Wawona (formerly Big Tree Station, Clark's Station, Clarks Station, Wah-wo-nah, and Clark's Ranch) is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California...
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The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, United...
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The Wawona Hotel, located in southern Yosemite National Park, California, is a historic late Victorian mountain resort and one of the largest intact hotels...
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Wawona may refer to: Wawona (schooner), a historic schooner in Seattle, Washington, USA, now disassembled Wawona, California, an unincorporated town within...
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park. Wawona Road becomes California State Route 41 on exiting the park. After passing through the tunnel, when leaving Yosemite Valley, Wawona Road continues...
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Mariposa Grove (category Forests of California)
Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest...
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station (San Francisco) Mariposa Grove, a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park SS Mariposa (1883)...
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MOHAI in 2012 and will be preserved there for the future. Wawona was built near Eureka, California on Humboldt Bay by Hans Ditlev Bendixsen, who was one of...
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Yosemite National Park (redirect from Camp Wawona)
the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia in Wawona in 1857. He had simple lodgings and roads built. In 1879, the Wawona Hotel was built to serve tourists visiting...
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intersections. The highway continues as Wawona Road north to Wawona and Yosemite West before turning east to pass through Wawona Tunnel. Tunnel View is a viewpoint...
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the time, but counseled rest and outdoor air. Clark moved to the Wawona, California area. "I went to the mountains to take my chances of dying or growing...
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Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company (category 1882 establishments in California)
role in developing Yosemite's early tourism infrastructure, including the Wawona Hotel, helping to make the park more accessible to visitors. Today, the...
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List of San Francisco placename etymologies (redirect from Etymologies of street names in San Francisco, California)
This is a list of place name etymologies in San Francisco, California. List of hills in San Francisco List of streets in San Francisco Henry C. Carlisle...
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The Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the South Fork Merced River near Wawona, California, in Yosemite National Park. The open bridge...
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Area in Mariposa County, California, and then flows southwest to join South Fork Merced River about 6 miles northwest of Wawona. Alder Creek drains 14.89...
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Camp Wawona, California Camp Wekeela, Maine Camp Winnarainbow, California Woodward Camp, Pennsylvania Big Doe Camp, Canada Camp Beaverbrook, California Camp...
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Wawona and 46th Avenue station (also known as SF Zoo) is a light rail stop on the Muni Metro L Taraval line, located in the Parkside neighborhood of San...
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the river. State Route 41/Wawona Road intersects with Southside Drive just east of the split. SR 140 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System...
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Route 41 (E.G. Lewis Highway, Yosemite Freeway, Southern Yosemite Highway, Wawona Road) State Route 43 State Route 44 State Route 49 (Golden Chain Highway)...
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State Route 120 (SR 120) is a state highway in the central part of California, connecting the San Joaquin Valley with the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National...
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a former settlement in Mariposa County, California. It was located 8.5 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Wawona. It is located within Yosemite National...
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Mariposa Grove Museum (category Protected areas of Mariposa County, California)
after his party took shelter there during a storm. In 1881, the State of California replaced the ramshackle building with a new one room cabin. Another room...
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The following is a list of California locations by income. California had a per capita income of $29,906 during the five-year period comprising years 2010...
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TWA Flight 8 (category Airliner accidents and incidents in California)
In early June, Collier hiked into the snowy terrain northeast of Wawona, California, and discovered the wreckage of the aircraft on June 12, 1938. The...
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Nation chief Big Trees, California Big Tree Station, Mariposa, California Big Tree Station, a former name of Wawona, California Big Tree, New York Big...
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tunnels, Yosemite National Park Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road (SR 41), Yosemite National Park, the longest road tunnel in California at 4,233 feet (1,290 m) 11th...
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focus to tourism. Fresno Flats grew into a key station on this road to Wawona, boasting hotels, stores, a blacksmith, a skating rink, a dancehall, a schoolhouse...
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unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 661 at the 2020 census, down from 960...
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unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Bridgeport...
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The following is a list of California locations by race. According to 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, people of White ancestry were the dominant...
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