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Galen Clark Guardian of Yosemite
22
Jul

Did You Know? Galen Clark Was First Guardian of The Yosemite Grant

Galen Clark was the first designated Guardian of Yosemite. After visiting in 1855 as part of a tourist party (which he joined for health reasons after a diagnosis of tuberculosis), he became inspired by the Giant Sequoia trees in what’s now well-known as Mariposa Grove, and spent his next 50 years studying and protecting the...
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