Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Other titles: June 30
Description: Presents a brief description of Yosemite National Park which was created upon the signing of the Yosemite Land Grant, Senate Bill 203, on June 30, 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln. The legislation provided California with 39,000 acres of the Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove to be held for public use.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.