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before 1851: Valley lived in by Yosemite portion of Miwok tribe, who call it Ahwahnee 1851: "Discovery" of Valley by non-native Americans, a cavalry troop led by Major James Savage, pursuing a party of Yosemites -- they rename the valley Yo-Semite 1852: "Discovery" of the Big Trees of Calaveras by A. T. Dowd, a hunter employed by the Union Water Company 1855: J. M. Hutchings, collecting material for a California Magazine article, leads first party of sight-seers into Valley 1856: First house built in Valley, a hotel for tourists 1864: To preserve the Valley and "Big Trees," Congress gives California 48.6 square miles for a state park 1890: Yosemite National Park established |
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