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Yosemite Place Names: The History of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Peter Browning. ISBN: 0-944220-19-3. 24 illustrations, 272 pages, bibliography, index. #GRWE2428 paper$18.95
Includes old names, Indian names, fanciful names, names that won't be missed, newspaper accounts of the first tourist parties to visit Yosemite Valley, in 1855 and 1856.
“A thorough collection of geographic names. Drawings and early photographs add to the enjoyment of the
book. The account of the first tourist group to visit the valley, in 1855, is worth the price of the book alone.”
(The Sacramento Union.)
Register Rock
“Our descent [from Vernal Fall] was slow and tedious. On our route we passed a large boulder, which from its appearance, has recently been detached from the mountains and fallen nearly to the bed of the stream. It weighs many thousand tons, and on the lower side we registered our names, and for that reason it may be known as 'register rock.'” (San Joaquin Republican, October 16, 1855.)
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