BASIC INFO
Yosemite National park is a place full things to learn about. Yosemite is located in Sierra Nevada, California.
It first became a state park in 1864 and in 1890 it became a national park.In 1906 they had combined the state and national parks forming one big park of 760,917 aceres. The park has many different types of animals in it and every where you go there is plenty of wildlife. Yosemite is best Known for its waterfalls the most famous one Yosemite Falls.It first began to be protected in 1864 when Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting Yosemite Valley and Mariposa grove to California. Every once in a while there are natural disasters and in 1996 happy Isles Rockfall sent 80,000 tons of rock to the valley floor at 160mph. |