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Yosemite Nature Notes 37 (1958)

Captain Boling and the Mariposa Battalion entering Yosemite Valley. Painting by Henry Shlefeld (from “Diaries of Robert Ecchleston”)

Starting in 1958 Nature Notes was deemphasized and Yosemite was emphasized in the title. Also printed on good quality paper.

• YNN 37(1) (January 1958) [PDF]
  • “Winter, Yosemite Valley Snow on Incense-Cedar,” 37(1):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Wounded Firs of Glacier Point” [beetles and mistletoe], 37(1):1-3 by S. A. Karlin
  • “1957 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite,” 37(1):4 by Walter J. and Erma Fitzpatrick
  • “Ranger, Where Are the Fish?” [backup up Tuolumne River from Hetch Hetchy], 37(1):5-9 by Dick Jackson
  • “The Self-Appointed Greeters of Yosemite” [Steller Jay], 37(1):10-12 by C. F. A. Powell
  • “Nature’s Bathtubs” [pothole], 37(1):13 by Dick Jackson
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of pagent at Mirror Lake], 37(1):14
• YNN 37(2) (February 1958) [PDF]
  • “Snow in the Valley,” 37(2):cover photo
  • “Captain Boling and the Mariposa Battalion entering Yosemite Valley,” 37(2):drawing by Henry Shlefeld
  • “The Discovery of Yosemite and the Mariposa Indian War, 1850-1851: the Diaries of Robert Eccleston” [book summary], 37(2):15-19 by C. Gregory Crampton
  • “A Visit to the Center of the Park” [Mount Hoffmann], 37(2):20-23 by Robert W. Carpenter, Jr.
  • “For Our Younger Readers” [nature walk], 37(2):23-24 by Ralph Frazier
  • “Poems from the Mountains: the Great Horned Owl,” 37(2):26 by Allan Shields
  • “Classmate of the Sequoia” [bristlecone pine in the White Mountains], 37(2):27-28 by David Essel
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of first auto of the Yosemite Stage & Turnpike Co.], 37(2):28 photo by Julius T. Boysen
• YNN 37(3) (March 1958) [PDF]
  • “Guide to the Mariposa Grove Nature Trail,” 37(3):29-38 by by Richard Wason
• YNN 37(4) (April 1958) [PDF]
  • “Upper YosemiteFall through Black Oaks,” 37(4):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of Mt. Watkins reflected upon Mirror Lake], by Carleton E. Watkins
  • “The Great Gray Owl,” 37(4):40-43 by Howard H. Cofer
  • “Spring Chorus” [male California yellow-legged frog], 37(4):43-44 by Robert W. Carpenter
  • “Weathering along Joints” [of rock], 37(4):45-46 by Franklin Potter
  • “Hite’s Cove — Henness — Old Inspiration Point Trail” [map], 37(4):47 by Dorothy Rice Armato
  • “The Henness Trail to Yosemite Valley” [1871 trail], 37(4):47-48 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Captain John J. McGurk,” 37(4):49-51 by Lloyd W. Brubaker
  • “Jerseydale Bald Eagle,” 37(4):51 by Allan E. Shields
• YNN 37(5) (May 1958) [PDF]
  • “Guide to the Inspiration Point Nature Trail,” 37(5):53-66 by Robert W. Carpenter
• YNN 37(6) (June 1958)
  • “Wild Flowers of the Sierra,” 37(6):67-88 by Douglass H. Hubbard
• YNN 37(7) (July 1958) [PDF]
  • “Vernal Fall” 37(7):cover photo
  • “The World’s Largest Summer Camp” [origin of nature guiding in National Parks; reprinted from Nature Magazine], 37(7):89-94 by Charles M. Goethe
  • “The Old Village Church in Yosemite” [reprinted from The Fig Leaf (Rotary Club of Merced)], 37(7):95-96 by M. C. Fitzgerald
  • “From the Past” [dreams of seeing condor, bighorn sheep, and California grizzly in Yosemite], 37(7):97-98 by Roy Christian
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of a 1920 nature walk], 37(7):101
• YNN 37(8) (August 1958) [PDF]
  • “Sunset over Sentinel Dome” [Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine], 37(8):cover photo by Josef Muench
  • “Arthur E. Demaray 1887 - 1958,” 37(8):103-106 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Little Nellie Falls” [on Coulterville Road], 37(8):107-108 by Shirley Sargent
  • “Yosemite Weather Picture for 1957-1958,” 37(8):109-111 by Jack Fry
  • “A Rare Fern in Yosemite” [White Fern Pityrogramma triangularis], 37(8):112 by Robert J. Rodin
  • “Sequoia Tops,” 37(8):113-115 by Glenn B. Coy
• YNN 37(9) (September 1958) [PDF]
  • “Western Rattlesnake,” 37(9):cover by Ralph Anderson
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of camping in Yosemite Valley in 1890]
  • “Some Locality Records of Yosemite Herps” [reptiles and amphibians], 37(9):118-126 by Lawrence P. Richards
  • “A Revised Amphibian and Reptile Key,” 37(9):127-128 by John D. Cunningham
  • “Remember When?” [photos of Yosemite Valley Railway and El Portal transfer station], 37(9):129
• YNN 37(10) (October 1958) [PDF]
  • “Autumn in Yosemite,” 37(10):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “A Rain Hike in the High Sierra” [Tuolumne Meadows], 37(10):130-133 by Allen Shields
  • “Prospecting for Toads” [Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus], 37(10):134-136 by Ernest L. Karlstrom
  • “The Scourge of Tuolumne” [needle miner moth damage to lodgepole pine and spraying program], 37(10):137-138 by David Essel
  • “Old Initials” [on a tree near Upper Cathedral Lake], 37(10):142 by John C. Preston
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [photo of first airlane to land in Yosemite Valley, May 27, 1919 by Lt. Krull, U.S. Army]
• YNN 37(11) (November 1958) [PDF]
  • Half Dome, 37(11):cover photo
  • “An Electrical Storm on Half Dome” [ranger-led group stuck on Half Dome during lightning], 37(11):145-147 by Charles Vollmer
  • “Ferns in Yosemite Museum Wildflower Garden,” 37(11):151-152 by Robert J. Rodin
  • “Fossil-Landscape in the Making” [old streambed and causeway revealed after Ellery Lake reservoir drained], 37(11):153 by Mary V. Hood
  • “What is Natural? Competition, Cooperation, or Both?” [Charles Darwin and evolution], 37(11):154-156 by Marvin R. Koller
  • “Remember When?” [photos of Hetch Hetchy Valley in 1903 and 1924, before and after the reservoir]
• YNN 37(12) (December 1958) [PDF]
  • Cathedral Spires, 37(12):cover photo
  • Half Dome view while cross-country skiing, 37(12):159 photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Tioga Peak” [old Tioga Valley on the tops of Tioga Peak, Dana Plateau, Mt. Dana and Mt. Gibbs], 37(12):160-163 by William Neely
  • “A Thumbnail Sketch of Yosemite’s History” 37(12):164-166 by Dwight Cushman
  • “A New Type of Campfire Program in Yosemite” [rescue, fire, and winter gear demonstrated], 37(12):167-170 by Jack F. Fry
  • “Out of Yosemite’s Past” [Opening of the Mariposa Road (Wawona Road) in 1875], 37(12):171

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 37 (1958) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1958). 24 cm. Ill. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, April 2007, from a copy at San Diego State University Library.
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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