Yosemite

by weblogwest December 8, 2014 1

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

by weblogwest November 10, 2014 1

A rare tropical storm pounded the Sierras with rain throughout New Years Eve day, 1997. The warm rains melted theContinue Reading

by weblogwest September 4, 2014 0

The Wilderness Act turns fifty this month. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964, the actContinue Reading

by weblogwest June 9, 2014 1

Arriving at Clark Point on a March afternoon in 1943, Yosemite’s Employment Manager Frank Ewing happened upon a solitary manContinue Reading

by weblogwest May 12, 2014 0

A light rain began falling in the Yosemite Valley on the morning of December 9, 1937. By the afternoon theContinue Reading

by weblogwest April 14, 2014 1

There are few subjects in Yosemite’s history as controversial as the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Driven by SanContinue Reading

by weblogwest March 3, 2014 2

From the first steam powered vehicle that entered the park in 1900 through the recent struggle over the MercedContinue Reading

by weblogwest February 3, 2014 0

This month I share the first edition of Hutchings California Magazine. Published in 1856, it was among the first publicationsContinue Reading