Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks
Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks
Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks
Ebook324 pages4 hours

Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A century and a quarter ago, the national park idea was born when Abraham Lincoln signed legislation setting aside Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias "for public use, resort, and recreation inalienable for all time." Over the next decade, the Yosemite park commissioners had to fight private land claims to the valley. By 1890, however, a public park system was firmly established in California when the Yosemite high country and much of what is now Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks were set aside as federally protected, public preserves. This collection of essays and photographs, originally published as a special issue of California History, documents the creation and management of California's first three national parks. As the essays remind us, the issues of park development so hotly debated today were raised first in Yosemite nearly a century ago. Yosemite's significance in landscape art, its role in the development of western tourism, and its promotion as one of the great icons of American culture are among the other major themes discussed here.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
A century and a quarter ago, the national park idea was born when Abraham Lincoln signed legislation setting aside Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias "for public use, resort, and recreation inalienable for all time." Over the next de
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 22, 2023
ISBN9780520339873
Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks

Related to Yosemite and Sequoia

Related ebooks

Environmental Science For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Yosemite and Sequoia

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Yosemite and Sequoia - Richard J. Orsi

    քebook_preview_excerpt.html|rɒn 'WVEH*z YLd@ Ż6m~J}I ,k@f<<܏^ik_-|?~[3}|ac?͏9{=; ^=>]]3;;<9L w'óʙ.k _Eݴq׮2imc´1׾ܸ_ˢeyk6ݼ,DPT:euS8.׷&S|7kWW?1XFXq5dtkWB3n|Vvj5Ų2xꞕLt)2~:1re3w톫IL-%yqMn-e<hZ/Uqb-V}loouxvw[8>r>@k&7iĉU9%l+ኂ6Afs/l憃08҅[BOŶb^Z6mkK^>*G{uٓՓGϞ<}7GiK4%h%w%yW/_<G v6aX[CD_'0} s\ ¿kla#Vc"xKD]Pwp:;1j-heqy8ӑ_=@PbNŇ1f:]*}xpz#5߯·-19,ZtxvN \fk_|&j2M0N>\_O.NyğXusjc{oe煮UKq ˋ%(--kvgdZ[wN r7e-]hL!w8 /ڮ,(0#p/<<*9 @L6* =LwM…mVˉqo@=ы$Hw4Ȇ Kyk=kW ^4MW+Ra8)%(K XHW MhLI/ ٸ֢oa-c ~Ve,Fm œkzp"ΰ܎NUP׉m*3*|G ;Y5O27(Vq],AQv[,e!9#X%3xP1k| ^QgOܙN9* gʗDdTg|VyFMȉ܁B[D+;/j\$) ؘX+{`|WP,ǔo~75/2d+$U[է=V_3*fcPɒ~Rѻp7:"= v!bɪ*ś)`3k o`"njGۮb,[1Y6UxD_!L7Y@EʜLP+e |42|* 1h, hrul'"atk1@ صabpE{*=B#e>A@Hsڢmx'lIE X3c|HWQG{$ 8YCik9 ĴP2:% wÿȴ 9D,m%~GC ,?شmaYe'n ~K^ù,0¥.-&HۗYU{^S+wɑlԼq/gC*MpUy':pmK 0w`<Ȏ'#sAv!06 Z$ь\!N*B8U5WS~*f 남@/վ[ze7Qui8Kl$%KU!.`'BJ9{`CX7 ezBSA4p>P{)w f{<)x4!mq5dCN-" u@JkҌ ;pL.,#4pL tىP=cy☼a%p)r1;JQ%5Y.fp|*H'P6p+!Ykt%Ʃr MƘ۔1)/۹:o՞aCo$>N@Rxvk]v^K.)le\½,; K\,*2%@ҡ|2R|g5tl˅y8(΁ PÈs[M !.An@CEM^p}NݘT6y. SP?PB,)X(=[ C*ӶPzT${Y5˪kA—H"pE-ZDY͖R_L-rxc~k21+$a) !Ȉ,rFɼ'W0 Izt SC {j5Ң~+IT`i?[MqCx;1r5̹QpcdsdHcmL'B /1UM/蕯K(M peet\S Ke.K b>x6 <,f ɐ Nfe5 n Q_[벁J@;hegޝ2RCst [BsLPW1Mzە;vUP5H>ny@iX דGM ^RfIFpYYŔ wO@ "k)i(9hȶ}޾H=L f͗)xM'E{nCىz H ; G!n$DJVb-mn}Xʼ0V  4$?6Z/̺ Qz%| M[ϙ$2t@R5$% E0  j3%YK[1L&-@T#2UBõW/?E g 4ȏApi3x<}~+2W8~L*h&YpwD 6LxLRGiQ?@%b4|enJ|g_|_I֑+*;b{Tgֻd(pjN]!J:Mv)'n$[]IvcCT ",cW-rѠ>g~= ʖIaa4{'{?A5R _Ȭd5)`!U|MR+BT>.@~f@@O$} :DJ>gBR_&/Js# =!utrAR~>!_=EdzX|;xNr:ɣ\X83@JgGnR&曜gO{յX)% NdF+ض%aPC[EކS#xhFX /ŃdYu6)ImX90>T@LW /^x x?>Ef>f=\fW23'A<Iybr)e ƆTOv)+$$WI11F3V O5TQ;3lhư}hr@|i:/)XmY_>fj8"!یѾђMt&LU}aڮ)3'LB؄ [k$E@ _bY;fI( )C8݄=7{uWYV}O&KZFmFoky*.pU8^iju(@^H7=B DKiGXϭ({ =̾_ϡSi^d$Xv2Є2%1q&Xxd2kMEO4;횊/ʬLھ,,]Jh6NA >zR.W˰diZ Q;GF$؄+J t+W}TM!~N6z(T YGĔR#NZ7W{Ռt2 ,n g}5(>u1͑䓔bO >O+]-h"Q@Q?qwCLv0jg ]I$d[TEFng,RhMY+-H8#,FG J3-YКjsX [!{b_F?>0z}B4UYg^1Wn(C)&@NK1o},3)=bۢd t9#g5 $ʋ9"Qn?#ƆhPV*: N7h0!0n|Y֒E%=LF*u!x~aQڟdAzj~&b-sR+oP 8gbޔ>_6csVkZ && 3 x%Jm~LIi~SdhٍܭVXM_.P[ J3ʄ t&悼!. Z{iXH:J v$BٳVM7x+M*_m_ȿ-?d>M'|X 9ӅX#[QƜqFf+z-&F_eБqsF㥽MRgla;=dl%-hi*YnbNU7r,߰JI > ̾W6"i!O\VNC4P3O|ːѭTjNrȈ<9zXmX sQws8x;?ա=z23b)f"#cjuwJDu|-=jljz3gd1$|>wnrƁKSrؔ2H`q%7ofxS4_dm^갟DW}3`Zj&[+5 {H>vd_R{gC7&-a*Fq} X U*(1r3s˻A,ּq h!K1]eFɱHg/)Vpn6 x !+1aPU_ 6@0}p dc!-Vۃv0:$q e~siH; 'gZJض#_'0͡\"OnA#belCeOܦ~XeH Ƙ]C,^ uib>$D!B V{Bag L:Y|,VI<=eoa)O͋WyB} wxFC8դ sIS2*`C(+QכV[|4] j=$H=Hsj~'}V m˕N QXQA( $;5L- `Gkby59o-iPyI̧-(Itd1^ j/ZuX"m9=C dR섾tDˮ#,Uʘ􅴱n݌ؾyo%] f邀 QqwNrijo_D"96t-yAZ~㭵|(5_B{U0_AVw۷7L2_H dB ӮnAliֽoo͏v;66$;l$iGcx-Ch4wKj϶]0x f5- ] Vl[,3UL; - \ȁU7m4.PJ\@72};[DFE]J,0tAHƥ$'/"f$svrĕY )'E{/ܺAWT([U7ݸsm8 H &!BI*$Zyk.nD va^pTrUv5u"KƱs̸\zhl[͖zebo0FR#hoG/`#%(BY,,r1_$O ޅ's w&Y]xhѣ0:Td"f1 ɣBfx[4M\7VGڻ48yItI΂Ѓ{{k1^Nv;] 16w{y 2b;*1I]g<^] b lX TZƏ%3˚ . Q^8&h4(G:\[sC湯xnWLH4E*AbHTxF Nuq(vmjCJƓYkvx cFlڵ}r:iS~fj.a:ڣD'wu8g'] e2Y#3ȣ퍳+Y"re=QA9߯EjhY}~W9s,_H \I~I M ?=wQx JBaN+U%t"&C!\ 3 sNݰ)faM("!VulB ҁ5V-) D]U,BOsyCUP|^a"(J=D'%5dZAtNi"ċxUDLU N>1.U͜Yɗ4t9훀Q;HK !Ai2We+J7;OCI+Rf:( k!lԓΜ_$\8HX_^Rs$}fūLѼawZ- Kg G*r{M.9& W| ⮎IP;_Ks!eU GU2OR6')M?%JQ8DɌ/P[$Y$a R=h L,bڐ^yV/(UOxW~w =r|sH5bfBA*J0WBa sXoeϜbdd6c\bKt ;\JAK_>pu iU+y"'uq ZY8Ji`=w;qw[@TbMmbKgSzD.~* Ktpu%⇩b*<~bZ
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1