Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-20
CALIFORNIA SCENERY.
SOME OF THE AMAZING WON
DERs OF THE GREAT Y0sE-
MITE VALLEY.
TRAVEL BY DLY- REST Ar NIGHT.
Daily Routine Of the Jaunt Of the
National Editors-A Delightful
Trip Letter From Editor
r. N. White.

A-AAAhUh M COAA tatl1aNsEII1 pA tuc Altu|Hls
PACIFIC SLOPE. July Il. The wealth.
or Is delightfully."- cool here. We have
to sleep under from one to three
blankets. Inever, in my life, saw the
like OF flowers and fruits. To-day
met Mr.. Oauthorn, father OF R. r.
Cauthorn, at Corvallis. l also met
Charley Prochnow at Albany. he
has fine shoe store there. We have
party OF 500, with 30 in each sleeping
car. We travel at night and visit
points OF interest in the day time.
Twenty five days in sleeping car is
quite an experience.
II you can see but one place in Cali
fornia, by all means let that one place
be Yosemite. "Henceforward you
will have a story" tits the most sat-
isfying OF all the grand scenery in
which California abounds, the most
eloquent, the most approachable, the
most understandable. Its beauty is
real, not fantastic; its grandeur august,
but not overpowering. No words,
spoken or written, or painting by a
master hand can interpret its sublimi-
ty; but once seen and you may say
with the poet:
"The glory of this sunset heaven
Into my soul has passed"
Yosemite valley is in the Sierra
Nevada, Mariposa county, California,
1000 feet above the sea. 1t is part OF
the Yosemite National Park, held In
trust by the State Of California and
administered by board OF Uommiss-
toner's.
The floor of the valley is level,
meadow like tract seven miles long by
from one-half mile to mile in width.
The Merced River runs through 1t and
there are groves of noble pines, thick
cts Of smaller growth and many rare
and beautiful flowers, ferns and grass
es. The walls Of the valley rise almost
vertically TO q height Of from 5000 to
5000 feet (7,0OO to 1900 feet above the
sea). There are five great waterfalls
plunging over the walls OF this chasm
from q height of from s36 to 1900 feet.
When the stage halts at Inspiration
Point, at considerable elevation
above the floor OF tbs valley, ri Capt.
tan, massive granite monolith $500
feet Ligh, is at your left, Bridal Veil
Fall at the right, the summit Of Ca
thedral Peak shows just beyond and
through q narrow gorge you catch
glimpse of North Dome and the Wash
ington Arches at the farther end Of
the valley. Proceeding downward to
the floor of the valley every faculty Of
measurement and comparison is called
into play in the endeavor to arrive at
Q definite apprehension Of the stupen-
dous objects around you. Are you
tired? Are you hot7 Are you dusty2
What is weariness or heat or dust III
the midst of such beauty2
The road leads on past the Bridal
Veil FAN and beyond Cathedral Spires
the valley widens and the Yosemite
FAN appears to view, with the senti-
mel Hotel near Its base. Between El
Captain and Yosemite Falls, on the
same side, are the Three Brothers, the
highest, Eagle Peak, being one Of the
vantage points.
Sentinel Rock is nearly opposite.
Yosemite Fail and farther east, on the
same side, lie Glacier Point, with it's
overhanging rock. Beyond Glacier
Point the valley angles sharply to the
south and In the recess thus formed
VernaB Nevada and Illiloutte Falls are
located, not visible from the Sentinel
Hotel. Looking east, half Dome pre-
sents an almost perpendicular wall
measuring 5000 feet from the top.
The peak is z,7S7 feet above the val-
ley, or s,7s7 feet above the sea. Nearer
and on the same side Of the valley as
Yosemite Fall is the North Dome and
Washington Arches. Mt. Broderick,
Cape OF Liberty and Clouds Rest,
neighborlng the South Dome, are seen
from the trail en- route to the lip of
Nevada Fall.
The accessibility Of Yosemite and
the comparative ease with which all
It's great features may be explored
add greatly to the enjoyment OF
visit. Roads and bridges on the floor