In Conversation with Yenyen Chan

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Garden The Knowledge

Topher Delaney

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Topher Delaney in conversation with gardeners, farmers, activists, writers, and scientists. "If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." ~Frances Hodgson Burnett. "People often ask me what one thing I would recommend to restore the relationship between land and people. My answer is almost always “Plant a garden.” It’s good for the health of the earth and it’s good for the health of people." ~Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer pg 126.

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In Conversation with Yenyen Chan

Garden The Knowledge

1 hour 11 minutes 56 seconds

2 years ago

In Conversation with Yenyen Chan

Topher Delaney and Park Ranger Yenyen Chan discuss the significance of the Chinese in the early history of Yosemite and our National Park Service.

Resources discussed in the podcast:

George Wright Forum Article: Interpreting the Contributions of Chinese Immigrants in Yosemite National Park’s History by Yenyen F. Chan - http://www.georgewright.org/343chan.pdf
2011 Yosemite Video: A Glimpse Into Yosemite's Chinese History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kdyrfXGz90
2022 Yosemite Video: Uncovering Yosemite's Chinese History - https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm%3Fid%3DAF63C5CB-AB05-426C-9250-21B726BA4272
Exhibit @ Chinese Laundry next to Wawona hotel - https://yosemite.org/yosemites-chinese-history/
The Today Show interview with Yenyen Chan about Yosemite's Chinese History - https://www.today.com/video/the-pivotal-role-chinese-immigrants-played-in-creating-yosemite-139607109518
Yosemite's Chinese history exhibit - https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/chinesehistory.htm

Chinese Built Roads @ Yosemite:

Wawona Road - 23 miles long - Built in 4 months (December 1874- April 1875)
Tioga Road (Formerly Great Sierra Wagon Road) - 56 miles long - Built in 4 months (1882 - 1883)
Big Oak Flat Road
Coulterville Road
The original Washburn trail to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite

Pilgrimage to Sing Mountain:

For more information on the Yosemite Sing Peak Pilgrimage, visit the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California website: www.chssc.org
The CHSSC website has a specific bookmark for this Yosemite Pilgrimage that is also available directly at this link: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b463916aa294dcda3cea9d3b4e12926

To request a Ranger Program with Yenyen Chan, contact Public Information Officer - https://www.nps.gov/yose/contacts.htm

If you have any stories, letters, or other artifacts from family members who may have worked in Yosemite or the surrounding areas during the 1840's onwards, please email: yosemitesingpeak@gmail.com

Photo Credit: Christine White Loberg