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One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Carl P. Russell Copyright, 1932, by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Copyright, 1947, by the Regents of the University of California One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell...........................................................................1 About the Author.....................................................................................................................................2 Bibliographical Information.....................................................................................................................3 One Hundred Yearsr in Yosemite.....................................................................................................................7 The Story of a Great Park and Its Friends................................................................................................7 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................10 FOREWORD.........................................................................................................................................10 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................12 PREFACE..............................................................................................................................................12 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................16 CONTENTS...........................................................................................................................................16 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................18 ILLUSTRATIONS................................................................................................................................18 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1931) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................23 Illustrations from the First edition (1931)..............................................................................................23 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................45 Sketch Map of Yosemite Region...........................................................................................................45 EXPLANATION OF SKETCH MAP OF YOSEMITE REGION.................................................45 DISCOVERY..................................................................................................................................45 r FIRST ENTRYr............................................................................................................................45 r EAST-SIDE MINING EXCITEMENTr.......................................................................................46 r PRESENT-DAY CULTUREr.......................................................................................................47 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................50 CHAPTER I...........................................................................................................................................50 DISCOVERY.........................................................................................................................................51 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................57 CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................................................57 MARIPOSA HILLS..............................................................................................................................57 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................63 CHAPTER III........................................................................................................................................63 WHITE CHIEF OF THE FOOTHILLS................................................................................................63 Anticipated Indian Difficulties on King’s River.............................................................................72 Effect of Major Savage’s Death upon the Indians..........................................................................76 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................79 CHAPTER IV........................................................................................................................................79 PIONEERS IN THE VALLEY.............................................................................................................79 Grover’s Narrative—A Reminiscence............................................................................................82 i One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.........................................................................91 CHAPTER V.........................................................................................................................................91 TOURISTS IN THE SADDLE..............................................................................................................91 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................103 CHAPTER VI......................................................................................................................................103 STAGECOACH DAYS.......................................................................................................................103 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................111 CHAPTER VII.....................................................................................................................................111 EXPLORERS.......................................................................................................................................111 Early Indian Routes.......................................................................................................................113 Trail Builders.................................................................................................................................116 The John Muir Trail......................................................................................................................122 A New Emphasis on the High Country.........................................................................................123 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................129 CHAPTER VIII...................................................................................................................................129 HOTELS AND THEIR KEEPERS.....................................................................................................129 The Lower Hotel...........................................................................................................................131 Upper Hotel...................................................................................................................................133 Clark’s Ranch, Now Wawona.......................................................................................................137 Black’s Hotel.................................................................................................................................141 Leidig’s..........................................................................................................................................141 The Cosmopolitan, 1872-1932......................................................................................................142 La Casa Nevada.............................................................................................................................143 r Peregoy’sr...................................................................................................................................144 The Harris Camp Grounds............................................................................................................144 Glacier Point Mountain House......................................................................................................146 r DERRICK DODD’S TOUGH STORYr.....................................................................................146 The John Degnan Bakery and Store..............................................................................................147 The Stoneman House.....................................................................................................................148 r Camp Curryr...............................................................................................................................148 Big Trees Lodge............................................................................................................................150 High Sierra Camps........................................................................................................................150 r The Ahwahnee Hotel, 1927 to Dater..........................................................................................151 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................153 CHAPTER IX......................................................................................................................................153 EAST-SIDE MINING EXCITEMENT...............................................................................................153 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................162 CHAPTER X.......................................................................................................................................162 THE INTERPRETERS........................................................................................................................162 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................174 CHAPTER XI......................................................................................................................................174 GUARDIANS OF THE SCENE.........................................................................................................174 ii One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell r Two Hundred Yearsr...................................................................................................................195 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1931) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................197 DOCUMENTS.....................................................................................................................................197 DOCUMENTS.....................................................................................................................................198 r I. EVENTS LEADING TO THE MARIPOSA INDIAN WARr................................................198 r II. PEACE TREATY2 MADE WITH INDIANS OTHER THANr YOSEMITESr..................202 r III. DEPOSITIONS REGARDING OPENING EVENTS INr THE MARIPOSA INDIAN WARr.....................................................................................................................................207 r IV. MUSTER ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS IN INDIAN WARr.................................................210 r V. SAVAGE’S ENTRY INTO YOSEMITE VALLEYr............................................................215 r VI. BOLING’S CAPTURE OF TENAYAr................................................................................218 r VII. BOLING’S CAPTURE OF THE YOSEMITESr................................................................220 r VIII. CERTIFICATE OF DISBANDMENTr MARIPOSA BATTALIONr..............................222 r IX. VIOLATION OF THE PEACE TREATYr SAN JOAQUIN NEWS10 BY TODD’S EXPRESS)r............................................................................................................................222 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................224 CHRONOLOGY..................................................................................................................................224 CHRONOLOGY, WITH SOURCES..................................................................................................224 r 1776r...........................................................................................................................................224 r 1806r...........................................................................................................................................225 r 1826r...........................................................................................................................................225 r 1833r...........................................................................................................................................225 r 1841r...........................................................................................................................................225 r 1844r...........................................................................................................................................225 r 1847r...........................................................................................................................................226 r 1848r...........................................................................................................................................226 r 1850r...........................................................................................................................................226 r 1851r...........................................................................................................................................227 r 1852r...........................................................................................................................................227 r 1853r...........................................................................................................................................228 r 1854r...........................................................................................................................................228 r 1855r...........................................................................................................................................228 r 1856r...........................................................................................................................................229 r 1857r...........................................................................................................................................229 r 1858r...........................................................................................................................................230 r 1859r...........................................................................................................................................230 r 1860r...........................................................................................................................................230 r 1861r...........................................................................................................................................230 r 1863r...........................................................................................................................................231 r 1864r...........................................................................................................................................231 r 1866r...........................................................................................................................................232 r 1868r...........................................................................................................................................232 r 1869r...........................................................................................................................................232 r 1870r...........................................................................................................................................232 r 1871r...........................................................................................................................................233 iii One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell Table of Contents One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. 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Russell.......................................................................261 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................................................261 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................................................261 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................302 INDEX.................................................................................................................................................302 INDEX.................................................................................................................................................302 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell.......................................................................316 About the Author.................................................................................................................................317 Bibliographical Information.................................................................................................................318 v One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell r r r r r r r Woodcut from title page ofr r the first edition (1931) r r r • Paper wrapper [image] r • Title r • Foreword r • Preface r • Contents r • Illustrationsr r ♦ Additional Illustrations in 1st ed. (1931) rr r • Sketch Map of Yosemite Regionr r r r • I. Discovery r • II. Mariposa Hills r • III. White Chief of the Foothills One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Russell 1 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell r • IV. Pioneers in the Valley r • V. Tourists in the Saddle r • VI. Stagecoach Days r • VII. Explorers r • VIII. Hotels and Their Keepers r • IX. East-side Mining Excitement r • X. The Interpreters r • XI. Guardians of the Scenes r • Documents [from 1st. ed. (1931)] r • Chronology r • Bibliography r • Index rr r r r r About the Author r r r About the Author 2 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell r r r Carl and Betty Russellr r 1925 (NPS)r r (so much for Prohibition)r r r r Carl Parcher Russell, historian, ecologist, and administrator, wasr born January 18, 1894 in Fall River, Wisconsin.r He joined the National Park Service (NPS) in 1923 as a Naturalistr in Yosemite National Park.r In 1931 he received a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Michigan.r He served as an officer for the NPS for 34 years,r from 1923 to his retirement in 1957.r He specialized in frontier history,r studying its material culture in minute detail,r and documented pioneer life for the NPS and others.rr r r Dr. Russell served in several regional positions in the NPS,r including NPS Chief Naturalist, regional director,r and Yosemite National Park Superintendent.r Dr. Russell retired from the park service in 1957 andr died June 19, 1967.r Besides several editions ofr One Hundred Years in Yosemite,r he wroter r Guns on the Early Frontiersr in 1957,r and, published posthumously,r r Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men.r r r r For more information see ther r WSU Libraries’ biographical sketch.r WSU Special Collections is the depository for his papers.r More Russell papers are in the Bancroft Library.r See also John Bingaman’s biographical sketch inr r Chapter 23 of Guardians of the Yosemite (1961)r r r r r r r Bibliographical Information r r r r Bibliographical Information 3 One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell r r r Carl P. Russellr r r Carl P. Russell (Carl Parcher Russell) (1894-1967),r One Hundred Years in Yosemite;r The Story of a Great Park and Its Friendsr 2d. ed.r (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962),r 2d. ed. copyright 1947 by The Regents of the University of California.r LCCN 47-030335.r xviii, 226 pages. Illustrated. 23 cm.r Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on black on spine.r Dust jacket.r LCCN 47-030335.r Library of Congress call number F868.Y6 R8 1947.r Foreword by Newton B. Drury.rr r r Ther Documents section in the appendices is from ther first edition (pp. 170-202), published 1931 by Stanford University.r It was omitted in the second edition published in 1947.r The second edition also omitsr several photographsr that were in the 1931 edition.r The third edition (1957) is the last edition edited by Dr. Russell.r r r r Digitized by Dan Anderson, December 2004,r from a personal copy.r These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose,r provided this notice is left intact.r r —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.usr r r r r r r r r r r r One Hundred Years in Yosemiter r r by Carl P. Russell (Paperback, 1992)r r r r Buy this book at Amazon.comr r r r r r r r r r r r r http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/one_hundred_years_in_yosemite/r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r Yosemite > Library >r 100 Years in Yosemite >r Title >r Bibliographical Information 4

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