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1 person 2 persons Each additional person Tent with floor: First week $8.50 $11.50 $2.00 Each succeeding week 6.00 8.50 1.50 Tent with floor and fly: First week 12.50 2.00 Each succeeding week 9.00 1.50 Linen may be rented extra.

Camp Curry Housekeeping Section.—A section of Camp Curry is devoted to tents arranged and equipped for housekeeping. The tents are permanently erected on frames with board floors and electric lights. A tent fly or awning stretched in front of the sleeping tent makes a combination outdoor living room, dining room, and kitchen.

Bed linen and one dozen assorted towels, together with laundering of the same, is included in rental.

1 person 2 persons Each additional person First week $10.50 $17 $3.50 Each succeeding week 8.50 15 3.00

YOSEMITE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

The Yosemite Transportation System, of the Yosemite Park & Curry Co., operates automobile transportation service connecting with railroad and stage lines at Merced, Fresno, Tahoe, and El Portal, and covering all points of interest reached by automobile roads in Yosemite National Park, and between Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe by way of the “Tioga Pass route.”

For rates, time schedules, and reservations apply at Camp Curry, The Ahwahnee, or Yosemite Lodge transportation offices.

STAGE TRIPS

Merced to Yosemite Valley, $7.25 one way; $10.25 round trip. Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne Meadows, $7.50 one way. Yosemite Valley to Lake Tahoe, $25 one way.

Mirror Lake.—A short drive to view the reflections, 50 cents.

See the Bears.—A short drive in the evening to see Yosemite’s bears feeding under a spotlight, 50 cents.

Valley tour.—A 2-hour, 20-mile drive with lecturing escort passing all points of interest on the Valley floor. Leaves daily, $2.

Glacier Point.—A round trip to Glacier Point on the rim of the Valley, from which a superb panorama of the Valley and the High Sierra is obtained (1 day), $5.

Mariposa Grove of Big Trees.—A memorable 1-day motor trip to this large grove which has many trees whose age has been estimated at 4,000 years. The Y. T. S. stage drives through the famous Wawona tunnel tree, $7.50.

Big Trees and Glacier Point.—Combining both the above trips with overnight stop at comfortable Glacier Point Hotel, $11.

Hetch Hetchy Dam and Valley.—A delightful 1-day trip to San Francisco’s gigantic water-supply project in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, via Tuolumne Grove of Big Trees and interesting High Sierra country. Take box lunch, $7.50.

1-DAY SADDLE TRIPS

Points of Elevation Miles, Description (distances Rate interest above round are from and to foot of per Valley trip trails) person Glacier 3,254 13 Via Vernal and Nevada $5 Point Falls, offering superb view of Valley and High Sierra Eagle Peak 3,813 12 Past top of Yosemite 5 Fall, through mountain meadows and interesting High Sierra country Half Dome 4,892 16 Via Vernal and Nevada 5 Falls to most interesting peak in the Valley. The dome may be climbed. Wear tennis shoes Clouds’ Rest 5,964 20 The highest peak 5 visible from the Valley affords fine views North Dome 3,561 20 Past top of Yosemite 5 Fall, Yosemite Point, Tenaya Zigzags Vernal Fall 1,084 5 A delightful half-day 3 (top) trip Yosemite 1,135 4 Another favorite 3 Fall half-day short ride to the base of the upper Fall

3- AND 6-DAY SADDLE TRIPS

All-expense saddle trips (including saddle animal, guide meals, lodging, box lunches) to High Sierra camps start at $19.50. For full information, see “High Sierra Vacations” folder.

The 6-day High Sierra all-expense saddle trip leaves Valley every Monday morning during the season regardless of number in party and any day when a minimum party of five secures free guide service.

Pack Trip.—Ask for rates and “High Sierra Vacations” folder. Saddle and pack horses may be rented at Tuolumne Meadows, Mather, Wawona, and in Yosemite Valley.

VALLEY FLOOR RIDES

Yosemite.—Twenty-five miles of oiled bridle paths. Guide not necessary. Rates, half day. Forenoon, $2.50; afternoon, $2; full day, $4.

Wawona.—Trails on floor of Wawona Valley. Guide not necessary. Rates, half day, $2; full day, $3.

STORES AND NEWS STANDS

A general store and meat market is operated in the old Yosemite Village by the Yosemite Park & Curry Co. In this general store a complete line of groceries, meats, clothing, drugs, and campers’ supplies of all kinds is available. This company also operates a store at Wawona and at Tuolumne Meadows, where food supplies are sold in summer.

At Camp Curry there is a grocery and provision store, where a full line of groceries, meats, food supplies, and fishing tackle is carried during the summer season.

Mrs. John Degnan operates a grocery store, bakery, delicatessen, lunch room, and soda fountain in the old Yosemite Village. Soda fountains are also operated at Yosemite Lodge, Camp Curry, and the Ahwahnee Hotel. Refreshment stands are maintained at the general store, housekeeping headquarters, and Happy Isles. Meals and light lunches are served during the summer at the village store.

In all of the hotels, lodges, and camps there are newsstands at which curios, post cards, photographs, souvenirs, newspapers, magazines, tobacco, smokers’ supplies, etc., are available.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE

A wide and attractive selection of Yosemite views is to be found in the studios of the following four park operators:

Best Studio, located in the New Village, is open the year round and offers complete photographic developing and printing service, in addition to a choice of Yosemite views, and a large supply of small moving-picture film and equipment. H. C. Best is an artist of note and welcomes visitors to his gallery to inspect his paintings of Yosemite.

Boysen Studio is situated in the New Village and is open throughout the year. J. T. Boysen, the proprietor, is one of the pioneer photographers of Yosemite and displays a splendid collection of park pictures, in addition to developing and printing visitors’ films.

Foley’s Studio is located in the New Village. D. J. Foley, the proprietor, was one of the first photographers to establish in the park. He has an excellent selection of Yosemite views for sale, both colored and uncolored. This studio also does developing and printing.

Yosemite Park & Curry Co. maintains studios in the New Village, Camp Curry, Yosemite Lodge, Glacier Point, the Ahwahnee Hotel, general store, and Big Trees Lodge. Photographic supplies can also be purchased at the various other units of the Yosemite Park & Curry Co. Their studios also display a choice collection of the water-color paintings of the noted Swedish artist, Gunnar Widforss, in addition to photographic studies by several well-known photographers. All of the Yosemite Park & Curry Co. branches carry the small moving-picture film and the studios have a complete supply of 16-millimeter equipment.

LAUNDRIES

Adequate laundry and cleaning and pressing facilities are available to all in Yosemite. Convenient points for pick-up and delivery of laundry are to be found at Camp Curry, Yosemite Lodge, the Ahwahnee, the general store in the Old Village, and the Yosemite housekeeping headquarters.

BARBER SHOPS

Barber shops are operated in the Old Village, Camp Curry, Yosemite Lodge, and the Ahwahnee. Beauty parlors are operated at Camp Curry, Yosemite Lodge, and the Ahwahnee during the summer season.

GARAGE SERVICE

The Yosemite Park & Curry Co. operates a storage garage and a completely equipped repair shop with modern machinery and skilled mechanics at Camp Curry in summer and the Yosemite Transportation System garage throughout the remainder of the year. A stock of standard automobile parts and accessories, tires, tubes, etc., is carried at this garage.

Gasoline and oil stations are located at Camp Curry, Yosemite Lodge, at the Yosemite Transportation System garage near the Yosemite housekeeping headquarters, at Chinquapin and Wawona on the Wawona Road, and at Carl Inn, Aspen Valley, White Wolf, and Tuolumne Meadows on the Tioga Road.

CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND

A playground for children is maintained at Camp Curry. It is equipped with swings, slides, sand piles, and the like, and is supervised by a competent attendant trained in kindergarten and playground work. Children may be left in her charge during the absence of parents on sight-seeing trips or hikes.

POSTAL SERVICE

The main post office is in the Yosemite New Village and the postal address is “Yosemite National Park, Calif.” Branch post offices are maintained during the summer season at Camp Curry and Yosemite Lodge and these branch post offices bear the names of these places. Mail for guests of Camp Curry should be addressed to “Camp Curry, Calif.” Mail for guests of hotels or lodges of the Yosemite Park & Curry Co., other than above, should be addressed care of resort at which the guest is staying.

During the summer season a branch post office is maintained at Wawona and Tuolumne Meadows to handle first, second, and third class matter. All mail for Tuolumne Meadows should be so marked and sent to Yosemite, Calif. Mail for Wawona should be addressed to Wawona, Calif.

EXPRESS SERVICE

Express service is available in the general store, Old Yosemite Village, and packages should be addressed “Care of Yosemite National Park, Calif., via El Portal.”

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE

Local and long-distance telephone and telegraph service is maintained at the Administration Building in the New Village and at branch offices maintained at The Ahwahnee, Camp Curry, and Yosemite Lodge. Telephonic communications may be had to all interior hotels, camps, and lodges, and long-distance and telegraph messages may be sent from interior points and delivered by telephone to such points. Money transfers are handled at the main office in the Administration Building.

MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL SERVICE

The Government owns, and operates under contract, a modern hospital building in Yosemite Valley, where medical, surgical, and dental services are provided. A competent medical staff with attendant nurses is in charge, and will also promptly attend patients at any place within the park.

The hospital is well equipped with X-ray and other apparatus for diagnosis and treatment, and an ambulance service is provided for emergencies. Prices and character of service are regulated by the Government.

CHURCH SERVICES

Both Protestant and Catholic Church services are conducted each Sunday during the summer season. Resident representatives of both faiths conduct the services, and speakers of State or national prominence are often in the pulpit. Bulletins are issued giving hours and locations of services.

An incorporation known as the Yosemite National Church, on whose board of directors sit representatives of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, has for its purpose to erect and maintain an appropriate interdenominational chapel.

REFERENCES

The following list of references will be found helpful. Most of them are available at the museum nature library.

Badé, William F. Life and Letters of John Muir, 2 volumes. 1923 and 1924. Houghton, Mifflin Co. Brewer, William H. Up and Down California in 1860-64. Yale University Press, 1930. Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton. Discovery of the Yosemite; and the Indian War of 1851. 349 pp. Historical and descriptive. Chase, J. S. Yosemite Trails; Camp and Pack Train in the Yosemite Region of the Sierra Nevada. 1911. 354 pp., illustrated. Clark, Galen. Indians of the Yosemite Valley. 1904. 110 pp., illustrated. —— The Yosemite Valley. 1910. 108 pp. General description and notes on flora. —— The Big Trees of California. 1907. 104 pp., illustrated. Foley, D. J. Yosemite Souvenir and Guide. 1911. 133 pp. Frothingham, Robert. Trails Through the Golden West, Robert M. McBride & Co., New York. 272 pp. Gordon-Cumming, C. F. Granite Crags. 1884. 373 pp., illustrated. Hittell, Theo. H. The Adventures of James Capan Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California. 373 pp., illustrated. Chas. Scribner’s Sons. Hutchings, J. M. In the Heart of the Sierras. 1886. 496 pp., illustrated. Historical and descriptive. Jepson, W. L. The Silva of California: Memoirs of the University of California, vol. 2, 1910. 480 pp., illustrated. —— The Trees of California. 1923. 240 pp., illustrated. Kelley, Edgemond, and Chick. Three Scout Naturalists in the National Parks. Brewer, Warren & Putnam. 1931. King, Clarence. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Kneeland, Samuel. The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley. Boston. 1871-72. LeConte, Jos. A Journal of Rambling Through the High Sierra of California—1870. Sierra Club, 1930. Merriam, C. Hart. The Dawn of the World. Tales of the Mewan Indians of California. 273 pp., plates, map, and colored frontispiece. 1910. Mills, Enos A. Your National Parks. 532 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1917. Yosemite on pp. 65-98; 444-454. Muir, John. The Mountains of California, 1894. 382 pp., illustrated. —— Our National Parks. 1909. 382 pp., illustrated. Yosemite on pp. 76-267; Sequoia and General Grant on pp. 268-330; Yellowstone on pp. 37-75; Wild Parks of the West, pp. 1-36. —— My First Summer in the Sierra. 1911. 354 pp. Descriptive of Yosemite and Tuolumne region. —— The Yosemite. 1912. 284 pp., illustrated. —— Steep Trails. Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1918. Sierra Club Bulletin. Published by the Sierra Club, San Francisco. Smith, Bertha H. Yosemite Legends. 1904. 64 pp. Whitney, Josiah Dwight. The Yosemite Guide Book. Published by the California State Geological Survey. 1869, 1870, 1872, 1874. Williams, John H. Yosemite and its High Sierra. 1921. 194 pp. Yard, Robert Sterling. The Top of the Continent. 1917. 244 pp., illustrated. Yosemite on pp. 161-187. —— The Book of the National Parks. 1926. 444 pp., 74 illustrations, 14 maps and diagrams. Yosemite on pp. 36-68.

PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE AT MUSEUM

The following publications are in such popular demand by park visitors for reference that they have been placed on sale at the Yosemite Museum, through the cooperation of the Yosemite Natural History Association.

Animal Life in Yosemite, Grinnell, Joseph, and Storer, Tracy I. An account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross section of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. 1924. Illustrated. Price, $5. A Yosemite Flora, 1912. Hall, H. M. and C. C. 282 pages. A descriptive account of the ferns and flowering plants, including the trees, with keys for identification. Price, $2. Big Trees, Fry, Walter, and White, John R. A descriptive account of the Big Trees of California. 1930. Illustrated. Price, $1. Birds of the Pacific States, Hoffmann, Ralph. Field identification of some 400 birds. Illustrated. 1927. Price, $5. Birds of Yosemite Valley. Description of 37 common nesting birds. Special number Yosemite Nature Notes. Price, $0.25. Flowers of Coast and Sierra, Clements, Edith S. With 32 plates in color. Descriptions of flowers and plant families for average nature lover. 1928. 226 pp. Price, $3. Forests of Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks, Price, $0.10 Geologic History of Yosemite Valley, Matthes, Francois E. Geological Survey Map of Yosemite National Park. Price, 25 cents. Geological Survey Map of Yosemite Valley. Price, 10 cents. Handbook of Yosemite, Hall, Ansel F. A compendium of articles on history, geology, flora, fauna, etc., by scientific authorities. Illustrated. 1921. 347 pp. Price, $1.25. Lights and Shadows of Yosemite, Taylor, Katherine Ames. San Francisco. 1926. Price, $1.50. National Parks Portfolio, cloth bound with more than 300 fine illustrations of the national parks. Price, $1.50. “Oh, Ranger!” Albright, Horace M., and Taylor, Frank J. A book about the national parks. Price, $2. 100 Years in Yosemite, Russell, Carl P. Price, $3.50. Our National Parks, John Muir. 1909. 382 pp. Illustrated. Yosemite on pp. 76-267; Sequoia and General Grant on pp. 268-330; Yellowstone on pp. 37-75; Wild Parks of the West, pp. 1-36. Price, $3.50. Outdoor Heritage, Bryant, Harold Child. Covers many phases of natural history of California. Chapters on Yosemite. 465 pp., illustrated. 1929. Price, $1.75. Place Names of the High Sierra, Farquhar, Francis P. A record of the origin and significance of names in the Yosemite region, especially Sierra Club. 1926. 128 pp. Price, $2. Rambling Through the High Sierra, LeConte, Jos. Price, $2. Songs of Yosemite, Symmes, Harold, with paintings by Gunnar Widforss. Twelve poems in unique binding. 1923. 44 pp. Price, $1. Yosemite Trip Book, Taylor, Frank J. 61 pp., illustrated. H. S. Crocker Co. (Inc.), San Francisco, 1927. Price, $0.50. Yosemite Valley, an Intimate Guide, Hall, Ansel F. Account of history, Indians, geology, tours to points of special interest. 80 pp., illustrated. Price, $0.50. Yosemite Nature Notes, published monthly by Yosemite National Park. Observations and happenings in Yosemite National Park. Distributed monthly to members of Yosemite Natural History Association. Membership, $1.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Glimpses of Our National Parks. An illustrated booklet of 92 pages. Address the Director, National Park Service. Washington, D. C. Free.

Recreational Map. Shows both Federal and State reservations with recreational opportunities throughout the United States. Brief descriptions of principal ones. Director, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. Free.

National Parks Portfolio. By Robert Sterling Yard. Cloth bound and illustrated with more than 300 beautiful photographs of the national parks. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. $1.50 Do not send stamps.

Fauna of the National Parks. G. M. Wright, J. S. Dixon, and B. H. Thompson. Survey of wildlife conditions in the national parks. 157 pages, illustrated. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. 20 cents.

The Secret of the Big Trees. By Ellsworth Huntington. Illustrated; 24 pages. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. 5 cents.

Forests of Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks. By C. L. Hill. Illustrated; 40 pages. 10 cents.

Map of Yosemite National Park. 28½ by 27 inches, scale 2 miles to the inch. U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 25 cents.

Map of Yosemite Valley. 35 by 15½ inches, scale 2,000 feet to the inch. U. S. Geological Survey. 10 cents.

Booklets about the national parks listed below may be obtained free of charge by writing the Director, National Park Service, Washington, D. C.

Acadia National Park, Maine. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, N. Mex. Crater Lake National Park, Oreg. General Grant National Park, Calif. Glacier National Park, Mont. Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, N. C.—Tenn. Hawaii National Park, Hawaii. Hot Springs National Park, Ark. Lassen Volcanic National Park, Calif. Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska. Mount Rainier National Park, Wash. Platt National Park, Okla. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. Sequoia National Park, Calif. Wind Cave National Park, S. Dak. Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.—Mont.—Idaho. Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, Utah.

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Transcriber’s note:

Apparent typographical errors were corrected.