Reports. 



We make this latter recommendation for the following rea- 

 sons : The park is not sufficiently protected on the east along 

 the territory mentioned from the invasions of sheep and other 

 private interests, the territory mentioned includes very few pri- 

 vate holdings, and finally it embraces many scenic features of 

 such importance and of so remarkable a nature that they should 

 be made a part of the National Park. 



Respectfully submitted. 



(Signed) John Muir, 



J. N. Le Conte, 

 Wm. E. Colby, 

 Committee on Yosemite National Park Boundary. 



San Francisco, Cal., August 28, 1904. 

 Major Chittenden, Palace Hotel, City. 



Dear Sir — I herewith inclose a copy of the resolutions, or, 

 rather, recommendations, of the Board of Directors of the Sierra 

 Club relative to the boundaries of the Yosemite National Park. 

 The original will doubtless reach you to-morrow. 



In explanation of our attitude regarding the eastern boundary 

 of the park, and our suggestion that the territory be increased 

 in that direction rather than diminished, I will give some of the 

 details which influenced us in arriving at the conclusions we did. 



We feel that the grandest scenery in the whole park (except- 

 ing the Yosemite and Hetch-Hetchy valleys) is to be found in 

 the Tuolumne Meadows and vicinity, — in fact, all along the 

 eastern border of the park. It is this portion of the park which 

 will become almost as famous as the two valleys named, and, 

 excepting the scenery of the two valleys named, the western 

 portion of the park contains nothing that can begin to compare 

 with the magnificence and grandeur of the eastern portion. 

 Professor Joseph Le Conte, in his " Journal of Ramblings in the 

 High Sierra," John Muir in the Century Magazine for Septem- 

 ber, 1890, (Vol. XVIII, pp. 663-667,) and in his other writings, 

 and the report of the Commission on Roads in Yosemite, Fifty- 

 sixth Congress (Senate Document No. 155), all agree that this 

 portion of the park is a perfect "paradise" as far as scenic 

 features and camping attractions are concerned. Naturally, 

 therefore, our Club is deeply interested in its preservation and in 

 safeguarding it as completely as possible. 



We have felt that this eastern boundary has in the past been 

 too poorly protected. The meadows on the east approach so close 

 to the park boundary (in one instance, at Tioga Pass, the 

 meadow is even continuous with the meadow that extends within 

 the park) that it is a simple matter for bands of sheep to slip 



