News Summary

• In 1851, a marauding armed bat­tal­ion entered the land “search­ing for Indi­ans, intent on dri­ving the natives from their home­lands and onto reser­va­tions.” In 1855, a failed Eng­lish gold prospec­tor turned the place into a tourist attrac­tion.
• In 1864, Abra­ham Lin­coln deed­ed Yosemite Val­ley and the Mari­posa Grove, with its giant sequoias, to the state of Cal­i­for­nia.