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Three Brothers is a rock formation in Yosemite Valley, California, just east of El Capitan, consisting of Eagle Peak above Middle Brother and Lower Brother. Its current name comes from the Mariposa Battalion period, when the formation was named after the capture of Chief Tenaya’s three sons near its base. Earlier, the Ahwahnechee called it Kom-po-pai-zes, sometimes rendered Pompomposus, meaning “mountains with heads like frogs when ready to leap.” The formation is also associated with John Muir, who considered the view from Eagle Peak the finest in Yosemite Valley. It remains a distinctive landmark whose names reflect different strands of Yosemite’s history.
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Yosemite Valley, California · United States
