L La Casa Nevada, 80, 104-105 Lake, W. B., quoted, 106-107 Lake Mining District, 123 Lamon, James C., first homesteader, 147-150 _passim_ Lebrado, Maria, last survivor of Yosemites, 25, 47-48 LeConte, J. N., 72, 84, 130, 182, 193 LeConte, Joseph: as geologist, 130; first Yosemite trip, 205; memorial lectures, 188 LeConte Memorial Lodge, 83, 130, 186 Ledge Trail, 107, 188 Leevining Canyon, 46, 122 Leidig, G. F., 95, 101 Leidig’s Hotel, 101-103 Lembert, John B., 119, 185. _See also_ Tuolumne Soda Springs Leonard, Archie, 122, 161 Leonard, Richard M., 89 Leonard, Zenas: as trapper, 4-5; clerk of Walker party, author of earliest Yosemite document, 5, 6-7, 8 Lewis, Washington B., biographical notes, 167-169 Lewis Memorial Hospital, 190 Littebrant, Major William T., 161 Little Yosemite Trail, 104 Lodges. _See_ Hotels Longhurst, Peter, 95 Lower Hotel, 56, 93-96 Lundy, 119, 121, 122 Lundy, W. J., 121 M McCauley, James: and Glacier Point Mountain House, 108-109; originator of firefall, 108; trail builder, 79, 80, 107-108 McClure, Lieut., N. F., 77, 159 McCord, Mark L., 185 McDuffie, Duncan, and Yosemite Advisory Board, 190 McHenry, Donald Edward, 144 McLean, Dr. John T., 61, 62, 63; quoted, 62 Macomb, Lieut. M. M., 71, 130 Mammoth City, 123, 124 Mammoth City-Fresno Trail, 123-124 _Mammoth City Herald_, 123, 125 _Mammoth City Times_, 123 Mann Brothers, Houston and Milton, 50, 51, 92 Maps, 71-73, 77 Maria, last of Yosemites. _See_ Lebrado Mariposa: history of, 11, 179; origin of name, 11-12 n; pioneers of, 11-12 Mariposa Battalion, 25-26, 36 Mariposa-El Portal-Yosemite Valley Road. _See_ All-Year Highway Mariposa Estate, 13, 92, 179 _Mariposa Gazette_ and first printed description of Yosemite, 50 Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: in State Park, 148-149; discovery, 180; explored by Galen Clark, 181; log cabin, 185; Museum, 190 Mariposa-Hite’s Cove Road, 52 Mariposa [Indian] Trail, 51, 52, 99 Mariposa Indian War. _See_ Indians of Yosemite Valley Mariposa-Wawona-Yosemite Valley Road, 63 Marshall, James W., 10 Marshall, R. B., 72, 188 Marvin, Judge John G., 30, 31, 32 Master Plan of Yosemite National Park, 80, 86, 174-175 Mather, Stephen T.: Mountain Party of 1916, 85; and John Muir Trail, 85; and National Park Service educational program, 137-138; appointed Director of National Park Service, 161; Tioga Road purchased by, 164; biographical notes, 164-167, 168-173 _passim_ Matthes, François E., 73, 131 May Lundy Mine, 122 Memorials: J. D. Savage placque, 35; LeConte Lodge, 130; Galen Clark seat, 187; LeConte lectures, 188; Parsons Lodge, 188; Lewis Hospital, 190