Celebrating Yosemite 12: Closing Thoughts and Hiking Half Dome
When I began thinking about writing a book on Yosemite my wife insisted that I simply could not write aContinue Reading
When I began thinking about writing a book on Yosemite my wife insisted that I simply could not write aContinue Reading
A rare tropical storm pounded the Sierras with rain throughout New Years Eve day, 1997. The warm rains melted theContinue Reading
Located just four miles inside Yosemite National Park, the small community of Wawona appears as an unlikely place for whichContinue Reading
The Wilderness Act turns fifty this month. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964, the actContinue Reading
Few events in Yosemite’s history remain as divisive as the July 4, 1970 Stoneman Meadow Riot, which had become aContinue Reading
At 6:00 a.m. on November 12, 1958, after climbing through the night, Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore pulledContinue Reading
Arriving at Clark Point on a March afternoon in 1943, Yosemite’s Employment Manager Frank Ewing happened upon a solitary manContinue Reading
A light rain began falling in the Yosemite Valley on the morning of December 9, 1937. By the afternoon theContinue Reading