“Bridgeport Tom, a Mono Lake Paiute, and his family lived in the Valley during the early 1900s. Here, the family poses in front of their home at the base of Yosemite Falls.”
that when the last of his people left, the granite cliffs would
fall, further stressing the cultural relationship between
Yosemite Valley and its people. | Source:
“Surviving Communities.” Yosemite National Park. National Park Service, November 17, 2018.
https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/surviving-communities.htm