The original draft of this Handbook was prepared in collaboration with Forest S. Townsley, Chief Ranger of Yosemite National Park. Later, each of the Park Rangers suggested valuable additions, and several members of the Sierra Club contributed bits of valuable information. The author has freely consulted old books and pamphlets in the Bancroft Historical Library at the University of California and has included several points of historical interest. Acknowledgment is also due to Mr. Herbert Maier for the drawings and maps here reproduced and to the United States Geological Survey for permission to reproduce a portion of the "Administrative Map of Yosemite National Park." Suggestions as to additions or corrections which would make this booklet more useful to the public would be greatly appreciated and should be addressed to the author, care of United States National Park Service, Yosemite, California. ANSEL F. HALL In charge of Information Yosemite National Park Yosemite, California May 1, 1920 COPYRIGHT 1920 _by_ ANSEL F. HALL CONTENTS ~The Yosemite Region~ 1 ~Yosemite Valley~ 2 Origin 2 Early History 2 General Features of the Valley 3 The Waterfalls 5 ~Yosemite Village~ 8 ~Yosemite Roads~ 13 I El Portal to Yosemite via El Capitan Road 14 I-A Pohono Bridge to Yosemite via Bridalveil Road 18 II-A Tour of the Floor of the Valley 20 III Yosemite to Glacier Point via Chinquapin Road 26 IV Yosemite to Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, and Mono Lake via Big Oak Flat and Tioga Roads 30 V Yosemite to Hetch Hetchy via Big Oak Flat Road and Hetch Hetchy Railroad 38 VI Yosemite to El Portal via El Capitan Road 39 VI-A Yosemite Village to Pohono Bridge via Bridalveil Road 43