In 1851, the first white men entered the Yosemite ... national park, soldiers built the first trail to Mount Whitney and erected protective fences around the big trees. On May 17, 1864, Senator ...

John Muir was one of the earliest advocates ... He was the public voice for setting aside the high country around Yosemite Valley as a national park in 1890, as well as for General Grant and ...

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy ...

Covering an area of more than 750,000 acres, Yosemite National Park is ... Yosemite Valley include the John Muir Trail, which offers excellent views of the park's granite peaks; and the Four ...

The three-part docuseries produced by Costner, follows the journey of the outdoorsman as he retraces the steps of President Theodore Roosevelt and environmentalist John Muir, who, in 1903 ...