The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-28


rCo-respoudencs % tAc EichmoEd Dispatch
SAr FF.SNcIsc0. CAL.. June J.. 1852.
In ..oInr 70 enc Yosemite Valley from
Los Angeles y0u take q stage 81 Ma0era.
station. on the Southern Pacific railroad
400 mile from san EgancrSco, anc travel
1aemise- directfy towards. over. and among
fhe sierra Nevada Mountains. Maaeru b
s snail village tha owes its existence
mainly - -Ae lumber shipment, made 90
Il ny 3 fumc which is 60 mile, long.
and extends from the timfer-rcci0ns Oi
the Nevada Mountains When sou leave
Madera and before you reach she h1st
stand vou Uass over plane ior il
miles. winch j. destitute % water. auG
looks a- 1rea-v - @ .hiu. d-v Er9ss ana
sand can make D.. Tie d" stand d WafereC
from The fume anu j, s green spo. Il
tne deseT-. A few miles further or ana
you BEGIN 90 climb anu wind among tnt
foothills 0i tuc Stern Ssvada Mountains.
and iow. scattered h-ushwo0d make IL
appearance. You pass over one hiil or
mountain anu up another s-il higher
un.i you STRIKE q region where -Ae 0ak
.rrss art scattering. aul large.
GRAND FORESTS.
ON vou 90 IL vour upward course unit.
YOU reaCh lhe pine forests. and Ca6 become
ra-e. The higher you 90 the larser hc
timber. and wnen FOu get fully among tue
Eevada range @ dense forest 0i lhs .ar-es-
snL ure--ies. trees Z ever saW 0- heard 10
uutii = came her extends Tor Sky miles.
and uoW mucl iuinc~ ] -lnnot testify.
~u-ar pine, yellow pInes ana u-s from
lvs iee. ,O cign leec Ir diameter H. count
i=s- numner> anu ,ail tC be- from Isl ro
sjp ieeI hiEn ana @ hundred feet e. the
frsr limbs. ] saw one yellow Dine That
measured eleven feet iu diameter u .le
ground. J sisO saw numbers % arboT-
viis -rtss called cedar lfere thai would
measure from four GO s.x feet IL diameter.
SEVENTY miles ron Mader--. ana hign
enough or the >lc-ra Nevada lor snow JC
BE- vet lingering IL patches, are ihe -wO
groves o.
CIAN- TEEEs
thar are "a tlr-tameG. The crpves az each
OF 8 s0rr uf ianlr-.anG. ana a-C abou, one
anc !. hah mlics apG--. The number IN tnt
two grove. D. about 600 and tnev arc In
ie-m.xed and surrounded hy sucu large
pine a. = nave nei0rt spoken Oi Or objects
% wonder and admiration; lux ine cob
.rasl s. ~ Creai as tnat between . tail VIZ
gina white 0.lE auC = faskEI-suli, ssulinc
Tnert ls e good sta-r-r0al through lOtL
--rove-. anC our c0acL- vita four horse
auG eleven pas,eu-er,, drove through
cz--ilC--War cue through one ~ .hf IT-es.
auc -lert Is WOOD enough i1f- 0u each side
0. tht ca--ia.f-vaT tC -uppO-- l. lft 1nC
yraI-nrouor-ipusG ,ree.
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from o. ClarE's. '' f0r distance o. tni--'
rllI-1. NNA aAAAUs---a q LfLA~f 4haf-'a NA +4li
iarrest pines you ever heard -. over 9 roaG
sca-psG 0ut % the side of ihe MOUNTAIN
anC for much tae larger portion o. .le Wa
NJ d neavy grade uu.i suddenly v0U c0m'
- &" Inspiration Point. and Den0id
-HE YOSEMITE v4LLEY
!. l-efo~, vou bad read NJ ia. Yo-4
n,if. an5 t,g ise.,-d p.oyie taIk M
vno had becn there. ana OF coursa IA.
formed = mental uicru-, of IL. hlrr chilar
idsa of tne Ieautifti anG rh, sublime vvouu
ue-haIe rvni'y MY ovr failure To- reai.x
.he aw-fu. grandeur and beauty VI the seen
before rle.
-0ut or sse sea ter ar bnloyr
"a. nese- 'an sFr-AA pa % 1e.s''--
raa. nev-- "a sos, ms s1s~c1--
ana instead ~ irving to e. rsalnt the iilv
] VIII slmulv ,Iale tine case Ths Yc
.en,i,. Valley il anauf Ten uites long IN,
sho,r, i,..Y 4 u,iie sr,a4 ri,. sge-,-af -ivs
-uns through Il. ana tht valley 3. :. .g0.1 fea
above ths leveI nf Inv .ea.. Il slrniacs.iol
l. =. I-1rre c4rizziy herr will give sol
- f-c fhe name and heiehi o., ile y1lteT
tals- .uC ,nen o. tn mountains.
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-. nine IN pyu,i,s- yo,eniits-Firs- ID
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