State of California purchased private claims in Yosemite Valley. Calif. Legis., p. 351; YVC, 1877-78, p. 16. 1875 George W. Coulter and A. J. Murphy leased former Hutchings property. YVC, 1877-78, p. 10. Harlow Street erected telegraph line from Sonora to Yosemite Valley. A line was built from Yosemite to Bodie also. _Bodie Daily Free Press_, January 29, 1881; Hutchings, 1886, p. 358; Morris, Paul. Wawona Road built to floor of Yosemite Valley. U. S. Senate; YVC, 1874-75; YNHA, 1843, pp. 60-61. George G. Anderson made first ascent of Half Dome. Hutchings, 1886, p. 457; Leonard, R. M., 1937, p. 40. Public School provided for Yosemite. Mariposa County, May, 1875; YNP, 1909, p. 10; Hutchings, 1886, p. 355. Washburn Brothers purchased Clark & Moore’s. Place has been called “Wawona” since. Vivian, p. 370; Stornoway, p. 72. 1876 Sentinel Hotel built by Coulter and Murphy. Known as Yosemite Falls Hotel for many years. Calif. Legis., p. 238; Jones. John Muir’s first article on devastation of Sierra by sheep was published. Farquhar, 1925, p. 30; Badè, 1923-24, 2: 58-59. 1877 J. K. Barnard took over “Coulter and Murphy’s” (Sentinel Hotel). Blake, p. 119; YVC, 1877-78, p. 14; Jones. 1878 John L. Murphy settled at Tenaya Lake (exact date doubtful). Jackson, pp. 109-171; Hutchings, 1886, p. 481. High Sierra country surveyed by Lieut. M. M. Macomb of Wheeler Survey. USWD. Bodie and Lundy mining excitement reached height. Tioga came into prominence. _Bodie Daily Free Press_, Dec. 29, 1880; Whitney, H. A. A. Harris established first public campgrounds in Yosemite Valley. Harris Register; Calif. Legis., p. 232; Hutchings, 1886, p. 355. Tunnel in Big Tree of Tuolumne Grove made in June. Marshall, p. 341. Mountain House built at Glacier Point. Gordon-Cumming, p. 174. 1879 Homer District (Lundy) organized. Was discovered by C. H. Nye. _Mammoth City Herald_, Sept. 24, 1879; _Homer Mining Index_, 1880. Yosemite chapel built by Sunday School Union. Hutchings, 1886, p. 355; Glass, pp. 114-118. 1880 Legislation ousted Board of Yosemite Commissioners. New board appointed J. M. Hutchings guardian. YVC, 1880, p. 3. Charles D. Robinson, artist, maintained studio in the valley (1880-1890). YNHA, 1944. pp. 38-40. L. H. Bunnell, of Yosemite discovery party, published _Discovery of the Yosemite Valley_. 1881 Silver found on Mount Hoffmann. Mount Hoffmann Mining District organized, but amounted to nothing. YNHA, 1925, p. 83. Tunnel cut through Wawona Tree. YNHA, 1925, p. 83. 1882