16 The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 45, No. 5 By Pat Gaylord, PLS Surveyors in the News Surveyors were much in the news during development in the Pacific Northwest. Through the archives of the University of Oregon Library, this column revisits and celebrates some of those stories of our profession. Daily East Oregonian Pendleton, Oregon Friday, August 30, 1907 An article in the Daily East Oregonian Newspaper in 1907 published a glowing description by the National Parks of the newly released survey map of Yosemite National Park. A cash payment or money order in the amount of 10 cents and you could have one of your own! MAP OF YOSEMITE ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT AND IS AUTHORITATIVE Of Especial Great Value to Tourists—Distances and Elevations, Directions and Connections Shown with Complete Accuracy and on a Comprehensive Scale— Seventy Square Miles on a Scale 15x30 Inches. A map that will be of Interest to lovers of mountain scenery throughout the country, and to Californians in particular, has been recently completed by the United States geological survey in co-operation with the state of California. It embraces the Yosemite Valley, that far-famed gem of the Sierra Nevada, which was made a part of the great Yosemite national park in March 1905, and which for many years has been a rendezvous for tourists from all parts of the world. The area covered by the map comprises scarcely 70 square miles, but is so large that the sheet is of unusual proportions— namely, 15 by 30 inches. The Yosemite Valley Itself, with Its two main prongs, Tenaya canyon and Little Yosemite valley,
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