It happened in Yosemite National Park

Remarkable Events That Shaped History

True Tales from Yosemite National Park's past- from an ancient mile-deep "snow blitz" to President Kennedy's ghostly rocking chair

Get a whole new view of one of America's most priceless natural wonders with It Happened In Yosemite National Park, which tells the story of Yosemite in twenty-nine short episodes-revealing the intriguing people and events that have shaped the area's past and present.

*Join a young Ahwahneechee in 1853 on his sorrowful journey deep into the park's future boundaries to mourn lost relatives, a lost chief, and a lost tribe.

*Behold the spectable that wowed visitors one day in 1874- a waterfall seemingly on fire!

*Meet a fifteen-year-old boy named Ansel Adams who, in 1916, took photographs of El Capitan, hoping to carry a bit of its magnificent spirit away with him.

*Go back to July 4, 1970, when an incendiary mix of pop and politics saw the valley of peace host its very own undeclared war.