The Mousepods' Yosemite Trip

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Originally Posted by MouseWife

Ah, yes, that is true about the loss of the lodging. Did you happen to read the green notebook that was in the Lodge room? I noticed {or it is new?} that they have a brief history of the Lodge and how it was when it was opened. The competition between it and Camp Curry and so much more! I hadn't heard any of that before. {wish I had retained more of it, quite interesting}.

Yes, I got the info from the book in the room - I'd never heard the Camp Curry story before, either. According to the story, all of the other hoteliers in Yosemite had to pay 50% of their concession revenues to the guy who ran the Yosemite Lodge, who in turn paid 50% to the government. When the smaller hotels (including the Curry) complained to the gov, their concerns fell on deaf ears. Very interesting...