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Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838
Survey number: HAER CA-147
Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1935-1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1959-1961 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chinese Camp & Yosemite Turnpike Company
Bureau of Public Roads
McGee, Tom
Coulter, George W
Gentry, E S
McLean, John T
Cutting, Charles
Yosemite Turnpike Road Company
Sprague, George E
Newhall, Dan
Alger, Russell A
Priest, W C
Hutchings, James M
Lewis, Washington B
Mather, Stephen T
Kittredge, Frank A
Albright, Horace
Roach, Thomas
Morrison-Knudsen
McCain, B H
Union Granite Company
Union Paving Company
Civilian Conservation Corps
Erhart, E E
US Forest Service
AJ Diani Company
Reiswig, Wallace E
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Quin, transmitter
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Location

Yosemite Village37.74273, -119.59870
Google Map of 37.7427271, -119.5986971
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Library of Congress
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