Frank Morrison Pixley was a personal friend of John Muir and camped with him in the area that became Yosemite National Park, and he also played a significant role in saving Yosemite Valley and the surrounding wilderness. He was a member of the board of the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove Commission from 1889 to 1894, during which time Yosemite National Park was created.
Arriving in California on muleback for the Gold Rush, after two years of gold mining he returned to his practice of law and on April 30, 1851, he became the city attorney for San Francisco. Then in 1861 he was elected Attorney General of California. Later he served as a United States Attorney, in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Ulysses S. Grant visited San Francisco in 1879, Frank Morrison Pixley was chairman of the committee that prepared for his visit. He was also a regent of the University of California.
His biography written in 1881 by Phelps, starts on page 308:
https://books.google.com/books?id=M9FOAAAAYAAJ
Arriving in California on muleback for the Gold Rush, after two years of gold mining he returned to his practice of law and on April 30, 1851, he became the city attorney for San Francisco. Then in 1861 he was elected Attorney General of California. Later he served as a United States Attorney, in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Ulysses S. Grant visited San Francisco in 1879, Frank Morrison Pixley was chairman of the committee that prepared for his visit. He was also a regent of the University of California.
His biography written in 1881 by Phelps, starts on page 308:
https://books.google.com/books?id=M9FOAAAAYAAJ
Frank Morrison Pixley was a personal friend of John Muir and camped with him in the area that became Yosemite National Park, and he also played a significant role in saving Yosemite Valley and the surrounding wilderness. He was a member of the board of the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove Commission from 1889 to 1894, during which time Yosemite National Park was created.
Arriving in California on muleback for the Gold Rush, after two years of gold mining he returned to his practice of law and on April 30, 1851, he became the city attorney for San Francisco. Then in 1861 he was elected Attorney General of California. Later he served as a United States Attorney, in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Ulysses S. Grant visited San Francisco in 1879, Frank Morrison Pixley was chairman of the committee that prepared for his visit. He was also a regent of the University of California.
His biography written in 1881 by Phelps, starts on page 308:
https://books.google.com/books?id=M9FOAAAAYAAJ
Arriving in California on muleback for the Gold Rush, after two years of gold mining he returned to his practice of law and on April 30, 1851, he became the city attorney for San Francisco. Then in 1861 he was elected Attorney General of California. Later he served as a United States Attorney, in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Ulysses S. Grant visited San Francisco in 1879, Frank Morrison Pixley was chairman of the committee that prepared for his visit. He was also a regent of the University of California.
His biography written in 1881 by Phelps, starts on page 308:
https://books.google.com/books?id=M9FOAAAAYAAJ
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