The Yosemite Gazette has been published quarterly for the past seven years. The content features a compelling mix of history and current events, but no “club news.” Articles include both original articles written for the Yosemite Gazette, which have included interviews with people such as Royal Robbins and Tom Frost (famous for climbing exploits in Yosemite Park in the 1960s) to Harold Eaton (famo
us for outrunning the California Highway Patrol in the pre-World War II era when he lived in Groveland, California, just west of Yosemite Park. We also include excerpts each issue from authors such as Elizabeth and John O’Neill, who wrote Tioga Tramps and other books about Yosemite; David Lukas, a published naturalist living near Yosemite; and Matt Johanson, whose new book Yosemite Epics features stories from twenty-three Yosemite personalities including backcountry skiers buried by an avalanche, a rock climber whose rope snaps, and a climbing legend whose daring kayak adventure helps him discover greater health and happiness. We’ve also published a series of stories called “The Best Way to see Yosemite is…” which have included rides into the park in both 1941 Cadillac Deluxe Convertible and a 1966 427 Shelby Cobra, as well as stories about hiking and biking in Yosemite. Other stories have included a recounting of the first airplane to land in Yosemite Valley, the first car over Tioga Pass, the pros and cons of raising or razing Hetch Hetchy Dam, and stories about both trail trials and endurance riding as well as calf branding and the Erickson Family cattle drive. Distribution is through all advertisers and the visitors centers for Yosemite, Tuolumne, Twain Harte, Calaveras, Mariposa, Oakhurst, Lone Pine, Independence, Bass Lake and Bishop Chambers of Commerce; the visitors centers at Mammoth Lakes and Lee Vining, and any coffee shop that doesn’t throw us out, plus other outlets such as post offices, banks, libraries, museums, galleries, bed and breakfast establishments and the like. Our 10,000 quarterly print run (40,000 total per year) of the Yosemite Gazette is circulated in areas surrounding Yosemite National Park (4 million visitors a year) and northwards to Jamestown, Sonora, Columbia Historic State Park (nearly one-half million visitors per year) and southern Calaveras County.
