![]() We are lucky to have accounts from people who visited this area back then, many of those from One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1947) by Carl P. Stoneman House from One Hundred Years in Yosemite (1931) by Carl P. Black’s Hotel, also known as Lower House, was basically located on the south side of Southside Drive near where the Swinging Bridge Parking Lot is today. When George Frederick Leidig first arrived in the Yosemite Valley, he ran the Lower House for Alexander Black until about 1869 when he tried to get the concession for himself from the state. They are both buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery in Madera. George Leidig died in 1902 in Raymond and his wife died in Fresno in 1923. They were living in the Coulterville area by 1865 when their first child was born, in Yosemite Valley by 1868 when their third child was born and remained there until at least the 1900 census. She was born 1847 at Jardenhill, Renfrewshire, Scotland and had arrived in San Francisco in 1855. In 1863, he married Isabella Logan Dobbie in San Francisco. George Frederick Leidig was born 1839 at Stuttgard, Germany and arrived in the United States in 1847. McCauley selected the master trail builder, John Conway, to survey the route and build the trail up the 3200 feet to Glacier Point.Įarly Hotels in Yosemite Valley Courtesy Yosemite Tales He then entered into a contract agreement with the Yosemite Valley Commissioners to build a toll trail up to Glacier Point. ![]() James McCauley, who later built and operated the Mountain House at Glacier Point in 1878, began construction of the Four Mile Trail from the base of Sentinel Rock to Glacier Point in 1871 and completed this project in 1872. You just might be wondering how this trail came to be. This trail is closed during the winter because of ice and down trees that routinely occur. You will gain about 3,200 feet in elevation by the time you get to Glacier Point, then another 920 some odd feet in elevation if you chose to continue up to Sentinel Dome. When this trail was originally constructed in 1872, it was 4 miles but in the early 1900’s, the trail was reconstructed, resulting in the increased distance. You are probably asking why it is called the 4 Mile Trail if it is 4.8 miles in length. The 4 Mile Trail begins in the Yosemite Valley Floor and climbs up a switch back trail 4.8 miles to Glacier Point. ![]() ![]() We parked at the 4 Mile Trailhead pullout on the right hand side of Southside Drive, west of the Swinging Bridge where there was a sign and two trash cans. The 4 Mile Trail led me from the Yosemite Valley floor where the old Leidig Hotel stood in 1870 up to Glacier Point and Sentinel Dome, full of wonderful views of Yosemite Falls and the snowy high country. ![]()
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