Yosemite's Forgotten Pioneers; Author: Annie Reynolds, Thomas Bruce Phillips
 
This book contains stories that cover almost two centuries. It is documented by family letters and records wich have been retained for all of that time. Wars, floods and fires swept through the lives of the Bruces mentioned here. Scandal nagged at their footsteps and love endured in their hearts. When gold was discovered, mining camps were born and died, but its discovery led to a greater treasure in the Sierra. A valley known as the Yosemite.