NATIONAL PARK UNITED STATES Historic Events DEPARTMENT OF THE 1851 Mariposa Battalion discovered Yo- INTERIOR semite Valley from Inspiration Point.

1855 J. M. Hutchings organized first party HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary of sightseers to enter Valley.

1856 "Lower Hotel," first permanent structure, built at base of Sentinel Rock. 19 1 186-4 and Mariposa Big 4 Trees set aside as park by Congress, to be administered by State of Cali­ fornia. 1868 made his first trip to area. NEWTON B. DRURY, Director 1871 Conway started work on Four-Mile Trail to . Finished in 1872.

CO^TE^TS 1874 Coulterville Road built to Valley floor. Big Oak Flat route completed Cover to Valley. Formation of Yosemite Valley 3 1875 Wawona Road constructed to floor of Waterfalls 4 Valley. Glacier Point and Rim of 1881 Tunnel cut through . Valley 4 1882 Tioga Road constructed. Conway The Giant Sequoias .... 4 built Glacier Point Road. Wawona 5 1890 , surrounding Yosemite Valley, created October 1. ... 5 1891 Capt. Wood, first superintendent, ar­ 5 rived with Federal troops to admin­ Winter Season 5 ister park, May 17. Fishing 6 1899 Camp Curry established. Plant and Animal Life ... 6 1900 Holmes brothers of San Jose drove Naturalist Services .... 6 first automobile into Yosemite. Administration 7 1906 Yosemite Valley and receded to United States. Accommodations & Expenses 7 Free Public Campgrounds . 7 1913 Automobiles admitted to Yosemite Valley. Hotels, Lodges, etc. ... 10 1914 Civilian employees replaced military Miscellaneous Services . . 11 in administration of park. How to Reach the Park . . 13 1919 First airplane landed in Valley, May What to Do and See in 27, Lt. J. S. Krull, pilot. Yosemite 14 1926 Ail-Year Highway completed and Rules and Regulations ... 15 dedicated July 31.

2 Yosemite National Park * California YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CALIFORNIA

OPEN ALL YEAR

YOSEMITE FALLS

OSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, edly accelerated to torrential speed by Yapproximately 200 miles by road the uplifts which in the course of many from , is a superb vaca­ million years have given the Sierra Ne­ tion land embracing 1,189 square miles vada their great height. With each in­ of spectacular mountain country. The crease in velocity, the river cut its chan­ two main rivers which flow through the nel deeper, and at last fashioned a park originate high in the mountain narrow V-shaped canyon over 2,000 snows and are fed by hundreds of icy feet in depth. The lesser side streams, streams and snow bordered lakes. In­ meanwhile, were unable to cut so fast, cluded in the park are also three mag­ and their valleys were left hanging high nificent groves of Big Trees, most noted above the bottom of the canyon. The of which is the Mariposa Grove. canyon thus became adorned by many Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa cascades of great height. Grove were set aside in 1864 by act of With the coming of the ice age, Congress, signed by Abraham Lincoln, Yosemite Canyon was invaded by to be administered as a public trust mighty glaciers that descended from the by the State of California. In 1890 the crest of the range. During the climax greater Yosemite National Park sur­ of this age, ice filled the canyon literally rounding these areas was created, and to the brinks and extended down be­ in 1906 the State re-ceded the ValLey yond the site of El Portal. It reached and the Grove to the Federal Govern­ within 700 feet of the crown of Half ment. Dome and overrode Glacier Point to a depth of 700 feet. Forcing its way with FORMATION OF YOSEMITE tremendous power, it gradually widened VALLEY the narrow V-shaped canyon to a The Yosemite Valley, 7 miles long, broad U-shaped trough. It cut back the averaging 1 mile in width and 4,000 sloping sides to sheer cliffs and trans­ feet above sea level, was cut to its pres­ formed the cascades into leaping water­ ent depth by the Merced River which falls. It also added to the depth of the runs through it. The river was repeat­ Valley, excavating a lake basin in its

Yosemite National Park • California 3 rock floor. When at last the glacier A free public campground is available melted away it left a lake 5Y2 miles at Glacier Point. long. But the lake did not endure, for An excellent highway which leaves the Merced River brought down vast the Wawona Road at Chinquapin leads quantities of sand and gravel which through forests of pine and fir to finally filled the lake completely and Glacier Point. A popular feature dur­ produced the level park-like floor. ing the summer is the firefall which is pushed from the Point every night at 9 WATERFALLS o'clock, its glowing embers falling in a Nowhere else in the world may be 900-foot tinkling golden cascade to a seen a waterfall spectacle such as is barren rocky ledge below. found in Yosemite National Park. The Half a mile from the main road Upper Yosemite Fall, highest free leap­ above Glacier Point is , ing waterfall in the world, drops 1,430 4,157 feet above the Valley floor, feet in one sheer fall, a height equal to where an unobstructed panorama may approximately nine Niagara Falls piled be had from the coast range on the west one on top of the other. The lower to the snow-capped ridge of the Sierra Yosemite Fall, immediately below, has on the east. Atop this dome is a famous a drop of 320 feet, or two Niagaras wind-blown Jeffrey pine tree. From this more. Counting the series of cascades point one may see , Cathedral in between, the total drop from the Rocks, , and Half Dome, crest of the upper to the base of the ranging from 2,592 to 4,892 feet above lower fall is 2,425 feet. has the Valley floor. a drop of 317 feet; Illilouette Fall, 370 feet. The drops 594 feet; THE GIANT SEQUOIAS the celebrated , 620 feet; One of the best known groves of and the Ribbon Fall, 1,612 feet. giant sequoias outside of Sequoia Na­ The falls are at their fullest in May tional Park is the Mariposa Grove with­ and June while the winter snows, are in Yosemite, near South Entrance. It is melting. They are still running in July, reached via the Wawona Road, and is but some are entirely dry by August 15 only 35 miles by high-gear paved road when there has been little rain or snow. from the Yosemite Valley, a lV2-hour drive each way. GLACIER POINT AND RIM OF This grove contains some 200 trees, YOSEMITE VALLEY 10 feet or more in diameter at breast Glacier Point, above the Valley rim, height, and thousands of younger trees. commands a magnificent view of the Reproduction is healthy, and the trees High Sierra. Spread before the eye is show a remarkable resistance to fire, one of the world's grandest panoramas fungi, and insects. of domes and waterfalls, dominated by The Grizzly Giant is considered the Half Dome which rises almost sheer oldest tree in the grove; its age is esti­ 4,892 feet above the Valley floor. A few mated at 3,800 years. The maximum steps from the hotel one looks down base diameter is 34.7 feet, and the aver­ into Yosemite Valley, 3,254 feet below. age diameter at the base is 27.6 feet.

4 Yosemite National Park • California It has a girth of 96.5 feet and a height ows, the largest in the Sierra Nevada. of 209 feet. Near the museum is the A lodge, store, garage, and gas station fallen Massachusetts Tree, 280 feet long are operated in July and August; and and 28 feet in diameter. As the tree is a free public campground is available broken into sections, it provides a fine when the road is open. opportunity to study the growth rings and the character of the wood. HETCH HETCHY Visitors may continue up the loop Good paved and oiled roads lead to road to the famous Wawona Tree and Hetch Hetchy Dam and Lake, 38 miles drive through the tunnel, 8 feet wide from Yosemite Valley. This road passes and 26 feet long, that was cut through through the Tuolumne Grove of Big it in 1881. This tree is 231 feet tall and Trees and magnificent stands of sugar 27.5 feet in diameter. A little farther up pine and fir. the road a wonderful view over the Wawona Basin and South Fork Canyon WINTER SEASON may be had at Wawona Point, eleva­ The All-Year Highway is never tion 6,890 feet; especially fine are the closed, and the Wawona Road is open views at sunset. during the winter, except for short In the Tuolumne Grove, located on periods after unusually heavy snows. It the Big Oak Flat Road, 17 miles from is advisable to carry chains for use in the Valley, is another tree through heavy storms. Information on snow which cars may be driven. A third sports and winter road conditions may grove, the Merced, is an unusually beau­ be obtained from automobile associa­ tiful area in a secluded corner of the tions. It is necessary to make reserva­ park. It is reached by a good dirt road, tions well in advance for accommoda­ and is about 8 miles west of Crane Flat. tions for Saturday nights and holidays from December 25 to February 25. WAWONA On Glacier Point Road, near Badger Wawona, 27 miles south of the Val­ Pass, excellent ski slopes may be easily ley, near the Mariposa Grove of Big reached by car; the road is kept open Trees, is located in a beautiful moun­ by rotary snow plows. A ski lodge, tain meadow on the scenic Wawona where ski equipment may be rented Road. Here saddle and pack animals and hot lunches, sandwiches, and re­ may be secured for trips to fine fishing freshments are served, is located at lakes and streams in the southern part Badger Pass, elevation 7,300 feet. of- the park. Other sports to be enjoyed The Yosemite Valley, enclosed by are tennis, golf, and swimming. A post granite walls which shut out the winds, office, gas station, store, hotel, and free has a mild winter climate. On the north­ public campgrounds are available. ern side one may motor, ride horseback, and hike in comfort, while on the south­ TUOLUMNE MEADOWS ern side, screened from the sun by the About 55 miles from Yosemite Val­ towering cliffs, popular winter sports ley, and reached over Big Oak Flat may be enjoyed throughout the winter and Tioga Roads, is Tuolumne Mead­ season which usually lasts from Decem-

Yosemite National Park • California 5 ber 15 to March 1. Appropriate equip­ Bears are numerous and though ap­ ment and clothing may be rented in the parently tame, they are still wild ani­ Valley. mals, and those encountered along the FISHING highways are dangerous. These animals are not easily frightened away when Before the coming of white men, the they approach too close to persons or rainbow trour was native in streams up cars. Visitors are warned to keep a safe to the floor of Yosemite Valley. Above distance from the bears and must not the waterfalls the streams and lakes feed tbe?n. were barren. Trout planting in the re­ Deer may be seen throughout the gion began in 1878, was given impetus park, particularly in the meadows in when the park was created in 1890, late afternoon. During June and July and was greatly augmented in 1926 the fawns are born, and are usually well when the State Fish Hatchery was built at . Now each year a mil­ concealed by the does in the tall grass lion or more trout are planted by park of the meadows. However, when fawns rangers and as a result all of the prin­ are discovered, they should be left cipal lakes and streams are stocked with strictly alone. They are born without trout. (See Rules and Regulations— animal scent—a protection of nature to back cover.) safeguard them from their enemies. Does have been known to refuse to PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE care for their own young which have been handled by human beings. If visi­ Because of the great range in altitude tors go too near the fawn, the doe is of about 2,000 feet to over 13,000 feet likely to charge and attack with her and the varied moisture conditions, front hoofs. there are over 1,300 varieties of flower­ ing plants in the park. Five life zones NATURALIST SERVICES are represented, ranging from the brush (Offered by the National Park Service belt of the lowest altitudes, with its without charge) manzanita, wild lilac, live oak, and digger pine, to the alpine-arctic zone, Yosemite Museum. — Key to the where only lichens, mosses and a few story of the geology, history, Indians, alpine flowering plants can grow. Early plant and animal life of the park. Open spring marks the flowering of redbud all year. Wildflower garden, art ex­ and mountain dogwood followed by hibits. See bulletin boards for pro­ such shrubs as azalea, spirea, ocean grams of nature walks, all-day hikes, spray, and syringa. lectures, junior nature school, etc. Approximately 60 species of mam­ Reference Library.—In museum. mals, more than 200 varieties of birds, Large collection of books on Yosemite about 25 kinds of reptiles, and a dozen region. A librarian is on duty during kinds of amphibians are to be found the summer. here. There are few places where verte­ brates are more abundant or more easily Auto Caravans.—Visitors, driving seen and studied. their own cars, follow naturalist to

6 Yosemite National Park • California points of special interest in the Valley. FREE PUBLIC CAMPGROUNDS Twice daily during most of summer. Free public campgrounds are main­ Seven-Day Hikes. — Naturalist- tained by the National Park Service guided parties start from Yosemite Val­ in Yosemite Valley, at Glaciet Point, ley each Monday morning during July Wawona, Mariposa Grove, and Tuo­ and August for a circuit of the High lumne Meadows. These areas are pro­ Sierra camps. Reservations must be vided with necessary sanitary conven­ made well in advance. Parties limited iences and with running water. Most to 15 persons average 10 miles a day. of them have modern rest rooms with wash basins. There are also many Branch Museums. — At Mariposa smaller isolated campgrounds, such as Grove a log cabin contains exhibits at Bridalveil Creek, , telling the story of the Sequoias. At Porcupine Flat, and Lake. Glacier Point a small stone lookout Camping facilities are available until contains interesting relief maps ex­ closed by snow in winter. Trailers are plaining the work of glaciers in form­ welcome in the public campgrounds, ing Yosemite. The ranger station at but no electrical connections have been Tuolumne Meadows contains exhibits installed. Showers are available at Camp showing the history, geology, and ani­ Curry, Yosemite Lodge, and Tuolumne mal and plant life of the region. Meadows Lodge for 25 cents, which includes soap and towel. ADMINISTRATION Yosemite National Park is under the Camping equipment, such as tables, administration of the National Park chairs, cots, mattresses, stoves, lanterns, Service, United States Department of blankets, etc., may be rented by the the Interior. In immediate charge is the week or month at Camp 16 in the Val­ park superintendent, with headquarters ley. Firewood may be purchased here at Government Center. or fallen dead wood in the areas desig­ nated by the superintendent may be ACCOMMODATIONS AND used for firewood. No sequoia wood, EXPENSES cones, or bark may be taken. The park offers a complete range in Campers must register their name, living accommodations — free public address, car make and number, length campgrounds, inexpensive housekeep­ ing tents and cabins, and moderate and of stay and location in campground higher priced accommodations in (post and section number) in the regis­ camps, lodges, and hotels. Rates for tration book at entrance to each camp­ these and other services in the park are ground. This is important in case of approved by the Secretary of the In­ emergency messages. No person, party, terior. This booklet is issued once a or organization shall camp more than year, and the rates mentioned herein 30 days in Yosemite or Wawona Val­ may have changed slightly since is­ leys in any one calendar year. All pri­ suance, but the latest are on file in the vately owned camping equipment must superintendent's office. be removed from the campsite at the

Yosemite National Park • California 7 GUIDE MAP OF YOSF.MITE NATIONAL PARK end of 30 days, and the site must be for 1 person, $4 each additional person. cleaned up. Completely equipped cabins, with bath, $7 daily per cabin and up; reduced HOTELS, LODGES, HOUSEKEEP­ rates for longer stays. Partially furnish­ ING CABINS, AND CAMPS ed cabins, without bath and without These accommodations are operated linen and blankets, available in win­ by the Yosemite Park and Curry Co., ter, $1.50 daily for 1 or 2 persons," 50c under contract with the Government. each additional person. For reservations and additional infor­ Housekeeping Tents.—Camp 16, in mation apply to the company at Yo­ Yosemite Valley. Open during summer. semite National Park, Calif., or 39 Tent outfits completely equipped, ex­ Geary St., San Francisco, or 612 South cept linen, $8.50 weekly for 1 person, Olive Street, Los Angeles. $1.50 each additional person. Daily Unless otherwise stated, rates given rate, including linen, $2.25 for 2 per­ are per person for 2 persons in room, sons; partially equipped (cots, mat­ cabin, or tent; rates are higher for single tresses, table, chairs, dresser, stove, and occupancy, and in most cases lower garbage pail) $1.50 for 1 or 2 persons. when occupied by more than 2 persons. Camp Curry Housekeeping Sec­ The Ahwahnee.—In Yosemite Val­ tion.—Outfits completely equipped at ley. Open all year. Rates $10 to $12 $10 weekly for 1 person, $14 for 2, daily, American plan. $2.50 each additional person. Open Camp Curry.—In Yosemite Valley. during summer. Open approximately May to Septem­ Glacier Point Hotel. — On Valley ber. Bungalows with bath, cabins with­ rim. Open abcut May to September. out bath, and completely furnished Rooms with and without bath. Cafe­ tents. Dining room and cafeteria. Rates teria. Rates $1.50 to $3.50 daily, Euro­ $4 to $6.50 daily, American plan; pean plan. From September to May, in $1.50 daily, European plan, in tents. steam heated rooms, without bath, Yosemite Lodge. — In Yosemite $1.50 daily. Family style meals $1 each. Valley. Open all year. Redwood cabins, —27 miles south of with and without bath. Rates $1.75 to Yosemite Valley, near Mariposa Grove. $3.50 daily, European plan. In tents Open approximately June to Septem­ during summer, $1.25 daily. Partially ber. Rooms with and without bath. furnished tents, $1.50 for 1 or 2 per­ Dining room. Rates $5 to $7 daily, sons. American plan; $1.50 to $3.50 daily. European plan. Housekeeping Cabins. — At Yo­ semite Lodge. Open all year. Com­ Big Trees Lodge.—In the Mariposa pletely furnished cabins, without bath. Grove, 35 miles south of Yosemite Val­ Rates $3 daily 1 or 2 days for 1 per­ ley. Open approximately May to Oc­ son, $1 each additional person; $2.25 tober. Rooms with and without bath. daily 3 or more days for 1 person, 75c Meal service. Rates $2.50 to $3.50 each additional person; $14 per week daily, European plan.

10 Yosemite National Park • California Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. — At General Stores.—Operated by Yo­ Tuolumne Meadows, 55 miles from semite Park and Curry Co. Store at Old Yosemite Valley on the Tioga Road, Village, Yosemite Valley, open all year, near eastern boundary of park. Open carrying groceries, meats, clothing, approximately July to September. Din­ drugs, camper's supplies, etc. Wawona ing room. Tents, without bath, $1.50 general store open during summer. daily; partially furnished housekeeping Stores carrying groceries and camping tents, $2 daily for 1 or 2 persons, 50c supplies open during summer at Camp each additional person. European plan. Curry and Tuolumne Meadows. . — Chain of Degnan's Store. — Old Village in dormitory tent camps about 10 miles Yosemite Valley. Bakery, delicatessen, apart along High Sierra trails. Located lunch room and soda fountain. Open at Merced Lake, Vogelsang, Tuolumne during summer. Meadows, Glen Aulin, and May Lake. Barber Shops. — At Old Village, Open approximately July and August. Camp Curry, and the Ahwahnee. Comfortable accommodations for sad­ dle and hiking parties. Basic rate $1 Photographic Service. — At Bests, per night and $1 per meal. Boysen's, Foley's, and Lost Arrow Studios in Goyernment Center and va­ MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES rious curio shops in hotels and lodges. Yosemite views and photographic sup­ Saddle and Pack Animal Service.— plies are also sold. Operated by the Yosemite Park and Laundry and Dry Cleaning. — At Curry Co. Riding on floor of Yosemite Yosemite Lodge. Pick-up and delivery Valley over 26 miles of oiled bridle from Old Village store and from lodg­ paths. Guides not necessary. Rates $2 ing units. for 2 hours, $3 for half day and $5 for Telephone, Telegraph, and Express full day. Service.—Local and long distance tele­ Riding at Wawona and Tuolumne phone service is available in all hotels, Meadows over level trails without camps, and principal ranger stations. guide: $2 for half day, $3-50 for full Main Western Union office in Ad­ day. Guides must accompany parties on ministration Building; branch office at mountain trail trips to insure sajety. Camp Curry (summer only). Guide rate $3.50 for half day, $6 for Express office in Old Village General full day. All-expense trips to High Store. Express should be addressed Sierra camps, including saddle animal, "Care of Yosemite National Park, guide, meals and lodging: 6-day trip, Calif., via El Portal." $46 per person; 3-day trip, $23 per person. Saddle and pack animals may be Garage Service. — Operated by Yo­ rented at Tuolumne Meadows, Mather, semite Park and Curry Co. during Wawona, and Yosemite Valley. For summer at Camp Curry and the rest additional information regarding the of the year at Yosemite Transportation use of pack and saddle animals within System Garage. Parts, accessories, tires, the park, address the superintendent. etc., are stocked.

Yosemite National Park • California 11 DISTANCES FROM GOV'T. CENTER TO MILES MILES Yosemite Lodge .6 Camp 9 1.2 Camp Curry 1.4 Camp 7- 8 El Portal 14.2 Camp 14 1.8 Cascade Falls 8.5 Camp 15 1.2 Curry Garage iSummen_1.3 Camp 12 1.9 El Capitan Bridge 3.5 Camp 11 1.8 Tunnel —(Wawona Road) 6.2 Camp 16 1.6 Happy Isles 2.4 8 virror .rak| „ 2i © Free public .6 ^ camf£ites Pohono Bridge 5.6 K Bridalveil Fall 4.7 « Ranger Station Big Oak Flat Rd. 6.0

Gasoline and Oil. — Stations are in Yosemite Valley and also at Wa­ Medical, surgical, ambulance, and den­ Fresno to the South Entrance of the operated regularly during the summer wona and Chinquapin. tal services. park near the Mariposa Grove of Big season at Camp Curry, Y. T. S. garage, Trees. Both are high-gear routes sur­ Church Services.—Conducted regu­ HOW TO REACH THE PARK and Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite Val­ faced throughout. Calif. No. 120 leaves larly. Bulletins are posted giving hours ley; Chinquapin and Wawona on the By Automobile. — Yosemite Na­ U. S. No. 99 at Manteca and enters the and locations. Wawona Road; Crane Flat on the Big tional Park is reached from the west park from the west via the Tuolumne Oak Flat Road; and Tuolumne Mead­ Medical and Hospital Service. — via the All-Year Highway, Calif. No. Grove of Big Trees. The Tioga Road ows on the Tioga Road. During the fall, Modern hospital operated in Yosemite 140, leaving U. S. 99 at Merced. From leaves U. S. 395 at Mono Lake, enters the park from the east and connects winter, and spring stations are operated Valley under Government contract. the south, Calif. No. 41 leads from

12 Yosemite National Park • California Yosemite National Park • California 13 with Big Oak Flat Road at Crane Flat. Yosemite Valley are operated every day. The Big Oak Flat and Tioga Roads are In summer, stages leave Fresno for oiled or paved throughout, but are nar­ Yosemite Valley daily from about April row and winding in places and are not 1 to October 31. Bus passengers may open in winter. travel via the Pacific Greyhound Lines Arch Rock Entrance, on the All-Year or the Santa Fe Trailways System to Highway, is open daily from 5 a. m. to Merced or Fresno for connection with midnight. South Entrance, on Wawona the Yosemite Transportation System Road, is open from 6 a. m. to midnight busses to the park. From about July 4 May 30 to September 15, inch; dur­ to September 3 daily stage service con­ ing the remainder of the year from nects the Valley with Lake Tahoe, via 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday to Thurs­ the Tioga Road. For information apply day, inch and from 6 a. m. to 11 to the Yosemite Transportation System, p. m. Friday and Saturday. The Big Yosemite National Park, Calif. Oak Flat and Entrances are By Airline.—Fast airplane service is open from 6 a. m. to midnight during available to Fresno, Calif., due south summer season through September 15; of the park, via the Seattle-San Diego during the remainder of the year, when route of United Air Lines. Planes on roads are open, from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. this route connect with transcontinental Aspen Valley, Mather, and Chowchilla planes of the same company at Oakland Mountain Entrances, operated in sum­ and of the American Airlines and TWA mer only, are open from 6 a. m. to at Los Angeles. 9:30 p. m. WHAT TO DO AND SEE IN By Railroad and Auto Stage. — YOSEMITE Merced is the all-year railway and stage gateway to the park and is served by (Summer Season. For Winter Season the Southern Pacific Railway, the see bulletin boards) Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Visit Yosemite Museum; open 8 and by stage lines. a. m. to 5 p. m. Interesting exhibits. At Merced direct connections are Wildflower garden and demonstrations made throughout the year with daily of native Indian life in back of mu­ trains of the Yosemite Valley Railroad seum. Short talks on geology of the to El Portal, where passengers are trans­ Valley given several times each day. ferred to stages on the last 14 miles to Library, information desk, and head­ Yosemite Valley. In summer, through quarters for nature guide service. Maps overnight sleeper cars from San Fran­ and booklets. cisco and Los Angeles are available for Take auto caravan tour of valley in train passengers daily. For information your own car, daily except Sundays and visit your nearest ticket office or write holidays. Starts from museum. Visitors to the passenger traffic manager of the making unescorted tours of Valley Southern Pacific Lines, San Francisco; should take Valley floor loop road; the Santa Fe Lines, Chicago; or the Yo­ booklet "Self Guiding Auto Tour of semite Valley Railway, Merced, Calif. Yosemite Valley" may be purchased at Automobile stages from Merced to the museum.

14 Yosemite National Park * Calijornia or organization shall camp more than Campers with dogs or cats are required 30 days in either Yosemite or Wawona to camp in special designated camping Valleys in any one calendar year. All areas. Visitors with dogs or cats expect­ privately owned camping equipment ing to stay at hotel or lodge units must must be removed and site cleaned up. complete their own arrangements for Place all garbage and refuse in cans care of these animals with the author­ provided. Be quiet in camp frcm 10 ized public utility operator, the Yo­ p. m. to 6 a. m. Do not drive nails in semite Park and Curry Co. trees or attach wires thereto. Trees, Flowers, and Animals.—De­ Trash.—Do not throw paper, lunch struction, injury, or disturbance in any refuse, or other trash on roads, trails, way of trees, flowers, birds, or animals or elsewhere. Carry until you can burn is prohibited. Fallen dead wood, except in camp or place in receptacle. Sequoia, may be used for firewood.

Hunting, Firearms, Etc.—Hunting Automobiles.—Speed limit in park and trapping not allowed in park. Fire­ is 35 miles per hour, except slower as arms must be sealed at entrance. posted on special signs. Drive carefully at all times. Obey park traffic rules. Se­ Fishing.—State of California fishing cure automobile permit at park en­ licenses are required in park. State laws trance. Keep this permit with your car regarding sizes, limits, etc., are en­ as it MUST be presented to enter the forced, except as follows: Fishing park. Automobile permit fee $2; house season May 30 to October 15, inclusive. trailers, Si ; motorcycles $1. Good for Limit 20 fish or 10 pounds and 1 fish, same vehicle the entire calendar year. except golden trout, 10 fish. Minimum size 6 inches. Use of live minnows pro­ Improper Clothing.—The wearing hibited. Closed water—Lake Eleanor of bathing suits, scanty or objectionable and tributary streams for 1 mile from clothing, without proper covering, is lake. prohibited on public thoroughfares and at public centers. Bears.—Feeding, touching, teasing, or molesting bears is prohibited. Bears Lost and Found, — Persons finding are wild animals and may bite, strike, lost articles should deposit them at the or scratch. Bears may break into cars or ranger headquarters in Government camps in search of food; it is best to Center, or at the nearest ranger station. suspend food supplies in a box between Park Rangers. — The rangers are two trees, well out of reach. here to help and advise you as well as to Dogs and Cats.—Dogs and cats are enforce regulations. When in doubt ask prohibited on Government lands in the a ranger. park unless on leash, crated, or other­ wise under physical restrictive control NOTE.—Suggestions, complaints, or at all times, except that the superin­ comments regarding any phase oj park tendent may designate areas to which management should be communicated dogs and cats shall not be admitted. o immediately to the park superintendent.

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