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
Category: Celebrating Yosemite
Celebrating Yosemite Part 11: The 1997 Merced Flood and the Future of Yosemite
A rare tropical storm pounded the Sierras with rain throughout New Years Eve day, 1997. The warm rains melted theContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 10: Yosemite’s Unlikely Role in the Sage Brush Rebellion
Located just four miles inside Yosemite National Park, the small community of Wawona appears as an unlikely place for whichContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 9: Wilderness in Yosemite
The Wilderness Act turns fifty this month. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964, the actContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 8 – The Stoneman Meadow Riots and Problem of Law Enforcement
Few events in Yosemite’s history remain as divisive as the July 4, 1970 Stoneman Meadow Riot, which had become aContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 7 – The First Ascent of El Capitan and the Question of Appropriate Recreation
At 6:00 a.m. on November 12, 1958, after climbing through the night, Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore pulledContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 6 – Solace During a Time of War
Arriving at Clark Point on a March afternoon in 1943, Yosemite’s Employment Manager Frank Ewing happened upon a solitary manContinue Reading
Celebrating Yosemite Part 5 – The 1937 Yosemite Valley Flood
A light rain began falling in the Yosemite Valley on the morning of December 9, 1937. By the afternoon theContinue Reading
