III. ENDNOTES
C. Frank Brockman, "Development of Transportation to Yosemite," Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. XXII, 1943, 55; Hank Johnston, Yosemite Yesterdays (Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1989), 1:34; Carl P. Russell, "Highlights in the History of the Big Oak Flat Road," typed MSS, 7 May 1951, 1. Yosemite Research Library.
Linda Wedel Greene, Yosemite, The Park and Its Resources: A History of the Discovery, Management and Physical Development of Yosemite National Park, California, 3 vols. (Denver, CO: National Park Service, 1987), 1:92-93: Irene D. Paden and Margaret E. Schlichtmann, The Big Oak Flat Road, an Account of Freighting from Stockton to Yosemite Valley (Yosemite, CA: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1959), 243-44; Russell, 1.
"The Yo Semite Roads," Mariposa Gazette, 12 February 1869, 2; Peter J. Blodgett, "Visiting 'The Realm of Wonder': Yosemite and the Business of Tourism, 1855-1916," California History, Vol. LXIX, Summer 1990; Laws and Judicial Decisions Relating to the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove; Opinion of Hon. John Currey that the Legislature Cannot Legally Interfere with the Management of the Commissioners of the Territory within the Above-Named Grants; Also, a History of the Action of the Commissioners in Relation to the Wagon Road Leading into the Yosemite Valley, on the North Side of the Merced River; and a Statement of Progress Made by the Coulterville and Yosemite Turnpike Company in Building its Road into and upon the Level of the Yosemite Valley (San Francisco: Currey & Co., 18741, 2-5.
This place was once known as Bronson Meadow, and was named for an early pack operator. Bronson was succeeded by Jeremiah "Jerry" Hodgdon, for whom the meadow is now named.
Hank Johnston, Yosemite Yesterdays, 2 vols. (Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1991), II:35-36.
Wayne Bryant, Ranger-Naturalist, and John Adams, Landscape Architect. "Notes taken on a tour conducted by Mr. and Mrs. E. Schichtmann and Bob [Robert A.] Curtin, 23 May 1953, typed MSS, 5; (Sonora, CA) Union Democrat, 10 May 1873, 2; Celia Crocker Thompson to Cosie Hutchings Mills, n.d. Yosemite Research Library Collection.
"The Chinese Camp Turnpike," Mariposa Gazette, 16 July 1869, 2.
