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Yosemite Nature Notes 34 (1955)

First published sketch of a Yosemite scene, in 1855, by Thomas Ayres (June issue).

Acorn Granary (April)

• YNN 34(1) (January 1955)
  • “Yosemite Valley Place Names,” 34(1):1-21 by Richard J. Hartesveldt
• YNN 34(2) (February 1955) [PDF]
  • “Snow Cornice above Ostrander Lake,” 34(2):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “1954 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley,” 34(2):24-25 by Walter J. and Erma Fitzpatrick
  • “Board Holds Annual Meeting,” 34(2):26-27 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “Yosemite’s La Brea” [wildlife electrocuted in swamp near Happy Isles], 34(2):27 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “Yosemite Earthquakes” [1872 and 1954], 34(2):28-29 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “Norman B. Herkenham Transfers to Yellowstone,” 34(2):30
  • “She Photographed the Highwayman” [Agnes Wilkinson photographed a stage coach robbery; reprinted from Foley’s Yosemite Tourist, March 17, 1908], 34(2):31-32
• YNN 34(3) (March 1955) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Falls, Blowing in the Wind,” 34(3):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Mountain Hemlock” [illustration]
  • “Ten Days in the Heart of the Sierras,” 34(3):37-40 by William S. Rice (reprinted from Young People (1901))
  • “Yosemite Bears Chip Teeth!” [metal trail signs], 34(3):41 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “Foresta’s Yesterdays,” 34(3):43-45 by Donald E. McHenry
• YNN 34(4) (April 1955) [PDF]
  • “Waterwheel Falls,” 34(4):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Queer Storehouses in Yosemite” [acorn granary (chukah or chakka)], 34(4):49-50 by William S. Rice (reprinted from Young People (1904))
  • “Remington .44” [at Barnard’s Hotel], 34(4):51 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “Who Found the General?” [George Washington’s face below North Dome], 34(4):52 by Vada Flowers
  • “‘Teeter-Tail’—The Sandpiper,” 34(4):53-54 by Genevieve Swick
  • “The Naming of Mount Lyell,” 34(4):55 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Under Trees,” 34(4):56 by Leonard G. Nattkemper
  • “Governor’s Group, Mariposa Grove,” 34(4):back cover photo by Ralph Anderson
• YNN 34(5) (May 1955) [PDF]
  • “In the Merced Canyon,” 34(5):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Obsidian—A Fragment of the Past,” 34(5):60 by M. L. Gilbert
  • “A Sucker Born Every Minute” [Phineas T. Barnum], 34(5):62-63, by Emil F. Ernst
  • “Problems of a Pine Cone” [golden-mantled ground squirrel], 34(5):63-64 by Richard G. Beidleman
  • “Mt. Maclure—Its Name,” 34(5):64-65 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Plants That Move Mountains” [Lichen] 34(5):66-68 by Ann Larson
  • “Mountain Breeze,” 34(5):69 poem by Lewis W. Clark
• YNN 34(6) (June 1955) [PDF]
  • “First published sketch of a Yosemite scene,” 34(6):cover illustration by Thomas Ayres (October 1855)
  • “Yosemite’s First Tourists” [James Hutchings party] 34(6):73-80 by Emil Ernst
  • “The Descent by Trail into Yosemite Valley,” 34(6):80 engraving from Appleton’s Weekly, January 18, 1873
• YNN 34(7) (July 1955) [PDF]
  • “Thunderheads and Yosemite Falls,” 34(7):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “How Times Do Change!” [1909 letter about why automobiles are not allowed], 34(7):84 by R. A. Ballinger
  • “Notes from My Tuolumne Journal: a Day on Mt. Gibbs,” 34(7):85 by William L. Neely
  • “Road to Rusting Dreams” [Tioga Road] 34(7):86-91 by Fran Hubbard (reprinted from Pacific Discovery (September-October 1954)
  • “Notes from My Tuolumne Journal: All-Day Children’s Hike down the Tuolumne,” 34(7):92 by William L. Neely
  • “Learning the Hard Way,” [snake swallowing a sculptin fish] 34(7):93 by Lloyd D. Moore
• YNN 34(8) (August 1955) [PDF]
  • “Nevada Fall from the South,” 34(8):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Predatory Animals in a National Park,” 34(8):96-99 by S. W. Elkins
  • “Highway Fund Was Short in 1919. Too” [Yosemite Valley Highway Association], 34(8):100-101 (from California Highways and Public Works (March-April 1953))
  • “Notes from My Tuolumne Journal” [autumn], 34(8):102 by William L. Neely
  • “A Swimming Lizard” [Alligator Lizard], 34(8):103 by Henry G. Weston, Jr.
  • “Circumstantial Evidence” [animal signs], 34(8):104-105 by Woodrow W. Smith
• YNN 34(9) (September 1955) [PDF]
  • “Along a Mountain Stream,” 34(9):cover photo by George Fiske
  • “Yosemite,” 34(9):108 poem by Clifford H. Nowlin
  • “Chipmunk Feeding on Gooseberries,” 34(9):109 by Ernest L. Karlstrom
  • “That Queer Little Pine-Tree Covered All over with Burs,” 34(9):110-11 by Henry G. Weston, Jr.
  • “More Early Theories of Yosemite’s Formation” [by Clarence King and Bross] 34(9):112 by Richard J. hartesveldt
  • “Deer Bark,” 34(9):113 by Gale S. Alden
  • “A Winter Meal,” 34(9):113 by Larry Mowinckel
  • “A Historical Review of the Exclusion of Sheepherders from Yosemite,” 34(9):114-117 by Sam W. Elkins
• YNN 34(10) (October 1955) [PDF]
  • “Autumn in Yosemite Valley,” 34(10):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “In the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, winter,” 34(10):120 photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Origin of the National Park Idea in America,” part 1 34(10):121-123 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “Death of a Giant Sequoia,” 34(10):124-125 by Gayle S. Alden
  • “An Unusual Sugar Pine Cone,” [dwarf] 34(10):125 by Richard Wason
  • “Gopher ‘Cores’,” 34(10):126 by Henry G. Weston, Jr.
  • “Mayhem in Camp 9” [foreleg torn from a bear cub] 34(10):127 by Richard J. Hartesveldt
  • “Ants in Our Plants,” 34(10):128 by Gale S. Alden
  • “A High-Flying Grouse,” 34(10):128 by Henry G. Weston, Jr.
• YNN 34(11) (November 1955) [PDF]
  • “Mariposa Grove, Winter,” 34(11):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Roosevelt and Muir — Conservationists,” [Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir] 34(11):132-136 by Richard J. Hartesveldt
  • “The Origin of the National park Idea in America,” part 2 34(11):137-139 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “Gin Flat,” 34(11):139-140 by Lloyd Brubaker
  • “El Capitan from old Coulterville Road,” 34(11):141 photo by Ralph Anderson
• YNN 34(12) (December 1955) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Chapel, Winter,” 34(12):cover photo by George Fiske (c. 1885)
  • “For $25—The World’s Highest Telephone” [between Lundy and Bennettville, California], 34(12):144-147 by Fran Hubbard
  • “Naturalist Joins Yosemite Staff” [Bill Bullard], 34(12):148-149 by Donald Edward McHenry
  • “Animal Antics at Arch Rock” [jay and ring-tailed cat], 34(12):149-150 by Robert W. Carpenter
  • “The Origin of the National Park Idea in America,” part 3 34(12):151-153 by Douglass H. Hubbard

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 34 (1955) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1955). 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, July 2007, from a copies at San Diego State University Library and Young Research Library (UCLA)
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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