yosemite becomes a national park a significant historical event in united states history
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Yosemite Becomes a National Park
a Significant Historical Event in United States History
1. What is the history of
Yosemite that leads up to the
founding of Yosemite as a National Park?
The Southern
Sierra Miwok
Tribes called the valley
Ahwanee, their home. It means “Place of
Gaping Mouth.”
Miwok woman with child.
More than 7,000 to 10,000 years ago Indians
inhabited the area.
They traded acorns and plants with Mono Lake
Paiute for furs.• Miwoks gathered acorns from Oak trees.
Non-Indians began arriving in
1830’s and the 1840’s. Unfortunately, the
Mariposa Indian War drove most of the Miwoks out of
their beloved valley.
In 1848 the park was over-run by gold seekers. By 1855 tourists arrived to view the beauty and grandeur of the
park.
Cathedral Peak
Mariposa Grove became the
first public preserve.
Yosemite became a national park in 1906.
2. Who are the key figures in the history of
Yosemite?
Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of
Century magazine, planned a campaign
with John Muir to make Yosemite a national
park.
John Muir was an environmentalist who fought to
have Yosemite become a national park.
• John Muir (right) meets with President Theodore Roosevelt to discuss making Yosemite a national park.
Galen Clark was known as the guardian of Yosemite.
Galen Clark explores the beauty of Yosemite.
3. Why is the designation of
3. Why is the designation of Yosemite as a National Park a
significant event in U.S.
history?
Tourists began visiting the park in 1855 and it
remains a top tourist destination today.
Many tourists visit the park to see the waterfalls.
• Visitors flock to see the famous Yosemite firefall.
Environmentalists have fought to preserve Yosemite as a
natural scenic wonder from the park’s beginning to the present.
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