Talk:History of the Yosemite area

message: I added a section "Transportation" that adds more details on transportation development in Yosemite. It starts with the use of horse trails and stagecoaches, moves to the railroad era, and finally to the increasing use of automobiles. The material highlights the ongoing issues with vehicle traffic in Yosemite, starting from as early as the 1900s when the National Park Service first attempted to regulate the entry of private automobiles. 
Even though some efforts were made to address these challenges, traffic and congestion problems continue up to today. This added information gives a more complete understanding of Yosemite's history, the changes over time, and the continued struggle to balance park access and preservation. I included over 20 inline citations, including reference books I bought during a recent trip to Yosemite, where I visited stage and rail routes. — --Guywelch2000 (talk) 02:29, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transportation Section Added 

message: I have carried out a couple of edits but have extrapolated some details to make them. From the context I have assumed logging is no longer allowed in the area. If this is false the sentence I introduced to that effect should be removed. I also noticed while moving the sentence "yet there were still 1,300 buildings in Yosemite Valley and 17 acres (6.9 ha) of the valley floor were covered by parking lots in the late 1990s" that the source this comment is attributed to is from 1994 so I don't see how it can make comments about the late 1990s. Lambanog (talk) 02:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details that need to be verified 

message: After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the territory that is now the State of California was transferred to ownership and sovereignty of the United States.  The federal government recognized private land claims by all residents including former Mexican citizens (but not the native people).  All unclaimed land was then owned by the federal government, and sold to private interests after it was surveyed. These sales are known as "land patents" and are still recorded in the BLM records.  Yosemite was set aside as a reservation as an act of Congress.  Lincoln really had very little to do with it aside from signing the act -- he signed 250+ acts that year including dozens of other land grant acts.  Ownership was transferred to the state of California by this act.  See the works of Paul Wallace Gates for more on federal land policy, including an important paper on federal land policy in California. LaurentianShield (talk) 13:29, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Ownership of the land that became Yosemite

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The image "The Stock Yards, Yosemite Valley, Calif (NYPL b12647398-62656)"  is included in the article. While the file title identifies it as being in the Yosemite Valley on both Commons and the New York Public Library's web page (which is the source of the image), the image itself is clearly captioned "6134 Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois". There is no mention of stock yards in the article (except for the caption for this image) and I think this is either a mistake or a joke that has evaded detection. I will remove it from the article in a week unless someone can explain why it should stay. Ruhrfisch  ><>°° 21:19, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I took it out. Ruhrfisch  ><>°° 03:08, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stock yards photo 

message: There is a paragraph in the beginning of the article that reads,
"In 1864, Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees were transferred from federal to state ownership. Yosemite pioneer Galen Clark became the park's first guardian. Conditions in Yosemite Valley were made more hospitable to people and access to the park was improved in the late 19th century. Naturalist John Muir and others became increasingly alarmed about the excessive exploitation of the area. Their efforts helped establish Yosemite National Park in 1890. Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove were added to the national park in 1906."
Perhaps it should be mentioned that the land was taken from the indigenous people if there is going to be mention of it being transferred from federal to state ownership. Should also be noted that the Indigenous people were the parks first guardians, not Galen Clark. Further, there is no citation for that statement. Really the entire paragraph should be rewritten. In what way was he a guardian? He seems like a gatekeeper that allowed white people in and forbid indigenous people. The third sentence can be picked apart in the same way. Yosemite Valley became more hospitable for settlers and less hospitable for the indigenous people that had been living there for millenia. Really, visiting Yosemite Valley was life threatening for indigenous people. John Muir exploited the area as a place to vacation in complete disregard for the way the indigenous people were being treated. Writers of that time spoke out against what was happening and John Muir really had no excuse for white washing Yosemite.
2600:1700:7A51:10B0:21FA:C1D:80EF:54F7 (talk) 17:25, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  colonial perspective / not neutral point of view 

message: There are some 8 pictures of white people, but only one blurry picture of Native American activity.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A601:AB71:AB00:509A:BDC4:1A62:C6C5 (talk) 18:05, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much white oriented