Yosemite was first designated a national park ... home for her and her husband’s own retirement years. Working with Seattle architects Prentiss Balance Wickline, they broke ground on the new ...

Construction crews working all night have made faster-than-expected progress clearing a major rockslide that closed one of the primary routes into Yosemite National Park for more than a week.

Finally, on October 1st, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed into law a bill creating Yosemite National Park ... he spoke at the construction site of a new arch at the north entrance of ...