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The Yosemite, California
The Yosemite, California
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The Yosemite, California, published by The Southern Pacific Company, 1905 (40 pages) Informative pamplet put out by The Southern Pacific Railway in 1905 describing Yosemite.
The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
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THIS wonderful place will never cease to attract visitors. If one has seen all the rest of the world, and has left this Valley out, he still lacks something in his experiences. There is a note of wonder which he has never struck; a sense of sublimity which has never been stirred; a mingled grandeur and beauty of which he has never dreamed. And if, having seen it, he felt equal to describing it, he would be as exceptional in his egotism as Yosemite is in its greatness. The first white man who saw it was probably Dr. Bunnell, in the winter of 1849-50. His first glimpse was of El Capitan, and from a long way off. He was ascending the old Bear Valley trail from Redley's Ferry on the Merced River, when "an immense cliff loomed apparently to the summit of the mountains." He "looked upon this awe-inspiring column with wonder and admiration," but inquiries concerning that locality were fruitless, and it was not until March, 1851, that Dr. Bunnell again saw the great rock. He was then a member of the Mariposa Battalion in pursuit of hostile Indians. The place was Mt. Beatitude, above New Inspiration Point. "Suddenly we came in full view of the Valley. The immensity of rock I had seen in my vision on the old Bear Valley trail, forty miles away, was here presented to my astonished gaze. The locality of the mysterious cliff was there revealed, its proportions enlarged and perfected. * * * None but those who have visited this most wonderful valley can ever imagine the feeling with which I looked upon the view that was there presented."
The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
Excerpt:
THIS wonderful place will never cease to attract visitors. If one has seen all the rest of the world, and has left this Valley out, he still lacks something in his experiences. There is a note of wonder which he has never struck; a sense of sublimity which has never been stirred; a mingled grandeur and beauty of which he has never dreamed. And if, having seen it, he felt equal to describing it, he would be as exceptional in his egotism as Yosemite is in its greatness. The first white man who saw it was probably Dr. Bunnell, in the winter of 1849-50. His first glimpse was of El Capitan, and from a long way off. He was ascending the old Bear Valley trail from Redley's Ferry on the Merced River, when "an immense cliff loomed apparently to the summit of the mountains." He "looked upon this awe-inspiring column with wonder and admiration," but inquiries concerning that locality were fruitless, and it was not until March, 1851, that Dr. Bunnell again saw the great rock. He was then a member of the Mariposa Battalion in pursuit of hostile Indians. The place was Mt. Beatitude, above New Inspiration Point. "Suddenly we came in full view of the Valley. The immensity of rock I had seen in my vision on the old Bear Valley trail, forty miles away, was here presented to my astonished gaze. The locality of the mysterious cliff was there revealed, its proportions enlarged and perfected. * * * None but those who have visited this most wonderful valley can ever imagine the feeling with which I looked upon the view that was there presented."
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