Download or read book Yosemite Place Names written by Peter Browning and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book are the stories of how the names of Yosemite National Park came to be: the record of who named what and when, quotations from explorers, tourists, geographers, rangers, and soldiers, and often the peculiar, humorous, or moving events that gave rise to the names on the maps today.