The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-04-29
TUE YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALL
ToRNIA.
WHAT THR TOURIST sEEs AND ExPB
RIKNcEs THKIiE.

Ed. PosT.-in my last letter |
parted with your readers at Ureka,
Cal, and promised to write some-
thing in the future about the great
Yosemite Valley. Its wonderful ma
tural sceneries, and curiosities, most
OF which have seen in my travels
in California, have made lasting
impression on my memory, which
time can never efface.
From the city Of San Francisco
there are two convenient routes TO
the Yosemite Valley, known respec-
lively ss the MADEIRA aud Milton
routse, the former is the shorter aud
most convenient line. The tourist
will leave San Francisco by rail and
70 TO Bsrenda on the old MADEIRA
line, from there, instead OF . tiresome
coach ride over the plains, he will
make the journey 10 railway CAR
riage across tie much dreaded
plains to Raymond, this ride by rail
will consume ouiy several hours,
whereas by staging it will consume
over 10 hours in Q hot aud dusty
coach. Que first arrives at Wawo-
ma aud visits tho Waraposs big trees
Il have seen trees from 80 to 40
feet in diameter aud the height was
nearly in proportion to the thickness.
The next trip is to Inspiration point;
here grand view of this mighty
and wonderful laud unfolds itself
all Of the great and world~famed
prominencos Of the Yosemite stand
fully displayed before the traveller
AT the extreme left hand courses
down the rook-wall the slender
Ribbon fall $500 feet from valley to
Greet, and q plunge OF about 2,2OO
feet in o vertical direction. This is
close by the old Yutoobannla or
Elcapitan, the king Of all rocks and
chief Of the valley, and is a yellowish
gray granite. The size of this rock
IL enormous, if torn from its base it
would cover completely space OF
two miles square The sight next
beholds the Half-Dome, 8, $50 feet
above the sea then the great slope
eliminating in the famous Glacier
point with Union point, and the
stately Sentinel standing clearly
out, aud lastly and nearest, the Ca
thedral groups ieweled by the beau
tiful Bridal Veil Falls. A half hours
ride and the valley level is reached,
and we are under the roaring
seething and tearing fall, gigantic
mass OF snow-wbite water, fully AZ
feet wide at the top, 6 or 8 feet deep
and plunging G30 feet, tearing in O
series Of mad cascades $40 feet
further to reach the level valley,
making its crest $40 feet above oul
heads. Continuing on up the valley,
the traveller passes the Cathedral
springs, two spire-like points each
about 300 feet high, starting out OF
the granite some 1900 feet up its
sides-tLoir extreme altitude above
the valley being some 1900 feet
Soon tue Sentinel ia reached and We
continue under it's shadow for near'
iy half an hour. A fine view 10 OBJ
tanned from near Cooks Hotel o
prominent resort for tourists. The
. spectator being then directly under
its enormous mass. IL is 3 270 feel
above tho valley level and is prob
ably tho most symetrically pictur'
esque object ia tho whole valley
Z Goods views OF the north wall orc
obtained all along tue route.
From the 1rst hotel, Sedig's, X
Cooks and Bainard's, all the wa,
along the valley, grand viows Of ths
Yosemite full is obtaiued By th'
'ossiat ~ rosr Z steady and fall