Category: Places of Interest

Yosemite: Outside the Valley Part I

Posted on September 9, 2016 by

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When most people think of Yosemite, the popular photographs and landscape paintings of El Capitan and Half Dome come to mind.   Yosemite Valley is the main hub of the park and the place I had visited on two previous occasions until this summer.  While… Continue Reading “Yosemite: Outside the Valley Part I”

Category: California, Hikes, Places of Interest, Tuolumne Meadows, Wildflowers, Yosemite National Park

In Search of California Gold Rush Towns

Posted on September 2, 2016 by

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It all started with the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill near the northern California town of Coloma.  In 1848, James Marshall, a carpenter working for John Sutter’s sawmill, found some flakes of gold in the South Fork American River while working on providing… Continue Reading “In Search of California Gold Rush Towns”

Category: California, Eastern Sierras, Gold-mining Towns, Places of Interest

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