Gabriel Sovulewski: The Life and Letters of Yosemite's Master Trail Builder by Fernando Penalosa
Mr. Sovulewski was a long time Yosemite Park employee working there from 1906 to 1936. He also worked there as US Cavalry Member in the late 1890s. It's a very short book with not a great amount of details and a only a few interesting anecdotes which include his impressions of Galen Clark and John Muir. He liked Clark, thought Muir was a bum. His main claim to fame was as a trail builder but not much is talked about what trails he actually built.
I came across Sovulewski's name in a FB Yosemite group. They referenced a story told by his granddaughter that his nickname was barbwire Sovulewski. At one point people living in the valley had cut up all the meadows into fields for their livestock. That was outlawed and Sovulewski was given the order to go and remove all the fencing one night and bury it. He did. I was hoping I could get more information on that story.
Mr. Sovulewski was a long time Yosemite Park employee working there from 1906 to 1936. He also worked there as US Cavalry Member in the late 1890s. It's a very short book with not a great amount of details and a only a few interesting anecdotes which include his impressions of Galen Clark and John Muir. He liked Clark, thought Muir was a bum. His main claim to fame was as a trail builder but not much is talked about what trails he actually built.
I came across Sovulewski's name in a FB Yosemite group. They referenced a story told by his granddaughter that his nickname was barbwire Sovulewski. At one point people living in the valley had cut up all the meadows into fields for their livestock. That was outlawed and Sovulewski was given the order to go and remove all the fencing one night and bury it. He did. I was hoping I could get more information on that story.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm