Yosemite

History Man has lived in Yosemite for thousands of years. Once it was made up of gentle hills with many streams. As many hills rose, land tilted. This made the Merced River accelerate, making v-shaped river canyons. Later, glaicers flowed down the canyons, making them into u-shaped river canyon. Glaicers fell leaving them as "hanging valleys." The first people to live there were Native Americans. They came about 10,000 years ago. There were many tribes that lived there. Including, the was Ahwahneechee tribe. They farmed acorns and hunted. They found gold. This made miners come. The miners hurt an indian chief Tenaya and his tribe. So they attacked the miners. The miners and settlers captured Tenaya and his tribe. Nine years later, Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant which set aside the Yosemite Valley from public lands.

Facts Yosemite National Park is one of the first wilderness parks in the US. It is best known for its waterfalls. It's nearly 1,200 square miles. You can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, vast wilderness areas, and much more. Yosemite gets most of its precipitation in the months of Jan., Feb., and March. Summers are normally warm and dry. Spring and fall are hot seasons. It can turn from nice to terrible. Clouds can form during the summer to produce sweet thunder storm activity.

There are black bears, mule deers, coyotes, ground squirrels, mountain lions, and marmots. Marmots look like the picture above. Our favorite animal is the ground squirrel.**
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​**By: CJ Tillotson and Lee Kampshoff.**