YOSEMITE  , a famous valley on the W. slope of the Sierra See also:

• NEVADA
• NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

Nevada of See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, about 150 M . E. of See also:

• SAN

San Francisco and 4000 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . It is 7 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, See also:

• HALF

half a mile to a mile wide, and nearly a mile deep, eroded out of hard massive See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite by glacial See also:

• ACTION

action . Its precipitous walls See also:

• PRESENT

present a See also:

• GREAT

great variety of forms, and the bottom, a filled-up See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin, is level and See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park-like . The most notable of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall rocks are: El Capitan, 3300 ft. high, a sheer, See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of granite; the Three See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

Dome, See also:

• GLACIER
• GLACIER (adopted from the French; from glace, ice, Lat. glacies)

Glacier Point, the See also:

• SENTINEL, or SENTRY

Sentinel, See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, Sentinel Dome and See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

Cloud's See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

Rest, from 2800 to nearly 6000 ft. high; and Half Dome, the noblest of all, which rises at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the valley to the height of 4740 ft . These rocks illustrate on a See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale the action of See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice in See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . For here five large glaciers See also:

• UNITED

united to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the grand See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk glacier that eroded the valley and occupied • it as its channel . Its moraines, though mostly obscured by vegetation and weathering, may still be traced; while on the snowy peaks at the headwaters of the Merced a considerable number of small glaciers, once tributary to the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main Yosemite glacier, still exist . The Bridal See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil Fall, 900 ft. high, is one of the most interesting features of the See also:

• LOWER

lower end of the valley . Towards the upper end the great Yosemite Fall pours from a height of 2600 ft . The valley divides at the head into three branches, the Tenaya, Merced and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

Fork canyons . In the main (Merced) See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch are the Vernal and Nevada Falls, 400 and 600 ft. high .

The Nevada is usually ranked next to the Yosemite among the five main falls of the valley, and is the whitest of all the falls . The Vernal, about half a mile below the Nevada, is famous for its afternoon rainbows, At See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it is a nearly See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• SHEET

sheet about 8o ft. wide, changing as it descends from See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green to purplish-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . In the S. branch, a mile from the head of the main valley, is the Illilouette Fall, 600 ft. high, one of the most beautiful of the Yosemite See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir . Considering the great height of the snowy mountains about the valley, the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of the Yosemite is remarkably mild . The vegetation is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and luxuriant . The tallest pines are over 200 ft. high; the trunks of some of the oaks are from 6 to 8 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter; violets, lilies, See also:

• GOLDEN

golden-rods, See also:

• CEANOTHUS

ceanothus, manzanita, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose and See also:

• AZALEA

azalea make broad beds and See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring; and on the warmest parts of the walls See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers blossom in every See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month of the See also:

• YEAR

year . The valley was discovered in 1851 by a military See also:

• COMPANY

company in pursuit of marauding See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians; regular tourist travel began in 1856 . The first permanent settler in the valley was Mr J . C . Lamon, who built a See also:

• CABIN

cabin in the upper end of it in 186o and planted gardens and orchards . In 1864 the valley was granted to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of California by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that it should be held as a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of public use, resort and recreation inalienable for all time, was re-ceded to the United States by California on the 3rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1905, and is now included in the Yosemite See also:

• NATIONAL

National Park . In the number and height of its See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical falls and in the massive grandeur of El Capitan and Half Dome rocks Yosemite is unrivalled .

But there are many other valleys of the same See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . The most noted of those in the Sierra, visited every summer by tourists, hunters and mountaineers, are the Hetch Hetchy Valley, a wonderful See also:

• COUNTER

counter-See also:

• PART

part of Yosemite in the Tuolumne See also:

• CANYON (Anglicized form of Span. canon, a tube, pipe or cannon; the Spanish form being also frequently written)

canyon; Tehipitee Valley, in the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Fork canyon of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• RIVER

river; and the King's river Yosemite in the South Fork canyon, the latter being larger and deeper than the Merced Yosemite . All are similar in their trends, forms, sculpture and vegetation, and are plainly and harmoniously related to the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient glaciers . The See also:

• ROMSDAL

Romsdal and Naerodal of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway and Lauterbrunnen of the See also:

• ALPS

Alps are well characterized glacial valleys of the Yosemite type, and in S.E . See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska many may be observed in See also:

• PROCESS

process of formation . See the See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual Reports (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1891 sqq.) of the See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

Superintendent of the Park; the See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide to the Yosemite published by the California See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey; See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MUIR, JOHN (1810-1882)
• MUIR, SIR WILLIAM (1819-1905)

Muir, Our National Parks (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1901); and _Bunnell's See also:

• DISCOVERY

Discovery of the Yosemite (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1893) . (J .