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After bringing the first tourists to Yosemite Valley, James Hutchings established Hutchings House in 1864. Using the boardinghouse know-how of his mother-in-law, he and his wife began a career as Yosemite innkeepers. A gracious host, Hutchings relied on charm to offset the lack of amenities in his hotel. He built a family cabin directly in view of Yosemite Falls beside the apple orchard he planted, which still bears fruit after 150 years. There his family raised produce and livestock to feed hotel guests, and a smoke house once cured meat on this site. Hutchings later died in a carriage accident while en route to the valley in 1902 and was buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Yosemite Village.
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