[PDF] Yosemite Farewell eBook

Author : Joann Levy
Publisher : Joann Levy
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : California
ISBN : 9781737300014

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During the California Gold Rush, Jim Savage was tasked to collect the Indians onto reservations. At his side rode a nameless Indian woman. Like so many, this anonymous woman is lost to history. The life she might have lived is in these pages.

Author : Joseph Lamson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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A voyage round Cape Horn in a passenger-ship is an event of the past. The necessity for performing this perilous voyage has been obviated by the introduction of railroads and steamships. Emigrants and travelers are no longer obliged to risk their lives and waste their time in passing round the Stormy Cape in order to arrive at a point, which may be reached in a week by a pleasant ride across the continent on the railroad; and Cape Horn is destined to become a terra incognita to all but the readers of ancient voyages. I am not aware that a narrative of a voyage of this description has ever been published; and the hope that a truthful account of the perils, discomforts, and annoyances, as well as the pleasures and enjoyments attending it, may prove entertaining to the reader, has prompted me to send forth this little work to meet the fate or fortune which an enlightened public may award it. The scenes and anecdotes recorded at the end of the voyage, are given in the hope that they may possess some slight value as conveying an idea-a vague and indistinct one, perhaps-of some of the characteristics and habits of a portion of the people of California in early times.

Author : James Lamson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 3954274736

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Wonderful description of the voyage on board of the Passenger Ship James W. Paige around Cape Horn.

Author : Dayton Duncan
Publisher : Yosemite Conservancy
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 32,52 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1930238428

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It's now a given that Americans—and people the world over—would seek to preserve their sacred, special places. One hundred fifty years ago, however, it was definitely not a foregone conclusion that the awe-inspiring granite cliffs, astounding waterfalls, and sublime sequoias of Yosemite would be protected. This idea of preservation was the national park idea; an idea that started from a seed, a seed that was planted in Yosemite. It was through the efforts of people like James Mason Hutchings, Galen Clark, Frederick Law Olmsted, John Muir, and Theodore Roosevelt among others that the world learned of Yosemite, flocked to it, nearly destroyed it, and ultimately saved it. These fascinating characters and their remarkable stories are skillfully woven together in this beautiful volume, created expressly to capture the wonder of Yosemite and to inspire future generations to do their part for wild places.

Author : Sue A. Sanders
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 1887
Category : California
ISBN :

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Sue A. Pike Sanders (1842-1931) traveled by rail from Delavan, Illinois, as part of the state's delegation to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at San Francisco in 1886. A journey to, on and from the "golden shore" (1887) describes that leisurely trip west with stops in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Sacramento. Once in San Francisco, Sanders provides details of the program for the G.A.R. convention and its attendant parades and receptions, Bay excursion cruise, and tours of Chinatown. She makes side trips to Oakland, San José, Napa Valley, the geysers, and Yosemite. In Southern California, Sanders and her party visit Los Angeles to embark on their return journey, which takes them to Flagstaff and Albuquerque.