One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Carl P. Russell Copyright, 1932, by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Copyright, 1947, by the Regents of the University of California One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell...........................................................................1 About the Author.....................................................................................................................................2 Bibliographical Information.....................................................................................................................3 One Hundred Yearsr in Yosemite.....................................................................................................................7 The Story of a Great Park and Its Friends................................................................................................7 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................10 FOREWORD.........................................................................................................................................10 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................12 PREFACE..............................................................................................................................................12 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................16 CONTENTS...........................................................................................................................................16 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................18 ILLUSTRATIONS................................................................................................................................18 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1931) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................23 Illustrations from the First edition (1931)..............................................................................................23 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................45 Sketch Map of Yosemite Region...........................................................................................................45 EXPLANATION OF SKETCH MAP OF YOSEMITE REGION.................................................45 DISCOVERY..................................................................................................................................45 r FIRST ENTRYr............................................................................................................................45 r EAST-SIDE MINING EXCITEMENTr.......................................................................................46 r PRESENT-DAY CULTUREr.......................................................................................................47 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................50 CHAPTER I...........................................................................................................................................50 DISCOVERY.........................................................................................................................................51 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................57 CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................................................57 MARIPOSA HILLS..............................................................................................................................57 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................63 CHAPTER III........................................................................................................................................63 WHITE CHIEF OF THE FOOTHILLS................................................................................................63 Anticipated Indian Difficulties on King’s River.............................................................................72 Effect of Major Savage’s Death upon the Indians..........................................................................76 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................79 CHAPTER IV........................................................................................................................................79 PIONEERS IN THE VALLEY.............................................................................................................79 Grover’s Narrative—A Reminiscence............................................................................................82 i One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................91 CHAPTER V.........................................................................................................................................91 TOURISTS IN THE SADDLE..............................................................................................................91 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................103 CHAPTER VI......................................................................................................................................103 STAGECOACH DAYS.......................................................................................................................103 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................111 CHAPTER VII.....................................................................................................................................111 EXPLORERS.......................................................................................................................................111 Early Indian Routes.......................................................................................................................113 Trail Builders.................................................................................................................................116 The John Muir Trail......................................................................................................................122 A New Emphasis on the High Country.........................................................................................123 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................129 CHAPTER VIII...................................................................................................................................129 HOTELS AND THEIR KEEPERS.....................................................................................................129 The Lower Hotel...........................................................................................................................131 Upper Hotel...................................................................................................................................133 Clark’s Ranch, Now Wawona.......................................................................................................137 Black’s Hotel.................................................................................................................................141 Leidig’s..........................................................................................................................................141 The Cosmopolitan, 1872-1932......................................................................................................142 La Casa Nevada.............................................................................................................................143 r Peregoy’sr...................................................................................................................................144 The Harris Camp Grounds............................................................................................................144 Glacier Point Mountain House......................................................................................................146 r DERRICK DODD’S TOUGH STORYr.....................................................................................146 The John Degnan Bakery and Store..............................................................................................147 The Stoneman House.....................................................................................................................148 r Camp Curryr...............................................................................................................................148