NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 21, 1875  

* Early description of Yosemite Valley

Page 7 has 1 1/2 columns taken up with a great and very descriptive article headed: "WONDERS OF THE FAR WEST" "The Yosemite Valley" "History of the Settlements In The Valley--The Best Time for Making a Visit--Landscape Views".
The dateline is: "Black's Hotel, Yosemite Valley Calif." and the article is very descriptive of what is now a national park. 
Following this is: "The Mormons In Utah" "Their Home and Church Life" "Strength of the Community in Village Settlements--The Founding of Villages--Communism--Trial of Bishop Lee". This very detailed article takes over a full column.
 Ten pages, nice condition.

Background: This September 21, 1875 issue of the New York Tribune serves as a poignant time capsule capturing the dual themes of American romanticism and frontier justice during the post-Civil War era of Western expansion. By featuring a dispatch from Black’s Hotel in the Yosemite Valley alongside a detailed report on the trial of Mormon Bishop John D. Lee, the publication juxtaposes the nation’s growing fascination with preserving its sublime, untouched natural wonders against the violent, deeply complex realities of settling the Utah Territory. The Yosemite piece documents the infancy of American ecotourism and the wilderness ethos that would ultimately birth the National Park System, offering Eastern readers a rare glimpse into a landscape that was still largely inaccessible. Conversely, the coverage of Bishop Lee’s trial for his role in the infamous 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre marks a critical judicial turning point, representing the federal government's escalating effort to assert legal authority over the isolated, communally organized Mormon frontier. Together, these articles signify a pivotal moment in American history where the West was simultaneously being romanticized as a natural paradise and systematically subjected to federal law and national integration.