Trade paperback, 272 pages,
6 x 9, 24 illustrations,
bibliography, two indexes.
ISBN: 0-944220-19-3.
$18.95 |
Yosemite Place Names
The history of geographic names in
Yosemite National Park (2nd edition)
by Peter Browning
Includes old
names, Indian names, fanciful names, names that won't be missed, newspaper accounts
of the first tourist parties to visit Yosemite Valley, in 1855 and 1856, and 24 historic
photos.
“A thorough
collection of geographic names. Drawings and early photographs add to the enjoyment of the
book. The account of the first tourist group to visit the valley, in 1855, is worth the
price of the book alone.”
(The Sacramento Union.)
Register
Rock
“Our descent [from Vernal Fall] was slow and tedious. On our route we passed a large
boulder, which from its appearance, has recently been detached from the mountains and
fallen nearly to the bed of the stream. It weighs many thousand tons, and on the lower
side we registered our names, and for that reason it may be known as 'register
rock.'” (San Joaquin Republican, October 16, 1855.)
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