RUSH CREEK LODGE MINING TOWNS INSTALL
The new Yosemite Climbing Museum, created by local climbing legends, materialized thanks to Ken Yager amassing a lifetime of climbing gear, including equipment used to install the cables at Half Dome. Founded in 1957 and named one of the best small museums in America by the Smithsonian Institute, exhibits showcase Native American, Spanish Settlement, California Gold Rush, Yosemite and Mariposa County History. Admire unique items like gold from 1934 mines, Victorian hair art, a coffee grinder from 1893, and maps of Mariposa from 1859, where lots sold from $200- $500 just ten years after the Gold Rush. Stop in town at the Mariposa Museum and History Center filled with fascinating mining artifacts, a one-room miner’s cabin, and an operational stamp mill. It was named Las Mariposas for the large number of beautiful butterflies in the area. Visitors can feel the Old West by strolling historic main street filled with shops, bakeries, tasting rooms, art galleries, and an old jailhouse, or by touring the 1854 courthouse, the oldest courthouse still in operation west of the Rockies. Room 7 felt like a mini apartment and was our favorite due to its historical highlights shelf and upstairs balcony view of the town. Many rooms come with outdoor seating areas, full kitchens, washer and dryer, and huge bathrooms. One gem is the newly-renovated 1930’s boutique hotel in town called Mariposa Tourist Homes on Instagram). About an hour drive from the entrance to Yosemite National Park, the cute town also has all the conveniences, plus affordable lodging. Founded in 1849 and the southernmost in the Gold Rush chain of towns, you won’t find a stoplight here.
RUSH CREEK LODGE MINING TOWNS MOVIE
With a population 1,800, this gateway town feels like an old Western movie set due to its abundance of preserved pioneer history. While often visitors head directly to the heart of the park, the former gold mining town of Mariposa, just outside park borders, is well worth exploring, while also being quite close to the park’s main natural features. Yosemite first sparked the idea of national parks 150 years ago, when President Lincoln signed the Yosemite Land Grant, safeguarding the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as protected wilderness areas. Pre-pandemic, almost 5 million people flocked to this park annually, until measures were enacted for timed pre-booking. Yosemite National Park is the size of Rhode Island. Make Time for Mariposa, Gold Rush Gateway to Yosemite
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