Yosemite National Parks

Yosemite's First Rangers

Nine park rangers called the first rangers of Yosemite National Park, shown mounted on horses lined up in meadow in Yosemite Valley, 1915; with Yosemite Falls in distance, and dog in foreground. Left to right, Oliver Prien, Chief Ranger; Charles Bull, Assistant Chief Ranger; Jack Gaylor, Second Assistant to Chief Ranger; Wayne Westfall; George McNab; Charles Leidig, first park ranger in Yosemite; Charles Adair; Archie Leonard; Forest Townsley

Troop F on Fallen Monarch, Yosemite

About forty members of U.S. 6th Cavalry, Troop F, shown mounted on, or standing beside their horses, and lined up atop and beside the Fallen Monarch tree in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite, 1899.

Dancing Ladies on Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point

Distant silhouette view of Kitty Tatch and friend dancing on the overhanging rock at Glacier Point, Yosemite, 1890s; with distant view to northeast.

Roosevelt and Muir on Horseback, Yosemitet

President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir riding horses along a road in Yosemite Valley, with Half Dome in the distance, accompanied by Park Rangers Archie Leonard and Charles Leidig, followed by unidentified man on foot; left to right, Leonard, Muir, Roosevelt, Leidig.

Ahwahnee Hotel

Near view of the six-story Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley; with two men standing in meadow in foreground, and Royal Arches, Washington Column, and Half Dome in distance.

Horse Stage at Wawona Tunnel Tree

Near view of stage drawn by four horses, going through the Wawona Tunnel Tree, Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite; with two men standing on base of tree.

Hetch Hetchy Valley

View across Hetch Hetchy Valley, early 1900s, from the southwestern end, showing the Tuolumne River flowing through the lower portion of the valley prior to damming.

Lucy Telles with Baskets

Lucy Telles, also known as Pa-ma-has (1885-1955) working on a basket, seated amidst ten other baskets, possibly all made by her.

Wawona Hotel

Distant view of the front of the Wawona Hotel, 1880s, Wawona, Calif.; with four horse-drawn carriages, and people standing on porches, seated in carriages, and mounted on horses; meadow across foreground.

Camping in Yosemite

Five men and eight women, with wagons and tent at campsite in Yosemite Valley, circa 1890; George Shaffer party of Oakdale, California.

Wawona Hotel

Twilight descends on the Wawona Hotel on a warm summer evening.

Ahwahnee Hotel

The magnificent façade and architecture of the Ahwahnee Hotel

High Sierra Camp

Tent Cabin at Vogelsang High Sierra Camp

Ranger at High Sierra

Ranger Naturalist Talk at Sunrise High Sierra Camp.

Giant Sequoias

Explore the high country and marvel at giant sequoias.

Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak Reflection.

Falls

Discover the highest waterfall in North America, and the sixth largest in the world.

Half Dome

Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is possibly Yosemite's most familiar rock formation. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft above the valley floor.

El Capitan

El Capitán is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end.

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Valley)

Hetch Hetchy is the name of a valley, a reservoir and a water system in California in the United States. The glacial Hetch Hetchy Valley lies in the northwestern part of Yosemite National Park and is drained by the Tuolumne River.

Juniper Tree

Ancient Stunted Juniper Tree.