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      Yosemite by John Muir (Illustrated Edition)

      The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park

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       Books:

       THE YOSEMITE

       OUR NATIONAL PARKS

       Articles:

       FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

       A RIVAL OF THE YOSEMITE

       THE TREASURES OF THE YOSEMITE

       YOSEMITE GLACIERS

       YOSEMITE IN WINTER

       YOSEMITE IN SPRING

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      THE YOSEMITE

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      Affectionately dedicated to my friend,

       Robert Underwood Johnson,

       faithful lover and defender of our glorious forests

       and originator of the Yosemite National Park.

Table of Contents

       Chapter 1. The Approach to the Valley

       Chapter 2. Winter Storms and Spring Floods

       Chapter 3. Snow-Storms

       Chapter 4. Snow Banners

       Chapter 5. The Trees of the Valley

       Chapter 6. The Forest Trees in General

       Chapter 7. The Big Trees

       Chapter 8. The Flowers

       Chapter 9. The Birds

       Chapter 10. The South Dome

       Chapter 11. The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley Was Formed

       Chapter 12. How Best to Spend One's Yosemite Time

       Chapter 13. Early History Of The Valley

       Chapter 14. Lamon

       Chapter 15. Galen Clark

       Chapter 16. Hetch Hetchy Valley

       Appendix A. Legislation About the Yosemite

       Appendix B. Table of Distances

       Appendix C. Maximum Rates for Transportation

      Chapter 1

       The Approach to the Valley

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      When I set out on the long excursion that finally led to California I wandered afoot and alone, from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, with a plant-press on my back, holding a generally southward course, like the birds when they are going from summer to winter. From the west coast of Florida I crossed the gulf to Cuba, enjoyed the rich tropical flora there for a few months, intending to go thence to the north end of South America, make my way through the woods to the headwaters of the Amazon, and float down that grand river to the ocean. But I was unable to find a ship bound for South America--fortunately perhaps, for I had incredibly little money for so long a trip and had not yet fully recovered from a fever caught in the Florida swamps. Therefore I decided to visit California for a year or two to see its wonderful flora and the famous Yosemite Valley. All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world's wildernesses I first should wander.

      Arriving by the Panama steamer, I stopped one day in San Francisco and then inquired for the nearest way out of town. "But where do you want to go?" asked the man to whom I had applied for this important information. "To any place that is wild," I said. This reply startled him. He seemed to fear I might be crazy and therefore the sooner I was out of town the better, so he directed me to the Oakland ferry.

      So on the first of April, 1868, I set out afoot for Yosemite. It was the bloom-time of the year over the lowlands and coast ranges the landscapes of the Santa Clara Valley were fairly drenched with sunshine, all the air was quivering with the songs of the meadow-larks, and the hills were so covered with flowers that they seemed to be painted. Slow indeed was my progress through these glorious gardens, the first of the California flora I had seen. Cattle and cultivation were