Galen Clark
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Galen Clark was a Canadian-born American conservationist and writer. He was the first European American to document the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees. His advocacy contributed to the Yosemite
Galen Clark, photographed by Carleton E. Watkins, c. 1865–66
Clark on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
Portrait of Clark in his later years
Galen Clark's grave marker in Yosemite Cemetery.
Mariposa Grove
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Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with severa
Galen Clark
…Clark (March 28, 1814 – March 24, 1910) was a Canadian-born American conservationist and writer. He was the first European American to document the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees. His advocacy contributed to the Yosemite Grant of 1864, which protected the grove and Yosemite Valley under state management…
Grizzly Giant tree of Mariposa Grove
Theodore Roosevelt riding through the Wawona Tunnel Tree, with Secretary William Loeb Jr., circa May 15, 1903.
Autos in front of the Galen Clark Cabin.
Tram riders observe the fallen Wawona Tree.