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
The Wilderness Act turns fifty this month. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964, the actContinue 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
There are few subjects in Yosemite’s history as controversial as the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Driven by SanContinue Reading
From the first steam powered vehicle that entered the park in 1900 through the recent struggle over the MercedContinue Reading
This month I share the first edition of Hutchings California Magazine. Published in 1856, it was among the first publicationsContinue Reading