Wawona Road, Between South Entrance & Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Significance: The most successful of the Yosemite toll roads, the Wawona Road remains the chief entrance road to the park from southern California.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N839

Survey number: HAER CA-148

Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1932- 1933 Subsequent Work

concession transportation recreation yosemite village wawona wawona road entrance south entrance yosemite yosemite valley village mariposa mariposa county california horace albright harry c benson bureau of public roads john b buwalda j b campbell justine christianson civilian conservation corps galen clark f e clements t e connelly contoules construction company john conway george pollock company goerig and dahlberg granite construction company historic american engineering record j f collins company jarvis kiel frank a kittredge franklin k lane le tourneau and lindberg e p leavitt houston mann milton mann stephen t mather duncan mcduffie j c mclemen edwin moore frederick law olmsted quin james ridgeway josephus ridgeway e c solinsky o g taylor r b thomas charles goff thompson henry s tolen w a bechtel company washburn group henry washburn welch and murdock john b wosky photo ultra high resolution high resolution national parks library of congress

1969 - 1980

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