| |  | John Muir was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife,... |  | Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer, best known for his black and white photographs of the American West. Adams also authored numerous... |  | Royal Robbins (born 1935) was one of the early pioneers of American climbing. Learning his skill at Tahquitz he moved on to put up many of the... |  | Galen Clark (March 28,1814 - March 24,1910) is known for his discovery of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and for his role as Guardian of... | | | John Long (born 1953) is an American rock climber and author. A one-time divinity student at Claremont School of Theology and former weightlifter,... |  | Pat Ament (born 1946) is an American rock climber who has achieved distinction not only with his first ascents, but as an author of more than two... |  | Chief Tenaya (died 1853) was a Native American chief of the Yosemite Valley people in California. Tenaya's father was the chief of the Ahwahneechee... |  | Shirley Sargent was a historian of the Yosemite area in the United States. Sargent was born in Pasadena, California. Her father was a surveyor who... |  | James Mason Hutchings was born in England on February 10, 1820. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1848, then went to California in 1849 during the Gold... |  | Lafayette Houghton Bunnell (1824-1903), an explorer of Yosemite Valley, was born in Rochester, New York. In 1851, Bunnell was a member of the... | |
