CA ACR262

Recognizes the legacy of California's pioneer Chinese Americans and honors their contributions to Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada

Chinese road builders constructed 23 miles of the Wawona Road between winter 1874-1875, making Yosemite Valley accessible from the southern part of the park

Chinese road builders completed 56 miles of the Great Sierra Wagon Road (now known as Tioga Road) from 1882-1883, working at elevations near 10,000 feet using blasting powder

Hundreds of Chinese Americans worked in Yosemite's early hotels providing guest services, growing fresh vegetables, and preparing meals for park visitors

Tie Sing, a backcountry chef for the United States Geological Survey, served the influential 1915 Mather Mountain Party that helped form the National Park Service, and has a mountain peak named after him on Yosemite's southeastern border