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500 Million years in the making: How Yosemite came to be

May 9, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

500 million years ago: Sea covers Yosemite region; sediments grow thousands of feet, compressing lower layers into hard rock. 200 million years ago: Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet;...

Yosemite is a great park for kids. Making a game of naming the famous sights (this Half Dome) is just part of the fun at Yosemite National Park.

The riddle of Yosemite

May 9, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK,Calif.--Rangers and tour guides in this wondrous spot repeatedly ask visitors to imagine how such an abundance of natural magnificence came to be. It's as if so much...

Yosemite visitors

May 9, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

1855: 42 visitors 1907: 7,000 1912: 11,000 1916: 28,000 1922: 100,000 1927: 500,000 1941: 600,000 1943: 128,000 (World War II) 1954: 1,100,000 1984: 2,842,942 1995: 4,101,928 *All figures except 1984...

THE RIDDLE OF YOSEMITE

August 11, 2021 at 1:53 p.m.

Rangers and tour guides in this wondrous spot repeatedly ask visitors to imagine how such an abundance of natural magnificence came to be. It's as if so much beautiful mountain...

PASSPORT TO CHINA

August 18, 2021 at 10:46 p.m.

GETTING THERE There are no non-stops from the United States to Beijing. From Chicago, the most convenient routes are on United and Northwest, which offer non-stop flights to Tokyo from...

MARDI GRAS CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

August 18, 2021 at 11:22 p.m.

Mardi Gras season begins on Jan. 6, or Epiphany-the 12th day after Christmas-but in New Orleans, the parades don't offically begin until the second Friday before Fat Tuesday. Worldwide, Fat...

AIRLINE COUPONS IN THE MAIL FROM 1990 CLASS-ACTION SUIT

August 9, 2021 at 9:11 a.m.

Discount coupons should be on their way to members of the class-action suit that in 1990 charged nine major U.S. airlines with price-fixing, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs....

CAPTAIN WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIS TOUR TRIES AGAIN

August 9, 2021 at 3:12 p.m.

John Vize of East Moline lost his house to Rock River flooding last spring, a disaster that also wiped out his at-home real estate business. So Vize, now 47, put...

HOTEL SPACE SCANTY ALL AROUND LANDING SITE

August 9, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

Thousands of visitors are expected in northern France next year to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. As early as this spring, French tourism officials...

SMALL LINES, BIG DIFFERENCE

August 9, 2021 at 4:23 p.m.

Flying coach on one of the niche carriers-those small companies operating on a few routes at bargain fares-feels much the same as flying with any other scheduled airline, sometimes better....

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