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The Yosemite Valley, and the Mammoth Trees and Geysers of California (c1870)
CONTENTS.
Routes to the Yosemite Valley:—
The Mariposa—The Coulterville—Hardin’s 7
General Information:—
Past and Present—Preparing for an Expedition—At
Stockton— Hardin’s Route— Twelve Mile House—
Knight’s Ferry— Chinese Camp—“Keith’s Orchard and
Vineyard”—Stevens’ Bar Ferry—Kirkwood’s—Big Oak
Flat—Garotte—Sprague’s Ranch—The Carpenter Woodpecker—On the Route—The “Tuolumne South Grove”
of Mammoth Trees—Crane Flat—Tamarack Flat—Cascade
Creek—Yosemite 8
The Yosemite Valley:—
Pohonó, or Bridal Veil Fall—Sentinel Rock—Hutchings’
Hotel—The Yosemite Falls—Lake Ah-wi-yah—
The Great North Dome—The South Dome—The Legend
of Tis-sa-ack and Tu-toch-ah-nu-lah 13
The Yosemite Valley (continued):—
Pohonó Fall—An Indian Superstition—The Pi-wy-aek
and Yo-wi-ye Falls—The Mountains—The Cap of Liberty
—The Three Brothers—The Sentinel Dome—Principal
Summits of the Nevada Range—Beauties and Characteristics of the Yosemite Valley—Table of Elevations in the
Valley—Of Waterfalls—Of Mountains 20
The Mammoth Trees:—
Route to Mariposa—Clark’s Ranch—The Big Trees of
Mariposa—Satan’s Spear—Queen of the Forest—List of
Trees—Enumeration and Description of Remarkable
Trees—The Frezno Grove—The ten Groves of Mammoth
Trees hitherto discovered 26
The Mammoth Trees (continued):—
Description of the Calaveras Grove—The Mother of the
Forest—Disappointing Aspect of the Trees—Their
Colossal Dimensions—About Names—The Father of the
Forest—The Old Maid and Old Bachelor—The Pride o
the Forest—Story of the Discovery of this Grove—The
Calaveras Caves 30
The California Geysers:—
Where Situated—A Remarkable Canyon—Sounds and
Stenches—The Devil’s Inkstand—The Devil’s Tea-kettle
—The Witches’ Caldron—The Steamboat—Proserpine’s
Grotto 36
Lake Tahoe:—
How to reach it—Its Circumference—Its Loveliness of
Character—Conclusion 38
Chart of the Yosemite Valley 6
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