Savage Trading Post
| Savage Trading Post | |
|---|---|
  Location of Savage Trading Post in California  Savage Trading Post (the United States) | |
| Location | CA-SR140, El Portal, California |
| Coordinates | 37°39′15″N 119°53′13″W / 37.6541°N 119.887°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| Reference no. | 527 |
Savage Trading Post is
Chief Tenaya. The Mariposa Battalion won the battle and thus ended the war. The Mariposa Battalion also became the first non-Native American to see the beauty of Yosemite Valley. Lafayette Bunnell wrote about his visit to the Yosemite Valley. A copy of Savage Trading Post was built at the site of the original and is California Historical Landmark
No. 527.
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James D. Savage
Jim Savage (1823–1852) was also an American soldier in the
John McDougall put Savage in charge of the Mariposa Battalion. After the war, Savage returned to trading. Savage was killed in August 1852, by Walter Harvey, who had massacred Indians.[7][8][9]
See also
- California Historical Landmarks in Mariposa County
- History of the Yosemite area
- American Indian Wars
External links
- Discovery of the Yosemite (1892) by Lafayette H. Bunnell. Yosemite Research Library link which contains auxiliary information on Bunnell and his account.
References
- ^ "Savage Trading Post #527". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- OCLC 51675913. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Savage Trading Post ( No. 527 California Historical Landmark) | Sierra Nevada Geotourism". sierranevadageotourism.org.
- ^ "California Historical Landmark #527: Savage Trading Post in Mariposa County". noehill.com.
- ^ Giffen, Helen S. (April 1, 1963). "Fort Miller - A Memory of the San Joaquin". Journal of the West. 2 (2): 205–212.
- ^ Annie R. Mitchell, “Major James D. Savage and the Tulareños,” California Historical Society Quarterly 28, no. 4 (1949): 323–324.
- ^ John W. Bingaman, Pathways: A Story of Trails and Men (Lodi, CA: End-Kian Publishing Co., 1968), 8.
- ^ Bingaman, 8.
- ^ Lafayette Bunnell, Discovery of the Yosemite (New York: F. H. Revell Company, 1892), 65.