AUTO TOUR 



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YOSEMITE VALLEY FROM PARK BOUNDARY ON MERCED ROAD 



(Total driving distance 30 miles) 



Keep to tljc left at all major intersection!: in the valley. 

 Map of Yosemitc Valley pages 86 and 87. 



Y PARK BOUNDARY. Yosemite Na- 

 - tional Park, like our other national 

 ■ parks, was established to preserve 

 an area in as primitive a wilderness con- 

 dition as possible for the enjoyment by 

 the people for all time. Yosemite is fam- 

 ous for its glacier-sculptured scenery. In 

 contrast to the practices in national for- 

 ests, no lumbering, hunting or mining is 

 allowed in national parks. Yosemite is a 

 wildlife preserve where wild animals may 

 be seen roaming at large. Yosemite's 

 modern history began in the days of the 

 '49ers, although Indians lived here pre- 

 viously. The walls of the Merced Canyon 

 here, like the walls of Yosemite Valley, 

 are granite. This granite was originally 

 molten rock which was forced up be- 

 neath older rocks now worn away. 



(For a guide to points of interest 

 along the road between Yosemite Nation- 

 al Park and Merced, see page 103.) 



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Sierra Black Bear 



ARCH ROCK ENTRANCE STA- 

 TION. There are 4 entrance stations 

 in Yosemite where park rangers 

 furnish information and collect visitor- 

 use fees. This money is not used for op- 

 erating the park but is deposited directly 

 in the U. S. Treasury. Additional detailed 

 information is available at park head- 

 quarters and the Yosemite Museum. 



OLD COULTERVILLE ROAD. 



On the left the highway is joined 

 by the old Coulterville Road, the 



first road into Yosemite Valley. (Read 



description in W-4, page 80.) 



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California Mule Deer 



CASCADE FALLS. In the spring 

 and early summer you will have 

 from here a fine view of Cascade 

 Falls. The falls have a drop of approxi- 

 mately 500 feet. (Read description under 

 C-3, page 93.) 



