National Park History

nature-and-environment

Yosemite Valley began shaping roughly 10 million years ago when faulting and uplift in the Sierra Nevada created steep walls and a deep canyon carved further by glaciers during...

national-parks

No, Yosemite is not the first national park in the United States, but it is among the earliest places to receive lasting federal protection and is the first to combine wildernes...

Guides And Explainers

Yosemite National Park was created on October 1, 1890, when President Benjamin Harrison signed the park legislation. This act established the formal national park boundaries and...

nature-parks

Yosemite’s origin begins deep underground, long before visitors arrived. The valley’s striking cliffs and sweeping views are the product of tectonic forces, repeated glaciat...