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osemite
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
First Day of Issue: February 14, 1989
First Issue Location: Yosemite, California
The Indians called it Ahwahnee, the deep, grassy valley.
To Horace Greeley it was “the greatest marvel of the
continent." Teddy Roosevelt found Yosemite “the most
beautiful place in the world." But perhaps it was natural-
ist John Muir who was most profoundly inspired by the
naturally magnificent grandeur that is now Yosemite
National Park. Until the end of his life, he wrote of the
region's natural majesty, and Muir led the way to the
creation of Yosemite as a protected National Park. After
seeing a painting of the area, Muir was so drawn to it that
he spent six years exploring the park's 790,000 acres of
High Sierra territory and sequoia groves. Muir first visited
Yosemite in 1868. His fervor about the area aroused
public interest, and led Congress to create Yosemite
National Park in 1890. California ceded Yosemite Valley
and the Mariposa Grove, not then part of the park, to
complete it in 1906. Thus, as John Muir had hoped it
would be, the breathtaking splendor of Yosemite has
been preserved to inspire awe in generations to come.
No. 89-3
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Mark Schuler
