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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6L_the-art-of-thomas-hill_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Along with other accomplished artists of his time, including Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, Thomas Hill's large-scale oil paintings of Yosemite captured the attention of people across America, visually introducing them to magnificence of Yosem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6J_the-surviving-tunnel-tree_Fish-Camp-CA.html
Walk through this living tree and look for evidence of it heeling itself. Bark of this sequoia is growing inward in an attempt to close over its wound — the large tunnel carved in 1895. Thought to have served as a lower elevation winter repl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1Z_the-story-of-half-dome_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
Millions of years ago the granite block of Half Dome was larger, but there was never a matching half. Undercut by glaciers near the base, slabs of rock fell away from a broad vertical crack in the granite, leaving a sheer face. Remnants of the mis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1Y_yosemite-valley_Yosemite-Valley-CA.html
On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of California to "be held for public use, resort and recreation...inalienable for all time." This act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1X_the-journey-to-yosemite_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Tourism in Yosemite began long before it became a national park. In the 1850s, daring visitors endured long days of rugged travel on foot and horseback. Indian trails led them to never-to-be-forgotten views of Yosemite.
Entrepreneurs were soon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1W_waterfalls-of-yosemite-valley_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Nowhere else on earth are there so many spectacular waterfalls in such a concentrated area.
During the spring, torrents of water from melted snow thunder over Yosemite's precipices. By August, the "ephemeral" falls disappear; others, like the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1V_glaciers-at-the-gate_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
Geologic processes that created Yosemite Valley include glaciation, erosion, rockfalls, and earthquakes. Most of these processes are still at work here, shaping and reshaping the land. Ancient glaciers have left dramatic geologic evidence virtuall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1T_el-capitan_YOSEMITE-NATIONAL-PARK-CA.html
El Capitan is famous for its massive bulk of largely unbroken rock and its sheer, vertical face soaring 3,000 feet into the air. This monolith is composed of a particularly durable granite, allowing it to withstand the pressures of glaciers and er…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1S_natural-dam_CA.html
Perhaps only three or four hundred years ago, an enormous rockfall dumped boulders across this canyon, damming Tenaya Creek. During spring and early summer, the stream backs up into the two pools on either side of the dam.
Tinkering with nature…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K1R_mirror-lake-resources_CA.html
For centuries, the local Indians use the bracken fern found above Mirror Lake. In the 1800s, Euro-American entrepreneurs found new uses for the area's resources. Hotel owners marketed the magnificent scenery to an enthusiastic audience or traveler…