Early History of Yosemite Valley, California
Kuykendall R. 1919. Early History of Yosemite Valley, California. The Grizzly Bear
Ralph S. Kuykendall, in this excellent article, makes several new contributions to the early history of the Yosemite Valley. He has unearthed a number of official reports and other contemporary documents bearing on the subject which have never before been used by writers. One of the documents is the first letter ever written in the Yosemite. This and another, from both of which extensive quotations are made in this article, constitute Capt. Bowling's report of the second expedition of 1851. By the use of this new material Mr. Kuykendall has been able definitely to determine for the first time the exact date of the discovery of the Yosemite, and to fix the chronology of the several military expeditions that were made into this region in 1851 and 1852. (Herbert E. Bolton, professor of American History and curator of the Bancroft Library, University of California.)
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kuykendall, Ralph
- Units
- HIST , YOSE
- Keywords
- ehistory, Indian, Mariposa, Yosemite