Yosemite National Park

Artists of Yosemite National Park Leave Lasting Legacy

Music, Musings & More / By American West

Many 19th century artists who documented the natural beauty of Yosemite National Park using paint brushes and cameras left a legacy still treasured today. Their work even fueled the expansion of the West.

Peering Into Yosemite, A “Repository of Sanity”

Music, Musings & More / By American West

No one is more associated with Yosemite than John Muir – not even, alas, the Ahwahneechee people, who still live in the area. Yet there is no record of Muir’s reaction to seeing the valley for the first time, in the spring of 1868. Perhaps our great national wilderness prophet was struck speechless at the sight.

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