The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-26
GALEN CLARK NATURE LOVER
DISCOTEREROFRE DWOODGROJE
DEAD Ar 90.
Ne first visited the NaripOsa valley In
1875 and NTH Lately lBAd Made Hls
IlSme There Z Native Of New Hamp-
shire and { Sn.umpIINe In EarIy IIfr.

shire and q Sn-umpIiNe In EarIy IIfr.
| Galen Clark. who lied la Oakland. Cal.
ON Thursday night at the home Of his
daughter. Mrs EiVira lee. has been
known for the las, half century To- almost
every tourist who has visited the Yosemite
Valley Il was Galen clark who while
On a hunting trip in 1857 discovered the
great ns,iwood grow" at MIripos1. soon
after that clark devoted much 81 his
time tn exploring the upper heights ~
the Sierra Nevada Maintains and made
known To the world much ~ the beauties
and wonders ~ the bag tree groves and
81 Yosemite For thu last twenty years
Clark had served a- guardian Of the
valley. part 10 that tune under the stat.
and later under the Federal Govern
meat since the keeping nf the park has
lrasn undsrilNen NV thu United States
Galen Clark was b"rr VA Dublin. y. n.
ninety six years agn and in IsaS went
10 California bv IN" Panama route. He
worked for "a while. ~ did most 1T the
Nc~ England pioneers IN California
in the placer mines. "a 1854 he was work
ing - placer claim ga the south fork ~
the M.rc,d River At point NO; far from
valley rNc,.,-isd his interest ia hls mining
claim aud "a early 1857 hr heRln guid.
ing partiss oT tourists into the valley
- ending mis- winters IA cabin hs built
at point nov known Ia Yosemite tourists
~ Wawona. Near h.- cabin he hunted
AMI nsh'd during the months when
there was no tourist travel. That Wa
wona cabin e Ciark'z was visited bY
tourists who whether or not they had
ClaTk'- services a. Ku'd" wanted Ia
$50 the New EnglandeT who was hermit
far up IN IN" Yosemite eight months
"a the year. and n was thTir surprise 'O
find ia this hermit a genial. companion
able man who welcomed visit ors aud who
had heavy rrdSnod shelf IA HIS CABIN
weight IA down with well ihuml..d books
II a high literary character For wears
CLARK was host and sometimes guide
- thssr J-.Opie. host without prev. bui
~ NAV. 1904. wh-n the tourist travel had
considerably increased clark opens.d
little hotel ~ Nawona and there IN.
entertained guests until he made hIs
home IA the yalIcy a. ~ guardian.
whom tn California stat" ISogIslatuT.
took its first ..,tIOl foi Il. caro- aud Jr, s.r-
walton Of ih, loss mt. Clark wSs on.. of
tn. original board ot commis- ion-r-
created Ini'T thu law 81 1855 H. was
Also mad" guardian ~ the park 80 that
tIn" bui va 1871 y Succeeded 10y J VI
HutchiuRS n WIS r,-appoint.-d about
tw' nty years assO aud IN "a went into tho
psrk 10 max" ~ his permanent home.
Th..r', h l.-cam- oE'; 81 thD Icrk - institu-
tons. - much an object ~ sightseeing
Mort - Bridal N,il Fslls or ~ Captain.
H. was a. fine -talW.rt. rugged old man
until aft'r n had ,S.s--,d hlz MN. teeth
birthday. with fun grizzl"d si.srd and
mttstaTh... never WhIt... and a plentiful
supply ~ hair almost black. curling over
his COllar. When tourists would cxprses
surprise AZ his strength and tho ..f"rgy
h. display ID IN 'Rrrying oi HIS work VA
tn" park h. would always reply that his
health and strength cam. 20 him when h,.
Wis past middle aR, for h" Was a con-
sumptivr when h. buIlt his first cabin on
tn. M.ro.-d River HIs strength catue ~.
said. from living ont IT doUr-. and some
who velt.d hun IA tho cCbm be- built
ffty-hva years ago have declg rcd that he
was almost as much o'lt Of doors when h..
VIZ sleeping ia that cabin when h. was
fish ng through TIL ice IN tn river.
John Burroughs introduced (ialen
Chr toCOi Roosevelt and th, th..n Pr-si-
i,.ut a. clgr,.d thrt h.. had always thought
Burroughs on" 81 IA" youngest Oltst-Ts
IA knew bW that tlark was a mar. 10y
compared with hIS naturalist friend
Clr rIl was an litiTnFt. friend Of JOSEPH L..
Cout- aud John Muir. ~ I-ntIstA. natural
l-tS tuUuntstu Ciiu'-rs they wore aud
th"v often spoke of him a hugh author
NY On IN geology aud the nature wonders
II th.. ~ IRA Nevada Mountains
To % visitor recently "a the park thu. old
guardian -a,d I lived va thu. t,.aIt Ifui
grove. tMaripOSal until had r-Iain.i nv
health The IO...tnIt. Valley ] knew To-
IT, hut -oni' tWun'y-tOur mikes from there.
and a. | had gTowr to love. uatUr,. / de-
'Drtnin'.i To maze INV hOtn- her NV
life has not t-.'n or 81 tn. ordinary
c.n say that ! owe. my long life. k.r lth
and hlppin-ss 10 the life with natur.
Ny only wish now - - dr. here ~ Gods
garden
Hut tn. old natur.. lover did not liz. IN
the YOSEMITE u. will ~, buried 'h.r..
however IN a tomb which h.. cut oar
himself in "a great grant. rock n.sr 49,.
NOs..nlt" Falls Year. ago IA. planted
around that rock "A number of shoots Of
'h. ~ fJpia igtntil. Nh, Ing redwood tree,
end - -Otn.. IT 'hOs.- l." first found -
Mprip0sl were thousand ysFTs old
Ir-rhap- for Thousand Years the old
guardians tomb will h. ia thu shad. Ut
the tr. - Ia. planted