This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
150 Years Old Welcome to Yosemite
The Yosemite story traces Native peoples Paiute and Miwok in the valley for millennia and recounts the mid-1800s rush for gold. Galen Clark campaigned to protect the sequoias and Yosemite Valley. John Conness introduced a bill in Congress. Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act in 1864, creating California stewardship and years later establishing the park as a national treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Il. Loo
Abraham Lincoln
Yosemite National Park
Ssi
United States
Valley
Grove
Carleton Watkine
Lincoln
Yosemite
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
John Conness
U.S
Congress
Yosemite Valley
Mariposa Grove
Basset Brown
Fiden the
Dicock
Park
Roosevelt
Sejoia
Waterfall