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YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES 



Yosemite Falls 



at the base of the upper fall by slabs of 

 ice formed from frozen spray falling off 

 the cliff. The combined height of the 

 falls is nearly twice that of the Empire 

 State Building, at present the world's 

 tallest man-made structure, while the 

 lower fall is twice the height of Niagara. 



Y YOSEMITE VILLAGE. This in- 



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eludes the Park Service Headquar- 



ters, Yosemite Museum, post office, 

 Western Union, photographic and curio 

 shops, residences of permanent employees 

 in the park, offices of the Yosemite Park 

 and Curry Company, a garage and ser- 

 vice station. Eventually the Village Store, 

 studio and grill, Degnan's restaurant and 

 store, as well as Best's Studio, will make 

 up the merchandising portion of the 

 village. 



V LOST ARROW. INDIAN CAN- 

 , 5 YON. LEHAMTTE FALL. From 

 3 the plaza near the Yosemite Mu- 

 seum and Park Headquarters you can 



see the Lost Arrow high on the cliff to 

 the right of the Yosemite Falls. This 

 slender shaft of granite is separated 

 from the main cliff and rises to a height 

 of several hundred feet. The Lost Arrow 

 was first climbed September 3, 1946, by 

 members of the Sierra Club, an ordeal 

 which took them nearly 5 days and 

 nights. The legend of the Lost Arrow 

 is told in "Yosemite Indians," available 

 at museums and gift shops. Indian Can- 

 yon is the deep ravine to the right of 

 the main cliff, so named from its use 

 by the Yosemite Indians as an escape 

 route when they were pursued by the 

 Mariposa Battalion in 1851. During the 

 early spring runoff Lehamite Fall drops 

 into a ravine on the right wall of this 

 canyon. Lehamite is Indian for "Ar- 

 row-wood." 



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Yosemite Museum 



