1895 Capt. Alex. Rodgers appointed Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1895. Wawona fish hatchery erected. Operated by state. YNP, 1895, p. 5. 1896 Stoneman House destroyed by fire, Aug. 24. YVC, 1895-96, p. 9. Lt. Col. S. B. M. Young appointed Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1896; Farquhar, 1926, p. 109. First effort made to keep firearms out of park. YNP, 1896, p. 4. 1897 Miles Wallace made guardian. YVC, 1897-98. Wooden stairs at Vernal Fall removed and replaced by rock steps. YVC, 1897-98, p. 6. Capt. Alex. Rodgers again made Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1897. 1898 Camps rented to visitors by state. YVC, 1897-98, p. 5. Archie O. Leonard, first civilian park ranger. YVC, 1897-98, p. 12; YNP, 1898, p. 3. Both J. W. Zevely, special inspector, and Capt. J. E. Caine were acting superintendents. YNP, 1898. 1899 Lt. Wm. Forse and Capt. E. F. Wilcox were acting superintendents. YNP, 1890. Curry Camping Company established. Tresidder, D. B.; Tresidder, M. C., MS; YNP, 1908, p. 12. Chris Jorgensen maintained artist’s studio in the valley (1899-1918). YNHA, 1944, PP 94-97. 1900 Major L. J. Rucker, Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1900. Holmes brothers, of San Jose, drove first auto into Yosemite. Holmes. 1901 Camp Yosemite (Lost Arrow) established. YVC, 1901-02, p. 6; YNP, 1908, p. 12; 1910, p. 12; Tresidder, D. B., p. 35. Major L. A. Craig, Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1901. First of the annual outings of the Sierra Club took place in Tuolumne Meadows. Farquhar, 1925, pp. 52-53. 1902 Power plant at Happy Isles built by state. YVC, 1901-02, p. 4. Major O. L. Hein, Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1902. J. M. Hutchings killed on Big Oak Flat Road near Yosemite Valley, Oct. 31. Foley, p. 6; Godfrey, 1941, MS, p. 14. Harry Cassie Best established artist studio in valley. (Maintained business until his death, 1936.) YNHA, 1945, pp. 42-44. 1903 LeConte Memorial Lodge built in Yosemite Valley by Sierra Club. SCB, 1904, pp. 66-69; 1905, pp. 176-180. San Francisco’s first application for use of Hetch Hetchy denied by Secretary Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. of Interior, 1908, 1910, 1914. George T. Harlow, guardian. YVC, 1903-04. U. S. Weather Bureau installed instruments in Yosemite. YVC, 1903-04, p. 7. Lt. Col. Jos. Garrard, Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1903. John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gov. George C. Pardee discuss Yosemite Grant recession in Yosemite. Badè, 1923-1924, 2: 355. 1904 Major John Bigelow became Acting Superintendent. YNP, 1904.