One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947), by Carl Parcher Russell

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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
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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
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FOREWORD.........................................................................................................................................10
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PREFACE..............................................................................................................................................12
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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
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CHAPTER I...........................................................................................................................................50
DISCOVERY.........................................................................................................................................51
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CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................................................57
MARIPOSA HILLS..............................................................................................................................57
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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
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CHAPTER IV........................................................................................................................................79
PIONEERS IN THE VALLEY.............................................................................................................79
Grover’s Narrative—A Reminiscence............................................................................................82
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CHAPTER V.........................................................................................................................................91
TOURISTS IN THE SADDLE..............................................................................................................91
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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
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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
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DOCUMENTS.....................................................................................................................................197
DOCUMENTS.....................................................................................................................................198
r I. EVENTS LEADING TO THE MARIPOSA INDIAN WARr................................................198
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r V. SAVAGE’S ENTRY INTO YOSEMITE VALLEYr............................................................215
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INDEX.................................................................................................................................................302
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About the Author.................................................................................................................................317
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• Paper wrapper [image]
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• Title
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• Foreword
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• Preface
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• Contents
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• Illustrationsr
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• I. Discovery
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• II. Mariposa Hills
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• III. White Chief of the Foothills
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• IV. Pioneers in the Valley
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• VI. Stagecoach Days
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• VII. Explorers
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• VIII. Hotels and Their Keepers
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r Carl and Betty Russellr
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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
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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
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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
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