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Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of California, carved out by the Merced River. The valley is about long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines...
Timeline of Events
1851
3.27.1851
First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
1864
6.30.1864
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1958
11.12.1958
A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.