(#166167) One hundred years in Yosemite the romantic story of early human affairs in the central Sierra Nevada by Carl Parcher Russell ... With a foreword by Horace M. Albright. CARL PARCHER RUSSELL.

One hundred years in Yosemite the romantic story of early human affairs in the central Sierra Nevada by Carl Parcher Russell ... With a foreword by Horace M. Albright. Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. 22.2x15 cm, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xi] xii [xiii] xiv-xvi [1-2] 3-242 [243: ad] [244: colophon] [245-246: blank], 15 inserted plates with 43 illustrations, 1 map in text, endpaper maps, original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. An excellent general history of the Yosemite region. Includes information on early explorations, the Indian wars of 1851-1852 which brought the Valley to the attention of the general public, early tourist travel and pioneer Yosemite hostelries, development of early roads and trails, mining activity on the Sheepherder Lode in eastern Yosemite, and the early days of park administration. There is a useful chronology of important events in Yosemite history. Dr. Russell was Park Naturalist at Yosemite from 1923 until 1929 and its Superintendent between 1947 and 1952. A nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges and chip from top edge of front panel. (#166167).

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