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The Yosemite Park Company had built the Yosemite Lodge and Yosemite Village had its own group of merchants. Fire had destroyed a number of the original valley hotels and concession owners came and went until Park Service forced the two largest companies to merge in order that one single concession contract could be given.
Of course, there’s the park's natural beauty: iconic monoliths like Half Dome, the stunning Yosemite Valley that enraptured famous naturalist John Muir, and some of the world’s tallest waterfalls.
The once-famous Yosemite Firefall, created by pushing red hot embers off a cliff near Glacier Point at night, was discontinued in the mid-to-late 20th century along with other activities that were deemed to be inconsistent with protection of the national park (bear feeding had already been discontinued in 1940).
The natural and cultural history of Yosemite Valley is presented at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center, the adjoining Yosemite Museum, and the Nature Center at Happy Isles. The parks' two National Historic Landmarks are the Sierra Club 's LeConte Memorial Lodge (Yosemite's first public visitor center), and the Ahwahnee Hotel.
Tiffany Nguyen wasn't always an outdoors fanatic. The Californian admits that growing up, hiking and camping wasn't always on her radar. But thanks to an impromptu trip to the iconic Yellowstone ...
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “A logging truck in Yosemite Valley? Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.”
Tie Sing's contributions remained relatively unknown until 2011, when park ranger Yenyen Chan co-produced a YouTube documentary highlighting the history of Chinese Americans in Yosemite. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This prompted Jack Shu to propose an annual pilgrimage to Sing Peak in honor of Tie Sing's legacy, as well as the contributions of Chinese ...
NatureBridge, formerly Yosemite Institute and later Yosemite National Institutes, is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1971 that provides environmental education through field studies. It has programs for elementary, middle, and high school students in four national park locations: Yosemite National Park , Golden Gate National ...