\rpr^ '■ x/ .* -i- ■ *■ ' ■« o ,f^,' o ," ■ ,' ,^ J ^o K W/^M. mm: '^^ -J^^S-^f % '•!;,_ Hq. .0 V''^?^f''\^^" ^o.^'^B^o' ,0 ^ ^^. -u o '?'. ^ '*•» . 'W^ g C « fm^ C ^ C S (S d)^ " X o u < o u z z z < 90s ■n / VT5 illl ©6e YOSEMITE VALLEY was discovered March 21st, 1851, by a part}^ of men known as the Mariposa Battalion, under the leader- ship of Major James D. Savage, while in pursuit of a band of Indians, who had been making raids on the early settlers, driving off their stock, and murdering and plundering. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in Mariposa County, Cal. It was ceded to the State of California, to be held in trust, by an Act of Congress, June 30th, 1864. It is under the management of a Board of Commissioners. The Hotel , Camp and Livery charges are uniform and established by the Board of Commissioners. The roads, trails, bridges and building are the property of the State. Yosemite, in the Indian language, means Large Grizzly Bear. The floor of the Valley is 4000 feet above sea level . The mountains surrounding the Valley are from 8,000 to 10,000 feet above sea level. R.EM>VRKS. " It is the only spot I have ever found that came up to the brag."— Ralph Waldo Emerson. " The Yosemite surpasses all description and even anticipation." Rev. J. O. Peck. " Well, Yosemite is a strange spot. It contravenes, challenges, defies and overshadows all other works of nature."— C. W. Kyle. " Of the grand sights I have enjoyed — Rome from the dome of St. Peter's, the Alps from the valley of Lake Como, Mount Blanc and her glaciers from Chamouni, Niagara — and the Yosemite - I judge the last named the most unique and stupendous."— Horace Greeley. " No one scene in all the Alps can match this before me now. in the things that mark the memorv and impress all the senses for beauty and sublimity."— Rev. Sam'l Bowles. " See Yosemite and die: I shall not attempt to describe it; the subject is too large and my capacity too small. * * * Painful at first these stupendous walls confuse the mind. By degrees, day after day, the sight of them clears it, until at last one receiv just impression of their solemn immensity. Volumes ought t and will be written about it."— Richardson. es a to be T1VT r^xr.T-T A f^nP' 2 ^Mk- o RIGIN of YOSEMITE ^ BY PROF. J. D. WHITNEY. f(^\ a/^ ^^"^ ^^^ irresistibly to the adoption of a theory V-^ V * *^^ ^^^® origin of the Yosemite in a way which T has hardly yet been recognized as one of those in which valleys may be formed, probably for the reason that their are so few cases in which snch an event can be absolute - ly proved to have occurred. We conceive that, during the process of upheaval of the Sierras, or, possibly, at some time after that had taken place, there was at the Yosemite a sub- sideuce of a limited area, marked by lines of "fault" or fissures crossing each other somewhat nearly at right angles. In other and more simple language, the bottom of the Valley sank down to an unknown depth, owing to its support being withdrawn from underneath during some of those convul- sive movements which must have attended the upheaval of so exteusive and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we may imagine the process to have been. Subsidence, over extensive areas, of portions of the earth's crust, is not at all a new idea in geology, and there is nothing in this peculiar application of it which need excite surprise. It is the great amount of vertical displacement for the small area implicated which makes this a peculiar case; but it would not be easy to give any good reason why such an exceptional result should not be brought about, amid the complicated play of forces which the elevation of a great mountain chain must set in motion. By the adoption of the subsidence theory for the forma- tion of the Yosemite, we are able to get over one difficulty which appears insurmountable with any other. This is, the very small amount of debris at Ihe base of the cliff's, and even, at a few points, its entire absence. We see that frag- ments of rocks are loosened by rain, frost, gravity, and other natural causes, along the walls. Not a year elapses that some great mass of detritus does not come thundering down from above, adding, as it is easy to see from actual iuspection of those slides which nave occurred within the past few years, no inconsiderable amount to the tahis. Several of these great rock avalanches have taken place since the Valley was inhabited. This abrasion of the edges of the Valley has unquestionably been going on during a vast period of time; what has become of thedetrital material? Some masses of granite now lying in the Valley— one in particular near the base of the Yosemite Fall— are as large as houses. Such masses as these could never have been re- moved from the Valley by currents of water; in fact, there is no evidence of any considerable amount of aqueous ero- sion, for the canon of the Merced below the Yosemite is nearly free from detritus, all the way down to the plain. The falling masses have not been carried out by a glacier, for there are below the Valley no remains of the moraines which such an operation could not fail to have formed. It appears to us that their is no way of disposing of the vast mass of detritus, which must have fallen from the walls of the Yosemite since the formation of the Valley, except by assuming that it has gone down to fill the abyss, Avhich was opened by the subsidence which our theory supposes to have taken place. What the depth of the chasm may have been we have no data for computing; but that it must have been very great is proved by the fact that it has been able to receive the accumulations of so long a period of time. The cavity was, uudoubtedly, occupied by water, forming a lake of unsurpassed beauty and grandeur, until quite a recent epoch. The gradual desiccation of the whole country, the disappearance of the glaciers, and the filling up of the abyss to nearly a level with the present outlet, where the Valley passes into a canon of the usual form, have converted the lake into a valley with a river meandering through it. The pro- cess of filling up still continues, although a long-time must elapse before the general appearance of the Valley will by much altered by this cause, so stupendous is the vertical height of its walls, and so slow their crumbling away, at lea st as compared with the historic duration of time. MAP OF YO ^-/ fi SHOWING ROADS AND TRAILS AND LOCA1 [MITE VALLEY --C '/ -E \HU WTO AVE tfeiJ^/ -fi'.-.xwv.:, -A ■ " " " I OF THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF INTEREST. \- 3 d ^ >> 5 fHj3 o m ai o <1 ' > 0«0 CO 0^50 -«1 QiOOOOO lO o o o o oo o OlMOOOO fM CO O O O -f O rH rHCJ_i-H_-^0 l-^ O Oj, C:^ CO^ C^ ■* ll a . « J- a> ^ cu .... .a OS'S sg^ifS"^ .2> '^g :c£^§ ; 02 H M Q ^ OQ h-! 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Mr. Clark is probably more familiar with Yosemite than any other living exponent, and consequently makes a very interesting host at the camp fire in the evening. All the tents have wood floors, which are raised above the ground, and have canvas coverings. The tents are of various sizes and are for the accommodation of one or more persons. They are furnished with three quarter or double spring cots, good hair top mattresses, good feather pillows, and the necessary bed linen, with au abundant supply of covering; also wash stands, chairs, mirrors, and, in fact, with everything uecessary. Particular attention is called to the beds. No better will be found anywhere. Nothing but the best of provisions and supplies used. Plenty of fresh milk, eggs and butter. Table and service excellent. The arrangements for baths you will find excellent. The bath house is located on the Camp ground. The Camp's sanitary arrangements are perfect. At the Soutinel Hotel, located but half a mile from the Camp, you will find the Western Union Telegraph, Express and Post Offices, and the Stage Office; also a first-class Barber Shop and Club House. Express and Post Office Money Orders cashed; Mail and Express called for and delivered at Camp: also Laundry. The Camp is in direct telephonic communication with hotel and all places in and about Yosemite. Tourists should not burden themselves with unnecessary baggage. AstoClothks: Don't bring your best ones; uoonedoes. Bring a wrap with you for wear during the evening. Particular attention is called to the location of this Camp. It being situated otFtbe main driveway, guests cau have the same privacy as though in a camp of their own. Another thing! You are away from the dust of the maiu traveled road. 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