09-29-2021, 02:48 PM
Yosemite's Innkeepers by Shirley Sargent
If you want to learn about the early hotel pioneers, then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn about the Curry family, then this is the book for you. Although I got the sense a lot of the less salutary information was omitted from the book. Although, there was some. You can't really sweep the Foster Curry story under the rug.
I learned how David and Jennie Curry started Camp Curry in the shadow of Glacier Point as a cheaper alternative to the hotels currently available in the park. The book details the ins and outs of their assumption of all the park concessionaires. Sargent gives long lists of who ran what departments and I skimmed those pretty quickly.
My hope was to get some insight of the really early days of the park but those notes were given a few paragraphs at best. And some people, like the Degnan's weren't mentioned at all. The book really should have been titled the Rise and Fall of the Yosemite Park and Curry Co. The book was published in 2000 so the dustup between the Delaware North Corporation and the government are not covered.
If you want to learn about the early hotel pioneers, then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn about the Curry family, then this is the book for you. Although I got the sense a lot of the less salutary information was omitted from the book. Although, there was some. You can't really sweep the Foster Curry story under the rug.
I learned how David and Jennie Curry started Camp Curry in the shadow of Glacier Point as a cheaper alternative to the hotels currently available in the park. The book details the ins and outs of their assumption of all the park concessionaires. Sargent gives long lists of who ran what departments and I skimmed those pretty quickly.
My hope was to get some insight of the really early days of the park but those notes were given a few paragraphs at best. And some people, like the Degnan's weren't mentioned at all. The book really should have been titled the Rise and Fall of the Yosemite Park and Curry Co. The book was published in 2000 so the dustup between the Delaware North Corporation and the government are not covered.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm