Wawona

Enthused by his achievement, Job hurried on down the road and around the great curve, to see looming up before him "Wawona," far-famed Wawona, the portal of the silent cathedral through whose wide-spreading base and under whose towering form a coach and six can drive.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

Most people I met opt for a package that includes a one or two-night stay at the Ahwahnee, Yosemite Lodge at the Falls or the Wawona Hotel.

Terry Gardner: It's the 85th Anniversary of Yosemite's Bracebridge Dinner Terry Gardner 2011

They passed around Wawona by a side trail; and, striking the main turnpike near its junction with the

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

It was late when the babble of voices died away, the stars kept watch through the tall pines of Wawona, and Job fell asleep to the piping of the frogs in the pond back of the hotel and the pawing of horses in the long barn across the square.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

Still they came from Mormon Bar and Wawona -- the greatest throng in the history of

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

Stage-coaches drive into the grove through the tree Wawona, which was bored and burned out so as to make an opening ten by twelve feet.

Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

Troop A was on duty near Wawona, guarding the Yosemite Reservation.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

There is a big tree at Mariposa for every day in the year, and two very wonderful ones, the Grizzly Giant and Wawona.

Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

Dean's Lane, on toward the Frost Creek road and Wawona.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

One day I looked down into the Fissures, so called, giddy, suicide-provoking rents; and more than once, on the Wawona road, I skirted two of those beautiful Sierra Nevada meadows, so feelingly celebrated by Mr. Muir, and so surprising and grateful to all new-comers in these parts.

On Foot in the Yosemite 1910