1: T A H O E Y E L L O W S T O N E N A T 0 N A L P A R K A few ho u rs delightfu l ride from T ruckee alo ng the
- banks of thel u mbli ng T ru ckeeRiver . LO W S lD E T R 1 P RAT ES
S to overs ermitted on all O verland and Pu llman tickets. p p — o w i e - tri rat to thi s em of theSierra twent - three O nl one ni ht ride ea ch wa f ro m O e L s d p es g y y g y gd n .
‘ f t d S v ow miles lon thirteen wide o ver two thou sand ee ee . topo e rs a ll ed on all R a i l and P u llman uc et g, , p T k s . u st no ti f the condu cto r and he wil l arra e hi J y ng . o Fis n . Boati n and Mo u n E"cellent H o tels. Tr ut g g B ea u i f u l c t S ener . Gi ant e se rs G ‘ lai n Clim in y y b g .
S E E AGE N T S
‘ 884 M a rket S t I 4 P owel l S L M arket S treet Ferr D e o t S a n F r ancisco , , y p . T I C K ET opplcg s L AK E T AH O A WA RA N S P ORT A e E R I L Y T TI ON Co ‘ , T aho . C a l. 884 M k S t I 4 P w a r et , o ell S t , M arket S treet Fe r r D e ot ran s o y p , S an F ci c
C H S . A 5 . FEE Passen e r a a e , g T raffic M n g r AS . HO RS B J URGH r . G a l . n r P asse e nt J , e e ng r Age S O U T H E R N P A C F C T I CKET OFFICES
884 M a rket S treet LOS AN G ELES I 4 Powell S treet SAN TA BARBARA Bro adway and 1 3th Streets FRESN O 40 E ast S ant a Cla ra Avenu e SAN D I EGO OR D EPOT AGE N TS AT ALL S OU THERN PACI FIC S TAT 10N S H E SI ERRA N EVAD A trees ; where groves of tall pines and groups of black oaks are Snowy Range—has been well interspersed with carpets of emerald verdure made colorful by
renamed by ohn Muir the Range m ny fl o wers l J a varieties of wild , such as lupines , daisies , go den L of ight ; for these mountains rods , mints . with green ferns in secluded dells ; altogether a
ll flowered of California are the I umined quaint . landscape of trees and plain and stream with — w - . l ll Mountains Their mura a s stretches of shrubs the red stemmed manzanita , the chin uapin — q , l l l l a o th s l rise to over thirteen thousand the beautifu Ca ifornia i ac "ce n u ", go d cup oak and
feet , and the battlemented their kind .
fif teen A l l tran u il l - l peaks and domes hun bove this eve , o oveliness rise mile high , c oud
l . r dred feet higher in the c ouds supporting walls , grim and g ay in place , here and there colored
' - O u thei r flanks and lower sides marvelously . Sculptured giant fashion into domes and half
d ar are the k covers of the domes , spires and pinnacles and frowning precipices , recessed ' t world s greatest coniferous forests ; above , the High Sierra for dropping rivers , hese Sierra walls encompass our meadow
- glows , amber like in the afternoon sun of summer , graced with and make of it the fl owerf u l floor of a great chasm .
- w i n chains of pearl Iike mountain lakes and each high peak throated Yet brook and meadow , green and flo er g color of wild
a with sca rf of snow . These high granite walls are here and blossom , own the sunshine and are not overborne by the carved
- l a lan. there riven by great chasms , ice scu ptured on mighty p mountains above ; the daisy is as much at home in the Yosemite
Of - l H lf . these deep Sierra rifts , the greatest in sheer walls and mighty as is the c oud like a Dome at the head of the Valley In
ll l . waterfalls is the Yosemite . waterfa s and sheer c iffs the Yosemite is supreme Nowhere
The Yosemite National P a rk is in the heart of the Sierra else do rivers thunder over cliffs a half-mile high "nor in any
- — l - in central eastern California , and is now easy of access none other p ace have the snow waters of high mountains found w ll of the American wonderlands more so . From north and south such variety and beauty of courses down mountain a s the Southern P acific joins the Yosemite Valley Railroad at to unify in a valley river . Out from beneath the great snow
- o Merced , and the l atter with a journey of eighty miles up the mantle of the High Sierra in spring pour the snow waters int
l rk ll beautiful Merced River takes the trave er to the pa line the cup of the Yosemite ; and a sum—mer , though in lessening E . i l . w Portal A stage ride o f fourteen miles completes the trip volume , these forested . fl o er ng . Iake dotted mountains , great
to the heart of the Valley . Both at El Portal and in the reservoirs of crystal clear water , continue to feed the streams
ad Valley are such ties to civilization the year round as steam of the Valley . With lessening waters are compensatory
- l heated , electric lighted hotels , with telephone , telegraph and vantages ; the regions of the upper air are more accessib e and "
offi ces. express There are comfortable tent villages in summer the weather guaranteed fine.
- — l o f l l F ll . for those who wou d be out doors ; and for others , nearer Entering the Va ley , on the south wa l are Bridal Veil a s l l l kin to the wi derness and who wou d rest beneath bright stars , Its water slips over the top of granite rock . white , etherea ,
r ri hlm there is the whole width of the Sierra , with d y, clear summer a d seems to drop its tenuous into the treetops , appearing
u nn . nights and s y days small and feeble at first, so overpowering is the impression of l The Yosemite is now accessible in winter as well as in the mightier wal . Nearer . and there comes a sense of great f summer ; hence to its attractions is added the singular impres power . The highest European alls is said to be the Staubbach si veness - . l l of great snow robes To the Ca ifornian , to whom or Dust Brook in Switzer and ; but this one is higher , leaps out
ll blo om l winter usua y mean oranges and orange ss s , rose tourna of a smoother channe . has greater volume of water and is
u l nd flowers ments and p a s of wild , this accessibility bri ngs the seen in the midst of loftier precipices . The stream is full thirty
l - f first o . ll nove ty of the ski ing , skating , tobogganing and kindred j ys feet wide , and a s a distance of six hundred feet , then
The Yosemite National P ark covers a domain thirty - six by rushes over a sloping pile of debris and drops a perpendicular
- ll a cu l- d - s forty eight miles ; the Va ey itself is e a c about seven distance of three hundred feet more . But from the chief points
- l a l . mi es long by three q uarters of mi e wide . Its center is a of view it seems to make but one plunge , and the effect , Prof " l - l l D . evel park ike meadow through which a tunefu river runs ; a J . Whitney said , is that of being nine hundred feet in l l d ll peacefu p ace where , over the streams ben alder . wi ow , vert i cal height .
fl oweri n b lm l - l g dogwood . a of Gi ead and other water oving Around the shoulder , behind which Bridal Veil Creek makes 3 N EVAD A FALLS others fro
' o r spire ,
low its apex l S nearly
he river at its base is feet . md majestic monument stands Sentinel
top is feet above the Valley . two f a its conoidal or onion - l ike layers when we
s rirn . into the Valley like a buttress , and presents to cale the of the Valley
r i al a single glance a supefic area of more than four hundred We are now at the social center of Yosemite , and the hotel ,
he El th osto ce offices . t l acres It is said that stupendous bulk of Capitan is the camps , e ittle p ffi , a few shops and , are such that it can be seen from a certain vantage—ground at a gathered near here and opposite the great waterfall called after
distance of sixty miles . the Valley .
l l l i nsi The Three Brothers are a fraterna group a itt e beyond El Seen from the Valley center , Yosemite Falls seem g
- l . li ni ant . Capitan and their resemb ance depends upon the point of view fic It is , in fact , about thirty ve feet wide , and when
They are sometimes called the Three Graces . To the Indians the stream is full the roar can be heard all over the Valley , their attitude is said to have suggested the heads of frogs and the shock of its descent shakes windows a mile away . sitting up ready to leap . Halfway across the Valley it is hard to realize that this volume w — The highest one of the three is feet , and is kno n from of white water plunges feet half a mile . As you walk l b l ll v . other points as Eag e Peak . reached trai from the Va ey toward it along the footpath it is seen between the trees , and HALF D OMET AND GLACIERz POlNT ‘ BRI DAL VElL FALLS seems almost an unbroken fall from its granite lip to its fina l impact on
ll . A l the Va ey floor nd from this point the height , the vo ume of water ,
the gray and yellow granite wall , the green herbage that frames the picture and the gradations of color and movements of the descending the torrent , combine to make it most wonderful and beautiful waterfall
i n ll l . n l . i a the wor d I rea ity it is not one , but three T me was , t e doubtless , when it leaped from h topmost edge of the cliff
fl oor feet to the Valley , but some convulsion has shaken down the
original front to a point halfway down and the first fall is now
feet of sheer descent . Then comes a series of cascades , partly hidden
600 final l t 4 through feet downward , and a eap , straigh down , of 00feet . A ll u t l cross the Valley the south wa thr sts ou a massive shou der ,
l . At ,which is we l named Glacier Point no other point is the wall so
u bare and sheer , and you look p , almost from its solid foot ,
o ts feet . The flag which sometimes fl a from the brink of the precipice
is eighteen feet long, but it is seen dimly , looking no larger than a _ ' n lady s handkerchief . A iron railing at the point protects visitors ,
and from here fireworks are often displayed .
Once more crossing on the north or left - hand side as we go up the
Valley , stands Yosemite Point , flanked on the east by Indian Canyon , so called because by means of it the Indians of early days used it
or to enter leave the Valley .
The Royal Arches are near the head of the Valley , in the vast
' vertical wall whose highest summit is North Dome . T he arches are
recessed curves in the granite front , very impressive because of their
size , and made by the action of frost . Much of the rock here is
formed in l ayers like the structure of an onion , and the arches are the
’
fractured edges of these layers . Washington s Column is the angle — of the wall at this point a tower completing the massive wall at the
very head of the Valley .
Over against it, but looking down the Valley , stands the highe t — s rock of all the region the great South Dome , or Half Dome , as it is
- often called . It is feet above sea level , or nearly feet
above the Valley . Its mas sive front is cleft straight down
for about feet , and the fractured face turned outward
is polished by wind and storm . The side of the Half Dome turned toward the southwest has the curve of a great helmet
and is so smooth and precipi tous as to almost defy the most adventurous mountain
climber . Milton wrote of " A rock piled up to the clouds
Conspicuous afar , SENTINEL RO CK AND CAMP AHWAHNEE At U ll and this describes the Half Dome . It dominates the Valley nion Point , feet above the river , all wi stop and
l . from almost every point . rest a little on a slight plateau or bench of the gigantic wal Just
T ena L onl t l A Passing up ya Canyon , we come to Mirror ake , y be ow stands an interesting shaft of granite , well named gassiz I -flve ree s l . an expansion of Tenaya Creek . But when the slow sun c p Co umn It is eighty feet high and its base is eroded until — l over the great flank of the South Dome the visit should always it looks too frail to support the greater bulk of rock above it. be made before sunrise—everything in this little mirror is won - I Glacier Point is perhaps the most popular objective point in derf u ll n y reproduced . the whole region . O the way you visit Vernal and Nevada Falls , The stages reach the Valley by noon and the afternoon can ' returning down the short zigzag past Agassiz Column and Sentinel " be devoted to what is called the round trip or Meadow Drive Rock . Glacier Point is especially remarkable for its commanding
' on the floor of the Valley . The next morning you will do well position , its great vertical height and the unspeakable sublimity
to call the Saddle Train and take a trail to the rim of the Valley . of the view from its projecting rocks . There is a comfortable
Especially will you need to see Vernal and Nevada Falls . This hotel on the summit , and the stage will here meet parties which will occupy a day . The trail leads up the rushing Merced past desire to g o to the Big Trees of Mariposa . The projecting rocks the Happy Isles and along the bottom of a wild canyon by which mark the Point are but a few yards from the hotel . It
titanic walls . Panorama Rock is feet above the river , is exactly feet from the top of the jutting rock down
almost perpendicular , and at once the highest and most con to the floor of the Valley , and a pebble dropped from this point ti nu ou s wall of the Yosemite . It is written over by trickling will touch nothing until it strikes the talus , feet straight
water and painted by purple lichen , and perhaps nowhere else down . The hotel is dwarfed to a hut , stately trees are mere
l ' im ressive ss . do you fee so deeply the geologic p ne of the region . shrubs , and men seem dots on the Valley floor From the bridge over the river half a mile away you catch a Much of the northern rim of the Valley lies before you on
glimpse of Vernal Falls , a thing of glorious beauty in the dark the same level upon which you stand , with a background of
. n i canyon The river is early eighty feet wide and drops sheer higher mountains . There is Eagle Rock ; here Yosem te Falls , 3 5 0 . t l A down feet The spray is driven ou ward like smoke . and shining in fu l light ; opposite are the Royal rches , the North n everything of plant and grass , moss and fern , is kept vividly green Dome , a d beyond , the Basket Dome ; Mirror Lake is but a by the incessant baptism . The trail leads directly to the top of splash of light in the canyon ; the great fractured face of the South
the fall . Dome , with the outline of its splendid helmet unmarred , is — ’ — - A little beyond less than a mile is Nevada Falls , where above you , and beyond is the naked wind swept granite of Clouds
the same stream plunges downward 700 feet . The descent Rest between you and the sky ; far to the right is seen the K is not sheer . The great snowy torrent glances from sloping majestic Cap of Liberty with Mount Lyell , Mount Starr ing, l rock about midway just enough to make a compound curve . Mount Clark and the Obelisk , whi e , shifting your position but — L l The setting of the fall is impressive Great iberty Cap , a a litt e , Vernal and Nevada Falls are seen shining in the dark
granite pile rising more than feet above the pool , at its canyon . No wonder a veteran geologist called the view from " base , with Mount Broderick just back of it and the Half Dome the Point the grandest sight on earth . near at hand . Walk in the early morning to the top of Sentinel Dome , or
Another day may be spent on the trail to Yosemite Falls down the fine trail to I llilou ette Creek and its 500- foot plunge ; and Eagle Rock . From the top we climb down to the lip of or try a horseback ride along the rim of the south wall via
ll l five o the fa , near y hundred feet below the actual rim of the P ohon trail , stopping at the Fissures , those curious crevices
l . rock wal , and from this point we have an inspiring view at in the rocks , one four feet across and several hundred feet deep once of the plunging torrent and of the peaceful Valley far You will do well to lie down on your stomach , crawl to the
l . l u s it. be ow A few mi es takes to Eagle Rock , where a still edge and look over into the abyss . You will never forget
finer wider and view awaits u s. When Yosemite was in the forest primeval and heard only
i t o l E . If equal to , g on to the top of Capitan It is some the music of its own cataracts , it was a wild flower garden of " thing to see the topside of the Great Captain and from here many varieties , but the need of pasturage and the trampling of ll ll e the lower section of the Va ey is we s en . many feet have obliterated the delicate beauty which once was ll The next day wi be given to Glacier Point . The trail is a all the more striking by contrast with the towering rock walls
aq bloom wonderful zigzag , a triumph of engineering . which shut in the garden . B ut the Park is still , and an
1 4 1 5 MIRR OR LAK excursion beyond the rim of the Vall—ey , and away from the says It the wildest mountaineer on his v . frequented paths will reward the flower lover with azaleas , wild good beha ior With this plant the whole world would seem
I l‘ oSCS l t , gilias , ph oxes , lupines , po entillas , daisies , harebells , iris , rich , though none other existed .
a l t l the brodi ea and especially the calochortus , or Mariposa tulip , The great Val ey is a ragedy of the days of wi d unrest , ' fi h v ner t an any ever seen in Europe . There are five or six when Nature s forces were destructive . Today she is co ering tv arieties , the Calochortus albus perhaps the loveliest of the the scars of the old wounding with verdure . You will be struck
1 6 1 7 l with the persistence of ife . Where glaciers plowed therocky field the ten
d erest fl owers spring ; where awful - o rces j _ shattered the granite walls , are
nows ar n files w mi g of pine , fir and
i n up granite cliffs ,
.
shrub , flower and tree are clinging , con
of soil , as if to Life marches up t or he g ges , climbs the precipices , camps on the sides of splintered peaks
and braves the storms in exposed situ = " ti ons a , as if just to spread soft petal ,
notched leaf , feathery plume or green
" a br nch were enough . You will miss
; something in the Valley if over the beauty and musi c of stream and
" waterfall , you do not see the marching f Zfile of - s plant life conquering the granite ,
c yeri n f o g the nakedness , and hear tree ,
f i ' shru b and flower whisper from the
heights of the rapture of living . It 1 — f irm s all ugly once a chaos of rock
r and denuded gorge . We might have
o c . w ndered , we ould not have admired
- . N ow all is healed with bloom and — beauty all geological terribleness
I ' vi ele n i c] under grass a d fern , flower and
leafy verdancy of the rejoicing trees .
v The whole movement today is toward
l
‘ beauty, ari d you will come away rested ,
renewed and recreated .
For ages great chasm , whose "this e birthday none can t ll , has lain in the
at . of n u m her the Sierra , u known and fl ‘ yi sited. It was but yesterday , when inen were feverishly searching these
western mountains for gold , that Nature
gave to the world this other treasure ,
beautiful beyond the dreams of men ,
i
' which all may share and none be
poorer for the sharing .
Probably the first white man who
saw i t, was Dr . Bunnell , in the winter
- first l of l 849 50. His g impse was
of El Capitan , and from a long way H e EL CAPITAN off . was ascending the old B ear YOSEMITE FALLS
YOSEMITE VALLEY FROM OLD INS PIRATIO N POINT ’ Valley trail from Redley s Ferry on the Merced n River , when an imme se cliff loomed apparently to the summit of the moun " tains . H e looked upon this awe- inspiring column with wonder and admira tion , but inquiries con cerning that locality were
fruitless , and it was not until
D r. March , that B unnell again saw the great rock . He was then a member of the Mariposa Battalion
in pursuit of hostile Indians . The place w as t. M Beatitude , above New Inspiration "
Point . Suddenly we came in full view of
i n the Valley . The immensity of rock I had seen
my vision on the old Bear Valley trail , forty miles
away , was here presented to my astonished gaze . The locality of the mysterious cliff was there revealed , its pro l portions enlarged and perfected . None but those who have visited this most wonderful Valley can ever imagine the feeling with which I looked upon the view that was there presented .
Since that day scientists have struggled with the qu esti on df
the origin of the wonderful gorge , and many theories have been
advanced . Was it due to some sudden titanic convulsion of N ’ ature , which split open the earth s crust , leaving this great scar which Nature is covering with trees and fl owers ; was it some
tremendous subsidence due to internal volcanic forces ; was it the
wi n gradual , resistless erosive work of water , ever fl o g , through
eons and eons of time , that wore away these granite mountain through the g
peaks and left a valley in their place ; or was it a glacier , a rushes . B ut nowhere
a l mer- dc- la verit b e g ce , that ground its downward way through Valley is this swift tr l l l the snowy passes unti , meeting a gent er c ime , it melted away,, awe and majesty to leaving u s to read the story of its work in the glacial pol ish more vividly impressed l l El " g istening upon the faces of Half Dome and o d Capitan on the trip to M irror Lake . A l ll But the man who oves Nature in a her varied moods may well ramble by the meadows , through the —woods and leave these problems to the academic discussion of science . along a road covered deeply with pine needles , whose
l th fills l q Rather et his eye rove over the glorious riot of color and e balsam the air , brings you to the rim of this i uid looking l l l sp endor and majesty of form , the whi e his ear is charmed g ass . No zephyr breaks upon its placid depths , no sound dis hi m and his whole being thrilled as Nature p lays for her tu rbs the stillness of the air . Like a cup of molten silver it lies in l l u wondrous sca e of harmony from tink ing rivulet to thundero s the heart of the mountains , and as you gaze and gaze again into
waterfall . this crystal lake the foliage that lines its shore , the dark pines
- l M t. l . a n Yosemite is pre eminently a region of contrasts Yonder , n beyo d and the giant out ine of Watkins towering in the b ue
- fidelit inaccessible ice clad peak piercing the sky , and at our feet , a distance are pictured on its silver surface with a y that makes
u l . pleasant , verdant meadow , where cattle graze contentedly and yo hesitate to say where ends reality and where begins simi itude
2 6 2 7
Among the places in the Valley which you will wish to see , is has its own special delights and advantages . In the spring the l l the Le Conte Memorial Building , or Lodge . It is located in me ting snow turns the streams which feed the waterfa ls into
- l l l . a beautifu grove , directly under G acier Point It is open to torrents , and the down rushing water is in full vo ume ; on every
- filled the public from May to August , and the reading room is side are rivulets , leaping cascades and reverberating waterfalls ; t with maps , photographs , P acific Coast papers and magazines , in he summer the highest trails are accessible , the weather is l l and with literature pertaining to the Sierra . The initiative for delightfu and the who e atmosphere has a mellow , golden quality ' l such a memorial was taken by the Sierra Club of California , that at once rests and invigorates ; in the autumn the air is c ear ,
l rofile which maintains the lodge . Dr . Le Conte died in the Yosemite every out ine and wonderful p of rock and crag, of giant
el . l in July . H oved the region , and visited it eleven times co umn and massive dome , stands out as though etched against " 8 7 0 : I t l His first sight of it was in l , and he says of this trip the sky , the leaves are gent y fading through a myriad shades of
’ —it was almost an era in my life . I never enjoyed green and red and bronze is the artist s paradise of color ;
- anything else so much . Yet later visits were red letter days in and in winter , with the Valley floor hidden beneath a snowy l his busy career , and when he was seventy years old , and ill , cover . with red snow p ants thrusting their way through the white
feeling that his life was spent , he was again in the Valley , surface like tongues of flame , with every tree and plant drooping
l r r s riding about alone , taking leave , he says , with tears , of the graceful y under its wint y burden , with ma velous icicle , like splendid cliffs and glorious waterfalls as of my dearest friends . great stalactites , hanging from tower and pinnacle and over
As marking the depth of his enjoyment , he visited the wondrous arching rock , who shall say which is the best time to visit this " Valley several times after this , and at length closed his eyes wondrous garden of the Sierra
- amid its sublimities . Yosemite was once literally the happy hunting grounds of The charms and pleasures of Yosemite grow upon you with the Indians where they realized on earth what the " good Indian "
each succeeding visit and there are many who , by reason of this usually only expected after death . There are not many of them
subtle attraction , have come , almost unconsciously , to acquire left today , though the valley is still the home of a few living in
- - what might be termed the Yosemite habit . Year by year when the primitive fashion of their ancestors . Ah wah nee was the
the outdoor longing seizes them they throw off the thrall of city name they gave to the valley , and to themselves the tribal name " — - - - - - b . life , leave ehind them the burden of business , and turning their of Ah wah nee chees Yosemite or Y o sem i te , was the de
footsteps to the Sierra fastnesses which ever guard this Golden stroyer . Thus was the grizzly bear known , and so the white
shin - - State , answer gladly to the call of the wild . Here , fi g , men who now own Ah wah nee named the great falls of
ll - tramping , riding , wandering carefree along the floor of the Va ey , Yosemite , known to the Indians as Cho look . There are several
l r l t - - - or sca ing rugged sca p and crag, resting peaceful y a night picturesque legends of the Ah wah nee chees . One of them tells
fir under the stars , muscles grow m and nerves steady , while hearts of the giving of the title Yosemite to a young Chieftain of the
- - - - beat in healthful unison with deep drawn breaths of purest air , tribe . The Ah wah nee chees , says the legend , in pride of power
- be. and life is once again the joy that it is meant to and conquest , for they were well nigh invincible in their fertile
- The mountain climber goes to stretch his muscles and test and rock ribbed valley fortress , forgot their gods and the Great
s - - his hand and eye upon the rougher trails ; the fi herman goes fi l K a o , Spirit who rst sp it the heart —of y pha , the Sky Mountains l - - there to tempt the trout in the long stretches of the ower river or and gave it to the Ah wah nee chees for their home , sent a
l finds in the swir ing rapids and cascades above ; the botanist there black pestilence upon the valley and nearly destroyed the tribe ,
flo ra a hundred specimens of the mountain to enrich and beautify so that only a few were able to flee from the haunted place , his store ; the geologist may journey here from year to year and leaving behind them the ashes of the funeral fires and the echoes
l l finds l b - - sti l make new discoveries ; the andscape artist perpetua f funeral wailing. After the Ah wah nee chees had left , the ‘ fish inspiration for his brush ; and the writer feels anew the impotence valley grew rich again in berries , acorns , fruits and and
of words , in poem or in prose , to tell aright the story of Yosemite . game , but the tribe abandoned it entirely . Some of them took
l - - Yosemite can be visited al the year round , and each season refuge beyond To Co Yah , the North Dome , amongst the
- l l Monos and Paiutes , and with them the chief of the ill starred of the Evi Wind , and it is a curious fact that a wind persistent y
- - - l Ah wah nee chees . This chief took to wife a Mono maiden and b ows in the neighborhood of the fall when elsewhere the air is
- - ie a m . . by her he had a son , Ten y , after whom the canyon is na ed still ' - —- - - —- t l A Finally Ten ieya , reaching man s estate , decided to return Tu tock ah nu lah was he god ike guardian of the h wah
- - - i fish to his heritage in Ah wah nee , and so he gathered the remnants nee chees and saw that they were provided w th and deer ,
o u H e of his tribe about him and gradually the valley became rep p with nuts and berries . dwelled in his watc—htower on the l - - E l A . lated . Not long after his return the young chieftain , hunting summit of Capitan , and was be oved by the h wah nee chees
— - - — - - - l in the spring by the lake of K etoo too yem , the Sleeping Water , One dawn Tu tock ah nu ah heard a soft voice whisper his ll found his way disputed by a mighty grizzly , hungry and angry name and on the granite dome of the southern wa he saw
’ ' - - fish - sa- F after his winter s sleep . Ten ieya s only weapon was his Tis ack , the air One , with golden hair and azure eyes , the t be l spear , but casting his aside for a broken limb of a tree , goddess of the va ley , who shared with him the loving care of
- - - nall . w exchanged blows with the great bear until fi y he crushed its the Ah wah nee chees From that day the god , carried a ay
f rO skull and returned to his admiring tribe , who m that hour by love , wooed the goddess to the neglect of the tribe so that the
—- — . fish l called him Y o sem i te , the Large Grizzly B ear grass withered , the trees shriveled , fai ed in the streams and
o - o - - - Other legends tell of P h no , the evil one , who lived by the the deer forsook the coverts . Tis sa ack did not encourage his th e B ridal Veil Falls . In the ripple of water the Indians think wooing , for she was sorry for the tribe , who prayed unavailingly
’ - - - — - - o o . they hear P h no s voice , and in the spray discern his mocking to Tu tock ah nu lah Finally , she prayed herself to the Great
- — features and the wraiths of the maidens and hunters he has Spirit , and as an answer he rent the granite dome where Tis sa ack
fille - L trapped on the slippery mosses at the head of the fall and prayed , and d the dry basin of Wai ack , the Mirror ake .
—- - - — - —— P o ho sa t . u l dragged down to destruc ion no is known as the Spirit B t Tis ack was gone , pursued by Tu tock ah nu lah , b inded
fl u ttered by the down that from the wings of the goddess .
'
Where these soft feathers fell , up sprang white vi o lets, which
blossom to this day .
H OW TO GET T HERE
Leave San Francisco Ferry vi a Southern P acific in the mom
t n t V ing, connec i g a Merced with Y . . R . R . and arrivi ng at El Portal
in the evening . Stage leaves El Portal a . m . next morning , arriving
: Yosemite l l 00 a . m . Night train servi ce will be established in
1 9 0. April , l
R a t s to Y s t and e o emi e R eturn ,
I nclu ding S tage : From San Francisco From Los Angeles From Sacramento
Proportionately low rates from all other points .
Through tickets sold by all Southern P acific agents .
B aggage checked through to El Portal . Free allowance on railroads 50 1 pounds ; on stages 50 pounds ; excess baggage per cwt .
V . . . Observation car on Y . R R from Merced , seats 50 cents ; tickets
for whi ch should be secured at Merced .
Take few extras , and let them be for use . Overcoats and wraps will
be needed according to the season . Wear rough clothing and strong shoes . The climate of Yosemite is pleasantly warm during the day and always
cool after sundown . The winter climate is usually pleasant with a good many crisp days
some snow and good skating . S ENTINEL HOTEL
S E T I N E L H OT E L . . . N B . GLACI E P OI O . t . J Cook , Proprietor Ra es from R N T H T E L AN D CAM P . J B . Cook , Proprietor
to per day , to per week . Rates , hotel , per day . Camp , per day .
- - The hotel is electric lighted and steam heated throughout . On the top of Glacier Point commanding unsurpassed
l - t osto ce L Wel s Fargo Express , elegraph and p fli , stage view . Mrs . Nettie ewis is in charge . Open during
o fli ce , barber shop and laundry will be found at the summer season .
hotel . Open all the year . WAWO H . N A OT E L . Washburn Brothers , Proprietors Rates CA M P OS R . T R OW . . . L A J B Cook , Proprietor Rates to per day . Stopping place for Big Trees .
per day , at the foot of Yosemite Falls in a beautiful Reached by stage from Sentinel Hotel or Glacier Point . grove of oaks . Miss Frances A . Hickey is in charge . F are for round trip , including trip to Big Trees ,
Open during summer season . Open during summer season . C CU RR . AMP Y D . . A Curry , Proprietor . Rates per
H OT E D . t L E L P ORT AL . Rates per day A the end of day , at the foot of Glacier Point on the road to H appy ' the railroad and beginning of the stage ride into the Vernal Isles , and Nevada Falls . Open during summer
C. . . valley . Open all the year . A B abb . Proprietor season .
Al t CAM P W l Camps provide floo ed tents , comfortable beds , H AH N E E . A William M . Sell , Proprietor . Rates h per day . Beautifully located on the main road bat s and good sanitation . M ail , express and laundry are
commu ni ca into the valley , in the meadows , and about one mile delivered at the Camps , which also have telephone
' ti on w . v l . u ith i from the i lage Open during s mmer season . all places in and about Yosem te TABLE of ALTITUD ES
ABOVE FLOOR of VALLEY
WATERFALLS
Ribbon
S PI RES
POINTS . P EAK S D OM ES Three Graces Cathedral Rock
Cathedral Spires
ON PT. Sentinel Rock Sentinel Dome Glacier Point
M t. Starr King
Cap of Liberty Half Dome North Dome Three Brothers Eagle Peak El Capitan Inspiration Point Round Tower Clouds ' Rest Yosemite Point
Floor of Valley , Mean Elevation MAP OF YOSEMITE VALLEY THE TH REE GRACES
BRI D AL VEIL FALLS LEAN I NG TOWER M ERCED RIVER WAWONA ROAD E L PORTAL ROAD RIB BON FALLS E L CAPITAN
1 2 THE THREE B ROTH ERS
CATHEDRAL SP IRES SENTINEL ROCK U N I ON POINT SENTI NEL D OME GLACI ER POINT YOSEM ITE FALLS ROY AL ARCH ES WASH INGTON COLUMN NORTH D OME BASKET D OME
MT . WATK INS HALF D OM E M IRROR LAK E VERNAL FALLS N EVAD A FALLS LIBERTY CAP I LLI LOU ET T E FALLS K N G M T . STARR I
LITTLE YOSEMITE. CLOU D S ' REST T EN AY A CANY ON SENTINEL HOTEL CAM P AHWAH NE E CAMP CU RRY C M P L RROW A OST A ' D S -EYE VI EW OF YOSEMITE V WI F I L POINTS BlR ALLEY . SHO NG SO ME O THE PRI NC PA 4 0 The B ig Trees "Sequoia Giga n tea "are found
only in the Sierra Nevada Range , at an altitude
of from to feet . They are the
largest and oldest living things in the world . Their r only near relative is the Sequoia Sempervi ens ,
found in the Coast Range of California . The Big Trees of the Sierra Nevada grow to an altitude of 340 ‘ feet , and have a base circumference of over
one hundred feet . The bark sometimes exceeds
forty inches in thickness . The Big Tree u nqu es
tionabl y antedated the Christian era . The age is determined by counting the annular rings from the
'
center , each ring indicating a year s growth . When
John Muir , best known of California scientists ,
carefully examined a tree burned part way through ,
it was found to be over years of age . It is believed that many of them greatly exceed
that age , and Dr . David Starr Jordan , of Stanford U niversity , thinks there is no reason why the oldest of them should not have been living seven or eight
thousand years . The trunk of the Big Tree is
fl u ted columnar , perpendicularly , and in appear ance and color varies from a very light brown to
cinnamon . The older trees usually have little
first foliage for the hundred feet , save feathery
sprays . The rule is not absolute , however , and
some of the larger trees , especially those in exposed
places , branch near the earth . The limbs reach
an enormous size , one , eighty feet from the ground
on the Grizzly Giant in the Mariposa Grove ,
having a diameter of nearly seven feet . The best
known groves are the Calaveras , South Park ,
Tuolumne , Mariposa and Fresno , ranging from thirty trees in the Tuolumne to thirteen hundred K in the Calaveras . But along the ings , K aweah
and Tule rivers the groves become forests , and the Big Trees are distributed by thousands over wide
areas , it being esti mated that in the Giant Forest alone there are over six thousand trees with a
diameter equaling or exceeding fifteen feet each .
The best known of all the groves , however , is the
M ariposa , reached by a delightful daylight stage
ride from the Yosemite Valley , with forests all the l way . Dai y service is maintained during the sum
mer season , and the well conducted resort at
Wawona , near by, cares for the visitors .