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Protecting Paradise Map of Yosemite Valley, 1918 Foreword by Jim Snyder Author's Preface 1 - Transitions 2 - College Boy Rangers 3 - Politics in Paradise 4 - The Chief 5 - All in a Day's Work 6 - Patrols 7 - Searches and Rescues 8 - Outposts and the Ladies 9 - Disasters 10 - A Decade of Uneasy Peace Biographies Index Map of Yosemite National Park, 1918
Foreword Who has written more about Yosemite than Shirley Sargent? Her contributions range far and wide: fiction loosely based on her own enchanted childhood in Yosemite; stories of people—Muir, Hutchings, Clark, Solomons, Lukens; the “pioneers in petticoats” and famous guests; the history of concessioners; histories of Yosemite locales such as Wawona and Foresta; histories of buildings such as Camp Curry, the High Sierra Camps, and the Ahwahnee Hotel. The more widely she has written, the more widely she has come to be known and loved. Shirley's books have introduced many people to Yosemite's past. Her enthusiasm for her subject is contagious. In this, her latest book, Shirley turns her mind to a new subjectþthe history of rangers in Yosemite. Her good friend Horace Albright had much earlier written a humorous book, Oh, Ranger! Later, retired ranger John Bingaman wrote Guardians of the Yosemite, A Story of the First Rangers, which is part reminiscence, part autobiography, and part history. In the decades since Bingaman's book was published, its value has grown as a record of activity about which little has been written. The absence of other such books has made clear the need for revision and expansion of what Bingaman so ably began. There are few diaries regarding Yosemite lives and activities. Shirley has worked hard to get around this problem by dredging up the written records of past rangers, and has encouraged retired rangers or their families to write or record their stories. She has delved into ranger family scrapbooks and photograph albums to piece together a cohesive story, always grounded in their personal experiences. And thus Shirley has become the collector, compiler, editor, and historian of the lives of Yosemite rangers over a period of more than sixty years. What made rangers distinctive was their work in the field, with people and with the land. Rangers were people in uniformþauthority figuresþto whom others could turn for information and assistance. Many rangers were seasonal, often teachers working in the park during the summer months. Seasonals as well as permanent rangers had long associations with Yosemite, and carried on its traditions. Married field rangers very often worked with their wives as a team—a two-for-the-price-of-one arrangement that Shirley is the first to acknowledge and document. Changes in the ranger force in recent years have mirrored changes in the agency at large. The beginnings of these changes are also part of Shirley's story. With this book she has certainly become an honorary ranger and an important factor in sustaining the traditions yet noting the changes in the role of National Park Service rangers in Yosemite.
Index A
Adair, Charles F.,
Adair Lake,
Adams, Ansel,
Adams, Virginia Best,
Ahwahnee Hotel,
Albright, Grace N.,
Albright, Horace M.,
NPS Director,
Albright, Robert M.,
Albright, Stanley T.,
Alder Creek entrance station,
Alexander, Fred,
All-Year Highway (140),
Anderson, Clifford L.,
Anderson, George,
Anderson, Millie,
Anderson, Ralph H.,
Arch Rock entrance station,
Arch Rock Ranger Station,
Armstrong, Delmer M.
Ashcraft, "Bud,"
Ashley, Ethel,
Ashley, Kenneth R.,
quoted,
Aspen Valley,
Aspen Valley Ranger Station,
automobiles, early,
photos of,
B
Badger Pass,
Bailey, Charles A.,
Barnett, Jennie,
Barnett, Jim,
Baxter, Ed,
Baysinger, Verlin G.,
bears,
Beatty, Clifton C.,
Beatty, Matthew E.,
Benson, Harry C.,
Benson Lake,
Bernice Lake,
Betts, Frank J.,
Big Meadow,
Big Meadow Ranger Station,
Big Oak Flat Road,
Bill, Harthon,
Bingaman, John W.,
in pictures,
on fires,
mentioned,
Bingaman, Martha,
Bingaman Lake,
Bird, Mesa,
Bond Pass,
Boothe, Clyde D.,
Bracebridge Dinner,
Bridalveil Fall,
Brockman, C. Frank,
Brown, Lester,
Brown, Otto M.,
Broyles, Phyllis Freeland,
Broyles, Rothwell P. "Rod,"
Bruce, Albert Henry,
Bryant, Harold C.,
Bryant, Tex,
Bryant, Wayne,
Buck Camp,
Bull, Charles C.,
Bureau of Public Roads,
C Camp A. E. Wood, Camp Curry, Camp Mather, Campbell, Don, Carlon, Tim, Castillo, Ferdinand J., Cecil, Ross, Chilnualna Fall, Chilnualna patrol cabin, Chinquapin Ranger Station, Chiquito Pass, Chowchilla Mountain Road, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clark, Galen, Clark, Lewis C., Clark, Samuel L., Clark Point, Cole, James E., Coulterville Road, Crane Creek, Crane Flat, Crane Flat CCC camp, Crane Flat entrance station, Crawford, Ray, Cuneo, Jim, Curry, David A., Cushman, Charles, D Dame, Floyd, Daniels, Mark, Danner, Lucian Carl, Danner, Eliza, Davis Cutoff, Degnan, Christopher, Degnan family, Deming, Jay, Devils Postpile, Doty, Helen C., During, Harry R., E Eastman, Gustave M., Eaton, Don, Echo Valley, Eden, Jim, Eisenhower, Dwight D., El Portal, El Portal Hotel, Emmert, John W. "Jack," Ernst, Emil, Evans, Marshal B. "Buck," Ewing, Bobby, Ewing, Frank B., Ewing, Herbert B., Ewing, Ruth, F Farabee, Charles R., Felkner, Bill, Fernandez Pass, Fiore, Nic, firefall, the, fires, fish planting, Fladmark, Elmer, floods, Foeger, Luggi, Foresta, Four Mile Trail, Freeland, Beatrice B., Freeland, Dixon B., Freeland, Edward Dixon, G Gallison, Arthur L., Gallison, Frank, Gallison, Glenn D., Gallison Lake, Gammill, Walter H., Garrison, Lemuel Gaylor, Andrew J. "Jack," Gentry Ranger Station, Givens Creek, Givens, Frank R., Glacier Point, Glacier Point Hotel, Godfrey, Elizabeth H. "Babs," Godfrey, William C., Gordo, Glenn, Gordon, Albert, Gordon, Walter, Grinnell, Joseph, Gutleben brothers, H
Haines, George,
Haines, Oliver L.,
Hall, Ansel F.,
Hallinan, Terence,
Hallinan, Vincent,
Hallock, Louis W.,
Hansen, John J.,
Happy Isles,
Happy Isles Fish Hatchery,
Harden Lake,
Harrison, Michael,
Hartesveldt, Richard J.,
Harwell, Charles. A.
helicopters,
Heller, Elwyn M. "Bud,"
Henneberger, John,
Herkenham, Norman B.,
Herschler, J. Barton,
Hetch Hetchy,
Hickok, Lorena,
High Sierra Camps,
Hilton, Elton,
Hodgdon, Jeremiah,
Hodges, Clare Marie,
Hog Ranch (now Mather),
Holmes, Arthur G.,
quoted,
Holmes, Dorothy,
Homuth, Earl U.,
Hood, A. W.,
Hood, Mary V.,
Hoyt, Donny,
Hoyt, Florence Gallison,
Hoyt, Homer B.,
in pictures,
Hoyt, Larry,
Hubbard, Douglass H.,
Huckleberry Lake,
Hull, Daniel,
Hunt, Myron,
I Ihlenfeldt, Roy, Indian Field Days, Indian firefighters, Irwin, Oscar F., J
Jackson, Carey,
Jackson, Dick,
Jacobs, Duane D. "Jake,"
on rescues,
Joffee, Wolfrum,
Johnson, Odin S. "Sig,"
Johnson Lake,
Jorgensen's studio,
K Kilmartin, Red, King, Sam, Kittredge, Frank A., Kowski, Frank, Krull, Lt. J. S., Kuna Crest, L
Lane, Franklin K.,
Lawson, Eric,
Leavitt, Ernest P.,
Ledge Trail,
Leidig, Charles T.,
Leonard, Archie C.,
Leonard, John,
Lewis Creek,
Lewis Memorial Hospital,
Lewis, Bernice C.,
Lewis, Mt.,
Lewis, Carle,
Lewis, Washington Bartlett "Dusty,"
illness and death,
in pictures,
trips,
Littebrant, Major William T.,
Little Yosemite Valley,
Lloyd, James V.,
Lowery, Vernon,
M Maclure, Mt., Mahoney, John M., Mahoney, William Patrick, Jr., Mann, Emma, Mariposa Grove entrance station, Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, Martischang, Frederick M. "Marty," Mather Ranger Station, Mather, Stephen T., May, Norman, McCabe Lakes, McComas, Stanley, McHenry, Donald E., McIntyre, Robert N., McLaren, Richard C., McLaughlin, James L., McNabb, George R., McNally, Charles, McNally, Eva Cora, Meincke, Edward P., Mernin, Gerald E., Jr., Mernin, Gerald E., Sr., Merced Grove entrance station, Merced Grove of Big Trees, Merced Grove Ranger Station, Merced Lake, Merced Lake High Sierra Camp, Merced Lake Ranger Station, Merced River, Mernin, Gerald E., Jr., Mernin, Gerald E., Sr., Merriam, Larry, Jr., Merriam, Laurence C., Sr., Merrill, Wilfred "Billy," Merrill, Margaret Becker, Merry, Wayne, Meyer, Elizabeth, Meyer, George, Meyer, Horace, Meyer, Leo, Meyer Ranch, Michael, Charles, Michael, Enid R., Miller, Merlin, Miller, Merrill, Miller, Shirley Ann, Mission 66, Moe, Lester M., Moody, Warren "Jack," Mora, Joseph, 36<R> Morehead, John M. "Jack," Morse, Walter B., Morrison-Knudsen, Mountain House, Muir, John, Mullady, John T., Murdock, Nelson, Myers, William A., N National Park Service, Neely, William L., Neilson, Keith, Nelson, Dan, Nelson, William H. "Billy," O Old Village, Olmsted, Frederick Law, O'Neill, Elizabeth S., Ottonello, Gene, P Packard, J. W. B., Parker, Harry C., Parsegan, Edward, Pate Valley, Pearson, Grant, Pillsbury, Arthur C., Pioneer History Center, Platt National Park, Presnall, Clifford C., Presnall, Ruby, Preston, John C., Prien, Oliver R., Q Quick, Arthayda, Quick, Clyde, R Raker Act, Rancheria Mountain fire, Rangers Club, Reed, Bart, Reed, Elnora, Reed, Ernest R., Reymann, John, Reymann, Midge, Reymann, William M., Rich, Charles B., Riegelhuth, John "Jack," Robertson, Jim, Robinson, Homer W., Roosevelt, Eleanor, Roosevelt, Franklin D., Roosevelt, Theodore, Roosevelt Lake, Russell, Carl P., S Salathe, John, Sault, Herbert R., Sault, Helen M., Sault, Shirley, Scarborough, Charles R. "Chuck," Schlitchtmann, Emil, Schlitchtmann, Margaret, Sedergren, Flo, Sedergren, Oscar A., Selassie, Haile, Sequoia National Park, Shackleton, Lee, Sharp, Robert H., Sharsmith, Carl W., Sharsmith, Helen, Shepherd, Fred, Shields, Allan, Short, James, Sierra Club, Sink, Dan, Skakel, Bob, Skakel, James C., Skelton, Henry A., Snow Creek Canyon, Snow Creek Falls Trail, Snow Flat, snow surveys, Snyder, Jim, Soapsuds Row, Solinsky, Elbert A. "Al," South Entrance Ranger Station, Sovulewski, Gabriel, Sovulewski, Thomas, Sprinkel, Russell, Sproul, Allan, Steamboat Bay, Stenmark, Dick, Steward, Wally, Stockton, Clara, Stratton, John W., Sturm, Avery, Sugar Pine Lumber Company, T
Tamarack Campground,
Taylor, O. G.,
Telles, Lucy,
Tenaya Canyon,
Tenaya Lake,
Thompson, Joan,
Thompson, Patti,
Thomson, Charles Goff "Colonel,"
Tiltill Valley,
Tioga Pass,
Tioga Road,
Tom, Leanna,
Townsley, Elaine Ferris,
Townsley, Forest S.,
mentioned,
orders of,
quoted,
Townsley, Hazel,
Townsley, Inez Conroy,
Townsley, Joe,
Townsley, John A.,
Townsley, Malvin Dabbs,
Townsley, Orpha Belle,
Townsley, Willis L.,
Townsley Lake,
Tressider, Don,
Tucker, Evelyn,
Tucker, Thomas R.,
Tuolumne Grove Ranger Station,
Tuolumne Meadows,
U Uhte, Robert F., U.S. Cavalry, U.S. Commissioner, V Van Bibber, Philip Thomas "Tom," Vogelsang Pass, von Laass, Orvar, W
Wallis, Orthello L.,
Walquiat, Clarence "Spud,"
Walquist, Laura,
Warren, Ray,
Washburn brothers,
Washburn, Clarence,
Watkins, Mt.,
Wawona,
Wawona Basin,
Wawona Hotel,
Wawona Road,
Wawona Tunnel,
Wawona Tunnel Tree,
Wegner, John (Frances),
Wegner, John H.,
pictures of,
quoted,
Wegner, Rose,
Westfall, Archie,
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide,
White Wolf,
Wilbur, Curtis D.,
Wilmer Lake,
Wilson, Charlotte Ewing,
Wirth, Conrad,
Witter, Dean,
Witter, Jean C.,
Wood, Capt. Abram E.,
Workman, Bryce,
Wosky, John B.,
Wosky, Naomi,
Wright, George M.,
Y Yosemite Association, Yosemite Chapel, Yosemite Clinic, Yosemite Creek, Yosemite Creek Campground, Yosemite Elementary School, Yosemite Field School, Yosemite Grant, Yosemite Lodge, Yosemite Lumber Company, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Park & Curry Co., Yosemite Park Service Headquarters, Yosemite Pioneer Cemetery, Yosemite Research Library, Yosemite Valley Railroad, Young Lakes, Z Zevely, J. W., |