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The Big Oak Flat Road (1959) by Irene D. Paden and Margaret E. Schlichtmann

Photographs from 1959 printing

Editor’s note: The following photographs appeared in the 1959 printing that were not in the first (1955) printing—dea.

• The Big Oak at Big Oak Flat about 1870. [Frontispiece to 1959 printing]
• Home of Charles Marie Weber, Stockton.
• Knight’s Ferry probably in the 1870’s.
• Certificate of the Yo Semite Turnpike Road Company
• Keystone House, about 1890.
• Brunson’s Stage and Freighter at Keystone House, 1898.
• O’Brynes Ferry Bridge.
• Burning of the Morris Store, Chinese Camp, 1918.
• Freighter on Moffitt’s Bridge, Big Oak Flat Road, descending hill on left.
• 26 Mule Team and Wagon, Tuolumne County.
• Big Oak Flat after the fire of 1863.
• Chamberlain and Chaffie at their mine, 1898.
• James A. Chaffie and Jason P. Chamberlain at home, 1892.
• Office of Golden Rock Water Company in the early 1900’s.
• Flume of the Golden Rock Water Company at Hardin’s Mill.
• Caleb Dorsey’s Sawmill, about 1885.
• Covered Bridge over the South Fork of the Tuolumne River, 1906.
• Stage on Big Oak Flat Road near crest of Hardin Hill, 1888.
• Stage “Yosemite” at Priest’s Hotel, about 1900.
• Crocker’s Station, 1897.
• Stage on the Big Oak Flat Road.
• The Dead Giant, Tuolumne Grove, 1894.
• Crane Flat, 1901. Goblin’s Hotel; Billy Hurst’s Saloon.
• Curtin’s “Cow Camp” at Gin Flat on the Big Oak Flat Road, 1901.
• Woods’s at Tamarack Flat, 1901
• “The Yosemite Flyer”
• Opening of the Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley, July 17, 1874.
• Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hutchings at Crocker’s Station, 1902.
• Down into Yosemite Valley. About 1907.
• On the zigzags above Yosemite Valley.
• Approaching the Stoneman House, Yosemite Valley, 1895.
• At the “Gates of the Valley.”

[click to enlarge] The Big Oak at Big Oak Flat about 1870. [Frontispiece to 1959 printing]

Courtesy of Helen Weber Kennedy [click to enlarge] Home of Marie Charles Weber, Stockton.

[click to enlarge] Knight’s Ferry probably in the 1870’s. The original bridge was destroyed by the flood of 1862 and rebuilt in 1863.

[click to enlarge] Certificate of the Yo Semite Turnpike Road Company, issued in 1869.

[click to enlarge] Keystone House, about 1890. Billy Fields in center.

Collum [click to enlarge] Brunson’s Stage and Freighter at Keystone House, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Brunson at right foreground.

Perkins [click to enlarge] O’Brynes Ferry Bridge. The construction of the Tulloch Dam and flooding of reservoir destroyed this landmark in 1958.

Courtesy of Grace Morris [click to enlarge] Burning of the Morris Store, Chinese Camp, 1918.

Courtesy of George Egling [click to enlarge] Freighter on Moffitt’s Bridge, Big Oak Flat Road, descending hill on left. Jacksonville in distance, center.

Courtesy of Pitts Studio [click to enlarge] 26 Mule Team and Wagon, Tuolumne County.

Courtesy of Edwin Harper [click to enlarge] Big Oak Flat after the fire of 1863. Trunk of Big Oak stands at right.

Courtesy of Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Chamberlain and Chaffie at their mine near Second Garrote, 1898.

Holmes [click to enlarge] James A. Chaffie and Jason P. Chamberlain at home, Second Garrote, 1892.

[click to enlarge] Office of Golden Rock Water Company in the early 1900’s. This is now the Sugar Pine Lodge.

Lumsden [click to enlarge] Flume of the Golden Rock Water Company at Hardin’s Mill.

Perkins [click to enlarge] Caleb Dorsey’s Sawmill, about 1885. Water for the mill was purchased from the Golden Rock Water Company.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Covered Bridge over the South Fork of the Tuolumne River, 1906.

Lukens, courtesy of Pitts Studio [click to enlarge] Stage on Big Oak Flat Road near crest of Hardin Hill, 1888. Ed McGowan, driver.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Stage “Yosemite” at Priest’s Hotel, about 1900.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Crocker’s Station, 1897.

Yosemite Museum [click to enlarge] Stage on the Big Oak Flat Road.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] The Dead Giant, Tuolumne Grove, 1894.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Crane Flat, 1901. Building with porch, Goblin’s Hotel; Billy Hurst’s Saloon in front of team.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Curtin’s “Cow Camp” at Gin Flat on the Big Oak Flat Road, 1901.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Woods’s at Tamarack Flat, 1901

[click to enlarge] “The Yosemite Flyer,” Jerome Martin, driver.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Opening of the Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley, July 17, 1874.

Celia Crocker Thompson [click to enlarge] Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hutchings at Crocker’s Station, 1902. Mr. Hutchings was killed a few hours later when his frightened horses ran uncontrolled down the zigzags of the Big Oak Flat Road.

[click to enlarge] Down into Yosemite Valley. El Capitan in background. About 1907.

[Julias T.] Boysen [click to enlarge] On the zigzags above Yosemite Valley [1903]. These were obliterated by rock slides in October 1942. [Editor’s note: the first (1955) printing came with a sepia-tone print of this photograph—dea.]

Taber [click to enlarge] Approaching the Stoneman House, Yosemite Valley, 1895. Yosemite Falls at left.

[click to enlarge] At the “Gates of the Valley.”

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