Dear Carolyn: Thank you for the posting about the HARRIS Campground. A. Harris is my Harris. You have open the door to Harris' genealogy a little wider. A picture of A. (Aaron) Harris is part of the register at the campground. Thanks again. Louis deWit -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@sierratel.com> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:34 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] A. HARRIS >The idea of public camp grounds to accommodate Yosemite visitors became >apparent about 1878. The commissioners set aside a piece of land that was >part of the old LAMON property in the vicinity of the present Ahwahnee >Hotel. > >Mr A. HARRIS was granted the position of administrator for this new venture. >He grew fodder for the animals, offered stable facilities, sold provisions >and rented equipment to this new breed of tourist. > >The HARRIS Camp Ground was the forerunner of the public auto camps, and >housekeeping camps. > >The register , kept for comments of campers, was presented to the Yosemite >Museum by the HARRIS descendants. >================== >the above extracted from _100 Years in Yosemite_ > > > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >Submit your Family Chronicle for publishing to the Mariposa GenWeb Site to sweetwater@sierratel.com > > >