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Where the Old Village once stood, little evidence remains. In its heyday, thousands of tourists arrived on horseback, in wagons, and in early Model T Fords, and they danced, bathed, and slept here. Today the meadow seems pristine, a sharp contrast to its past. Over time, the National Park Service relocated the old buildings, removing the last building, Degnan’s Bakery, in 1881. For a century, trash buried beneath the meadow’s surface obstructed water flow and prevented plant growth, but in 1993 restoration crews used excavators to remove the debris. Water needed to maintain a healthy meadow returned, and seeds dormant for nearly a century came back to life.
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Yosemite Valley, California · United States
