America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 40 · Mountain Passes and Wagon Roads · Page 60 in print
Tioga Road
The 1883 Great Sierra Wagon Road largely followed the Mono Trail, an established Indigenous summer trade route.
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Ansel Adams
Photographer who opposed the lower alignment.
Blasting
Rock removal used during reconstruction.
Cathedral Peak
Eastern reference point for the old middle section.
Chinese Labor
Major workforce contribution to the wagon road.
Conrad Wirth
NPS director commenting on the road decision.
David Brower
Conservationist who opposed the lower alignment.
Glacial Polish
Rock surface at risk from road widening.
Mono Trail
Indigenous trade route followed by the wagon road.
Olmsted Point
Site of controversial blasting along the reconstruction.
Silver Mines
Mining ventures that prompted the wagon road.
Stephen Mather
Conservation leader who helped buy the old road.
Ten Lakes
Basin crossed by the rejected higher alignment.
Tenaya Lake
Lake affected by the chosen lower alignment.
White Wolf
Western end of the difficult middle section.
Yosemite
National park crossed by the later Tioga Road.
Sources
- Reconstructing Tioga Road - Mission 66 - Yosemite National ParkNational Park Service
- Stories - Yosemite National ParkNational Park Service