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Yosemite Online Library—History

The following historical Yosemite books are available online, with the complete text and usually the original illustrations.

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See also Native Americans (Yosemite Indians) and Park Creation and Management

• Abrams Diary” (1947). Describes William Abrams’ discovery of Yosemite Valley in October 1849 by Weldon F. Heald.
• Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That Event, (1892) by Lafayette Houghton Bunnell, M.D.
• The Last of the California Rangers (1928) by Jill L. Cossley-Batt. Biography of William Howard, including information on the California State Rangers, Mariposa Battalion, discovery of Yosemite, and Joaquin Murieta.
• Reports from Lt. Tredwell Moore to the Pacific Division on the Mariposa Indian War of 1852 (unpublished letters, 1852)
• Early History of Yosemite Valley California (1919) by Ralph S. Kuykendall
• “California for Waterfalls!,” San Francisco Daily California Chronicle (August 18, 1855), by James M. Hutchings. Contains an account of the first or second tourist party to Yosemite Valley
• “Discovery of the Nevada Fall” Overland Monthly (1884). account of an early tourist party in 1855 by James H. Lawrence
• “The Yo Semity Valley,” Mariposa Gazette October 11, 1855 and Stockton San Joaquin Republican October 16, 1855. Contains an account of an early tourist party to Yosemite Valley
• “A Trip to the Yosemite Falls,” Mariposa Democrat, August 5, 1856, probably by Warren Baer. First extensive description of Yosemite Valley.
• “The Yo-hem-i-ty Valley and Falls,” The Country Gentleman,, October 8, 1856. First article published on the east coast on Yosemite.
• Hutchings’ Illustrated California Magazine (1856-1861). Features stories about California, including Yosemite Valley, Giant Sequoias, and the Sierra Nevada.
• “A Trip to the Yohamite Valley,” San Francisco Daily Alta California, August 6, 1859, by Thomas A. Ayres
• The Ralston-Fry Wedding and the Wedding Journey to Yosemite May 20, 1858 From the Diary of Miss Sarah Haight [Mrs. Edward Tompkins] (1961) by Sarah Haight. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar, 1887-1974
• “The Yohamite Falls, California,” Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, (May 21, 1859)
• “The Great Yo-Semite Valley,” Hutchings’ California Magazine, Oct. 1859 by James M. Hutchings. First account of Yosemite Valley with illustrations
• An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 (1860). by Horace Greeley First account of Yosemite to be widely distributed on the east coast
• Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California (1862) by James M. Hutchings. First travel guide for Yosemite Valley.
• A Vacation among the Sierras: Yosemite in 1860 (1962) by Thomas Starr King
• The Yosemite Valley, and the Mammoth Trees and Geysers of California (Nelons’ Pictorial Guide-books) (c.1870)
• Up and Down California in 1860-1864; The Journal of William H. Brewer , (1930) by William H. Brewer
• “Yosemite: The Story of an Idea” (1948) by Hans Huth
• Yosemite: Its Wonders and Its Beauties (1868) by John S. Hittell
• “Does it Pay to Visit Yo Semite?,” The Galaxy (1870) by Olive Logan
• The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California With original photographic illustrations, by John P. Soule. (1871) by Samuel Kneeland
• A Familiar Letter from a Daughter to Her Mother (1871) by Alice Ives Van Schaack
• Zanita: A Tale of the Yo-semite (1872) by Thérèse Yelverton. Fictional novel about Yosemite, including gimpses of a young John Muir
• The Yo-semite, Its History, its Scenery, its Development (1873) by John Erastus Lester
• The Atlantic to the Pacific: What to See and How to See it (1873) by John Erastus Lester
• Two Weeks in the Yosemite and Vicinity (1873, 1883) by Rev. J. M. Buckley, D. D.
• Over the Purple Hills or Sketches of travel in California, embracing all the important points usually visited by tourists (1876) by Caroline M. Nichols Churchill. (American Memory, Library of Congress).
• Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson. Includes a travel account to California by railroad and to Yosemite.
• Granite Crags (1884) by Lady Constance F. Gordon-Cumming
• In the Heart of the Sierras; the Yo Semite Valley, both historical and descriptive: and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, . . ., (1888) by James Mason Hutchings
• The Tioga Road; a History 1883-1961 (1961, rev. 1980) by Keith A. Trexler.
• Yosemite: Where to Go and What to Do (1888) by George G. MacKenzie
• Invisible Men: Buffalo Soldiers of the Sierra Nevada Shelton Johnson, Ranger Naturalist (cira 2003) by Shelton Johnson. Story of Black Cavalry troopers patrolling Yosemite. For background information, see “Buffalo Soldiers Story.”
• Early Days in Yosemite (1964). by Galen Clark. Originally published as “A Plea for Yosemite” in 1927 from a manuscript written c. 1907. “Yosemite: Past and Present,” Sunset (April 1909) by Galen Clark
• The Yosemite Valley, by Galen Clark (1910)
• “On Foot in the Yosemite,” Atlantic Monthly (1910) by Bradford Torrey
• Yosemite Trails: Camp and Pack-Train in the Yosemite Region of the Sierra Nevada (1911) by J. Smeaton Chase. Early account of Yosemite backcountry
• The Yosemite, (1912) by John Muir
• Guide to Yosemite: a handbook of the trails and roads of Yosemite valley and the adjacent region (1920) by Ansel F. Hall [in preparation]
• Handbook of Yosemite National Park (1922) by Ansel F. Hall
• “Exploration of the Sierra Nevada” (1925) by Francis P. Farquhar
• Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
• “Early Years in Yosemite” (1926) by Carl P. Russell
• Lights and Shadows of Yosemite (1926) by Katherine Ames Taylor. Yosemite history and narrative, with photographs by several photographers, including an early one by Ansel Adams
• Yosemite Tales and Trails (1934) by Katherine Ames Taylor. Yosemite history and narrative, with photographs by Ansel Adams.
• Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches (1936) by Mrs. H. J. (Rose Schuster) Taylor. Biographical sketches of early pioneers and artists and Yosemite Indians.
• Call of Gold: True Tales on the Gold Road to Yosemite (1936) by Newell D. Chamberlain
• Yosemite Sentinel (1941-). Newsletter of the park concessionaire, Yosemite Park and Curry Company.
• One Hundred Years in Yosemite; The Story of a Great Park and Its Friends 2d. ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947), by Carl Parcher Russell.
• A Guide to the Mother Lode Country (1948) by C. Frank Brockman
• “Yosemite’s Pioneer Cabins” (1951) by Robert F. Uhte
• The Big Oak Flat Road (1955) by Irene D. Paden and Margaret E. Schlichtmann
• Yosemite Valley Place Names (1955) by Richard J. Hartesveldt
• “Yosemite and Tamalpais,” Names (1955). by Madison S. Beeler. This article discusses the origin of the word Yosemite.
• “Guide to the Pioneer Cemetery,” 38(5):58-74 by Lloyd W. Brubaker, Laurence V. Degnan, and Richard R. Jackson (1959). Yosemite Valley Pioneer Cemetery located next to the Visitor Center
• Self-guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park (1956) by Richard P. Ditton and Donald E. McHenry
• Ghost Mines of Yosemite (1958) by Douglass H. Hubbard
• Guardians of the Yosemite (1961) by John W. Bingaman
• The Old Stagedriver’s Yosemite Yarns (1962) by Laurence Degnan and Douglass Hubbard
• Wawona’s Yesterdays (1961) by Shirley Sargent
• Pathways: A Story of Trails and Men (1968) by John W. Bingaman
• “The Wawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio,” Architecture in the Parks (1986) by Laura E. (Soullière) Harrison (NPS)
• Yosemite: The Park and Its Resources (1987) by Linda Wedel Greene. This Historic Resource Study is a detailed technical reference on historical park resources, with an extensive bibliography
• Pioneer Yosemite History Center Online Tour Historical Yosemite buildings relocated in Wawona.

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Last updated 19 June 2018.

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