El Capitan (3,300 ft. high), Yosemite Valley, Calif.
Collection: Landscapes
Title
El Capitan (3,300 ft. high), Yosemite Valley, Calif.
Subject
El Capitan (Calif.)
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Description
No. 212. EL CAPITAN, YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.
El Capitan, if not the highest, certainly is the most imposing among the many cliffs that strike the-visitor of the Yosemite Valley with awe. It projects so into the valley that two of its smooth, almost perpendicular faces are visible. From the summit of El Capitan to the summit of the Bridal Veil Fall Rock across the valley is one mile, but at the bases of the rocks the distance apart is much less. Other conspicuous blocks of the unbroken wall are the Three Brothers, 3,320 feet, Cap of Liberty, Glacier Point with an overhanging rock, and in the neighborhood North Dome, Sentinel Dome and Half Dome, 4,700 feet.
The. Yosemite Valley was discovered in 1851 by settlers who were pursuing a band of Indians that had annoyed them. The valley was named after an Indian chief. In 1864 Congress gave the valley to the state of California, “to be held for public use, resort and recreation, inalienable for all time.” Since 1890 it has been known as Yosemite National Park.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
212
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “El Capitan (3,300 ft. high), Yosemite Valley, Calif.,” Digital Canton, accessed April 23, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/525.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
El Capitan (3,300 ft. high), Yosemite Valley, Calif.
Subject
El Capitan (Calif.)
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Description
No. 212. EL CAPITAN, YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.
El Capitan, if not the highest, certainly is the most imposing among the many cliffs that strike the-visitor of the Yosemite Valley with awe. It projects so into the valley that two of its smooth, almost perpendicular faces are visible. From the summit of El Capitan to the summit of the Bridal Veil Fall Rock across the valley is one mile, but at the bases of the rocks the distance apart is much less. Other conspicuous blocks of the unbroken wall are the Three Brothers, 3,320 feet, Cap of Liberty, Glacier Point with an overhanging rock, and in the neighborhood North Dome, Sentinel Dome and Half Dome, 4,700 feet.
The. Yosemite Valley was discovered in 1851 by settlers who were pursuing a band of Indians that had annoyed them. The valley was named after an Indian chief. In 1864 Congress gave the valley to the state of California, “to be held for public use, resort and recreation, inalienable for all time.” Since 1890 it has been known as Yosemite National Park.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
212
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “El Capitan (3,300 ft. high), Yosemite Valley, Calif.,” Digital Canton, accessed April 23, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/525.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches