Three Brothers Yosemite photograph. This photo appears in the Native American historical fiction Great Spirit of Yosemite: The Story of Chief Tenaya
Category: Yosemite Photographs
YOSEMITE PHOTOGRAPHS
These are a selection of photographs taken by me, Paul Edmondson in and around Yosemite National Park and Mono County, California.
I am the author of the historical novel, Great Spirit of Yosemite: The Story of Chief Tenaya.
I took these photos on my visits to Yosemite and used them in my book, as an accompaniment to the story.
Fascinated by the history of Yosemite and its indigenous people, I set about to tell their story. The book is a mixture of true events and fictional storytelling. It tells the epic tale of the Chief of the Ahwahneechees, Tenaya, and his people who lived in Yosemite Valley for millennia. They were driven from their homes in 1851, at the time of the California Gold Rush. The State Governor of California authorized the formation of the Mariposa Battalion in 1850. It was to drive out the indigenous populations from their homelands. Subsequently, to send to Indian reservations.
For all intents and purposes, the stunning natural beauty, flora and wildlife, and sheer magnificence of Yosemite are the same today as it was at the time the Ahwahneechees lived there.
Photograph of Clouds Rest and Half Dome taken at sunset from Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park
Photograph of Cathedral Rocks and Spires with reflections in a pond near the Merced River. This photograph is used in the Native American historical novel, Great Spirit of Yosemite: The Story of Chief Tenaya
Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley. Photograph used in the Native American historical novel Great Spirit of Yosemite
This photograph was taken at sunset from Sentinel Bridge, Yosemite Valley. It appears in the Native American Historical Fiction, Great Spirit of Yosemite: The Story of Chief Tenaya,
A sunset photograph of Half Dome, taken from Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park. A photographs included in the Native American Historical Novel Great Spirit of Yosemite
Bridalveil Fall was called Pohono (Po-ho-no) by the original inhabitants (Ahwahneechees) of Yosemite Valley. Possibly meaning Spirit of the Puffing (or Evil) Win
The Merced River flows into Yosemite Valley through Little Yosemite Valley before dropping over Nevada and Vernal Falls, flowing through the valley, where it is joined by several creeks.
The structures that rise in Mono Lake are known as Tufas. A Tufa is a variety of limestone, formed by precipitation of carbonate from ambient temperature water. These build over millennia to form towers
A photograph of Nevada Fall in full flow, taken from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park