Yosemite National Park: Past and PresentAn illustrated history of Yosemite National Park, from its founding to present day, through photographs and images past and present Yosemite National Park is an American treasure best known for its thunderous waterfalls and enormous granite mountains. It is also where preservationists, humbled by its sheer beauty, worked to protect the land in bold new ways that would eventually influence the creation of the national park system. The enduring