizza of Venice. He'd just been at the restaurant ...
In front of the Altadena sheriff's station Saturday morning, Pierre Dupuy greeted L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, then broke down in her arms. “Thank you so much,” the 65-year-old, who ...