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Chapter 2: The Incomparable Yosemite
By Dwight L. Elmendorf
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The text offers a vivid account of a mountain valley dominated by sheer granite walls and the Merced River, recounting early encounters by outsiders and the decision to honor the native tribe with the valley's name, followed by the gradual arrival of tourists, settlements, and lodging. It details major waterfalls—the three-part Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil, Nevada, Vernal, Illilouette—and their changing volumes and appearances, and describes the great rock summits such as El Capitan and Cloud's Rest, noting their scale and variety. Observations on seasonal changes, photographic limits, and visitor impressions tie the natural history and human response together.

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Title: The Mentor: The Yosemite Valley, Vol 4, Num. 16, Serial No. 116, October 2, 1916

Author: Dwight L. Elmendorf

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MENTOR: THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, VOL 4, NUM. 16, SERIAL NO. 116, OCTOBER 2, 1916 ***

THE MENTOR 1916.10.02, No. 116,
The Yosemite Valley

LEARN ONE THING
EVERY DAY

OCTOBER 2 1916

SERIAL NO. 116

THE
MENTOR

THE YOSEMITE VALLEY

By DWIGHT L. ELMENDORF
Lecturer and Traveler

DEPARTMENT OF
TRAVEL

VOLUME 4
NUMBER 16

FIFTEEN CENTS A COPY

The Incomparable Yosemite

No temple made with hands can compare with the Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life. Some lean back in majestic repose; others, absolutely sheer or nearly so for thousands of feet, advance beyond their companions in thoughtful attitudes, giving welcome to storms and calms alike, seemingly aware, yet heedless, of everything going on about them.

Awful in stern, immovable majesty, how softly these rocks are adorned, and how fine and reassuring the company they keep: their feet among beautiful groves and meadows, their brows in the sky, a thousand flowers leaning confidingly against their feet, bathed in floods of water, floods of light, while the snow and waterfalls, the winds and avalanches and clouds shine and sing and wreathe about them as the years go by, and myriads of small winged creatures—birds, bees, butterflies—give glad animation and help to make all the air into music.

Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, reflecting lilies and trees and the onlooking rocks; things frail and fleeting and types of endurance meeting here and blending in countless forms, as if into this one mountain mansion Nature had gathered her choicest treasures to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her.

JOHN MUIR.

FROM A WATER COLOR PAINTING

CATHEDRAL SPIRES, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK