http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/
I happened to run across this today, I 'd not known it existed.
As so many here are interested in historical issues, one may enjoy some of the quite vintage books that exist here. Lotta stuff from the 1800' and early 1900's For example:
"For years there was a search for a point in Yosemite from
which the five great waterfalls—Upper and Lower Yosemite,
Vernal, Nevada, and Illiouette— might be seen . The quest
was finally ended when, in 1897, Mr . Chas . A. Bailey and a
friend computed the location of such a point by triangualtion."
"It is the policy of the National Park Service not to keep
animals in captivity except when they can seldom
or never be seen wild . Bear and deer may
be seen by almost anyone, but there is one extremely
interesting large mammal which is so
rare as to be unknown except by hearsay even
to most old mountaineers . This is the California
Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Panther which
timidly shuns civilization and travels almost
entirely by night . A pair of these handsome
animals is kept at the Yosemite Zoo—"
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/2014 11:49PM by Ken M.