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1000 BCE
Yosemite Valley starts to be inhabited
Sierra Miwok start to migrate into the valley -
Popularization of the Yosemite area.
Major James Savage and Lafayette Bunnell led the Mariposa Battalion through Yosemite Valley when they were fighting the Ahwahnechee. This allowed them all to see the scenic beauties of Yosemite Valley. -
John Muir explanation of why Yosemite needed to be protected.
Before Yosemite Valley was set apart as a national park John Muir discovered that it was being damaged by sheep and the aftermath of the 1847 Gold Rush. -
Yosemite is established as a national park.
Muir get this hoe established -
Army sets up camp in Yosemite National Park
Right after Yosemite was set apart as a national park, one of the first things that was done was to set up an army camp. -
Theodore Roosevelt meets with John Muir
Theo and John talked about giving Yosemite to the federal government and it was granted. -
Mariposa Grove is added to the National Park
This area was added to the National Park -
Large Floods in Yosemite
All structures but the chapel in Old Yosemite Village were either moved to a historic center or demolished. -
Yosemite Riot
A lot of teens gathered in the park and were stopped by rangers which ended up in a big riot. The teens were camping illegally and were throwing rocks at the rangers and pulling them off of their horses. -
Rock slide
In 1999, there was a huge rock slide in the park that created a huge debris field larger than a few football fields.
