Bodie and Lundy mining excitement reached height. Tioga came into prominence. Bodie Daily Free Press, Dec. 29, 1880; Whitney, H. A.
A. Harris established first public campgrounds in Yosemite Valley. Harris Register; Calif. Legis., p. 232; Hutchings, 1886, p. 355.
Tunnel in Big Tree of Tuolumne Grove made in June. Marshall, p. 341.
Mountain House built at Glacier Point. Gordon-Cumming, p. 174.
1879
Homer District (Lundy) organized. Was discovered by C. H. Nye. Mammoth City Herald, Sept. 24, 1879; Homer Mining Index, 1880.
Yosemite chapel built by Sunday School Union. Hutchings, 1886, p. 355; Glass, pp. 114-118.
1880
Legislation ousted Board of Yosemite Commissioners. New board appointed J. M. Hutchings guardian. YVC, 1880, p. 3.
Charles D. Robinson, artist, maintained studio in the valley (1880-1890). YNHA, 1944. pp. 38-40.