Retracing President Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 visit to Yosemite

Jeff and Sarah follow the 1903 trail of President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to California and Yosemite National Park and track down the location of the wagon he used to enter and exit the park. Will they find it?
#theodoreroosevelt
#yosemite
#presidents
#jbenziggy
#historyhunters

[@MrRJDB1969]

Great job. Teddy Roosevelt is one of my favorite U.S. Presidents.

[@johnmccaffery5186]

Really well put together!Now I have to go find that rock at glacier point, Ha ha ha.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Did the wagon get saved? Great video! You both did a beautiful job here. And please no more standing on the edge of rocks! God have mercy!

[@LarryManiccia]

Another great little documentary! I love everything Yosemite, it's such a special place. Love to learn about the history of this place.

[@greggwatkinsjr.8298]

I'm really into President history since when I was a kid, hope you guys make more videos about the Presidents. Thankyou for making a great video about Theodore Roosevelt.🙂

[@jbenziggy]

I, too, am into the presidents! Hopefully we can do more!!!

[@Realstuffadventures]

very well done, Teddy is one of my heroes, thanks to him we have a lot to enjoy. One of these days I hope to visit Yosmite.

[@alankrueger9957]

This was great to watch after viewing the documentary by Ken Burns called The Roosevelts. Nice job Jeff!

[@maureengill6031]

This is one of the best videos of Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Yosemite. Well done, Jeff! Muir picked the best time to bring his concern of over development of the valley. Making Yosemite a National Park was one of the best presidential accomplishments! Mo’

[@genniejefferson4414]

I don’t blame Jeff for taking a picture. I’m afraid of heights myself. Enjoying this piece of history.

[@geoffedup]

You nailed the hammer on the head with this episode! Would have been epic to be able to visit Yosemite's lost valley.

[@alanatolstad4824]

What a great collection of historic photos! And Sarah gets into the act!

[@jhenshaw187ify]

You do some very interesting work to get all this history in to such short videos and i hope the wagon gets saved

[@wendygerrish4964]

Wow that beautiful old barn Ive driven by a million times has some old Yosemite History in it! What wonderful compilations Thanks again.

[@jbenziggy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robroiboi]

I am a history buff, I have always been a history buff and quite sure I always will be a history buff; yet as the expression goes, "You're never too old to learn", I always learn something new from these wonderful History Hunter videos.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you so much! You're probably our biggest fan!

[@royosborne6188]

I agree, the carriage that the President rode in should be in a Museum.....Great work as always, thank you for another Historic and wonderful video....

[@fountainbiker]

Amazing to learn of the President's cross country tour, I had no idea! I love Yosemite and have climbed the cable side of 1/2 Dome in 1991... Never again!! Thanks for the vintage photos and research!

[@chadlong9614]

My favorite video on your channel so far, very well done

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you, Chad. And for some reason this video hasn't received much attention. But I appreciate you watching!

[@jimbullard441]

Wow. Amazing scenery....history.......and Sarah looks incredible too...

[@larrymiller8210]

Really Really like your videos. You are one of the few that need to keep up what you are doing as the schools do not teach true history! Keep up your fantastic work. Thank You Larry Miller retired and traveling.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you very much, Larry! That was a real compliment! I do hope more people will watch and become educated. We need to be learning from our past and appreciating the good and bad, the authentic reality of history, not the cleansing parts we don’t like. Thank you again! Gods speed on your travels!

[@larrymiller8210]

I have told my sons and wife that your channel is a true investigative program. Look forward to all your programs. Have watched many!Thanks for the reply . Larry Miller

[@greggwatkinsjr.4308]

Hello Jeff & Sarah, I'm going to say that this video is my top ten favorite, since it's about the President, I have to admit that Sarah makes me nervous when she's close to the edge of a cliff! Too bad the guy didn't let you see the wagon that Roosevelt was on, that would've been cool to see. Have a great evening. 🙂

[@geraldpierini7124]

After watching this I have a connection. I went to Yosemite Junior High and then to Theodore Roosevelt High School, both in Fresno. That was back in the 1960's.

[@kirkmacarthur8003]

This is a really good episode; I'm surprised there aren't more likes. Kevin Crocker and Mike Ferruzza did great jobs narrating. TR was one of the greatest U.S. presidents.

[@marylouruss1087]

Beautiful country view .Thank you.

[@Ravelinn]

A Very emotional hunt.. (2017) im watching now (2021) and hope the wagon was or has been donated to the Yosemite museum. Thank you again Jeff & Sarah

[@joanrath126]

So glad I found your channel.i love history

[@jbenziggy]

Welcome aboard!

[@lisadieter-burns]

Thank God for Teddy Roosevelt saving some of our beautiful land. Always great to watch your channel content 😊.

[@jbenziggy]

Our pleasure!

[@joycemchristiansen6557]

If you tour the Mission Inn in Riverside you can sit in the chair especially made for President Taft. This was very interesting. Thank you again.

[@normanmallory2055]

The view is something to see beyond any doubt .. Oh my the crowds and long waiting lines for shuttle buses .. That is something i don't really care for myself ..Now winter months bring snow and winter beauty for us photographers that i would like to do with my camera equipment in the future .. But it looked like all was having fun .. Great film ..

[@khakhy]

Nice video. I grew up in the Raymond Ahwahnee area. Spent my entire life there. Yosemite has always been one of my favorite places.

[@TheGeoDaddy]

The last time I visited Yosemite was in 97 my brother and I were transporting our mother from Santa Monica to Reno... she was dying of Lupus but we didn’t know how long she would linger. Since my brother was a paramedic, we decided to take her through the park one last time... in honor of the many summer our mother - a single mom - would load us (reluctant) boys into the Chevy Impala and insist we “breath fresh mountain air” (little did we realize at the time that she had set us on many roads as sojourners around the world!) As it would turn out, she fell unconscious in the Park and we waited until my brothers paramedic brothers sent an ambulance down to pick us up... we drove all night, arrived in Reno the next morning, but she never regained consciousness and died the following day. We take solace that she did pass away with Yosemite the last sight emblazoned on her memory. The following year we toon her ashes back to Lake Balaton were she spent summers as a child... not knowing the war would wipe out her family’s wealth... fleeing in ‘56 to get to America 🇺🇸 where she had always dreamed of going... where wonderful people made glorious art... like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” which she saw “countless” times at the movie palace in Budapest. This was her adopted country... she wanted to go home... but Yosemite and the High Sierra’s were her dream fulfilled while being away.

[@jbenziggy]

Very touching story about your mother. Very sad ending to a great mama. Thank you very much for sharing that memory.

[@dennisrogers5106]

Another wonderful production. So interesting.

[@vasquezthegreat]

This is a great episode!

[@cameronmccreary4758]

My grandmother and her immediate family members were at the Exposition in Buffalo, New York and were near the area where and when President McKinley was shot. She was 6 years old when she heard the shots and saw the commotion that ensued. They left the area fast and went home. She was 70 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated. Now nobody gets near any president. President Johnson went through Long Beach, CA when I was a kid and his route took him along Carson Street. I saw his head and he was surrounded by Secret Service agents as they stood in a Cadillac Limousine while moving around 30 mph. I also remember that the Secret Service agents had men with M16 rifles on the rooves of the apartments lining the route. This is the closest that I have ever gotten to meeting any president in my 66 years on this planet. I do not expect to meet one nor shake any president's hand before I pass from this Earth. Again, thank you Jeff and Sarah for following in President Roosevelt's footsteps; it was riveting to me.

[@marvinpippig1583]

Great video, couple years ago I purchased a book called Yosemite's Famous Guests. it has pictures all Famous people who has visited Yosemite including Teddy Roosevelt.

[@marklawson8346]

I enjoyed this video and I’m not an American but love the history and the beauty of the scenery thanks Jeff and Sarah

[@jbenziggy]

mark lawson thanks a bunch! I cringe at some of my earlier videos! This is one of them. But I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

Love the way you put this video together Stunning Thankyou

[@jbenziggy]

This is one video that has gotten little traction so I do thank you very much!

[@foxmulder4269]

Awesome...thanks guys !

[@vasquezthegreat]

I climbed to the top of Yosemite falls in ‘96, the girlfriend stayed in the RV for the day. A “day with her parents”, lol. That hike was actually a life changer, “found myself”, incredible sense of well being about 3/4 up, it was nice..

[@alh9750]

My first time really watching your channel although I have subscribed for a while I love history what a great job you guys do just fabulous!! I will watch every one of your vlogs !!

[@jbenziggy]

Wow thanks Al! That’s a mighty nice comment!

[@johnnyjesus8]

Mr Miller sounds like a great guy Not!!. Jeff these videos are amazing so informative you and Sarah looking how you guys interact is brilliant and sometimes comical lol great job all way around honestly thanks so much for taking the time to do them and sharing them.

[@jbenziggy]

Wow, thank you! We haven't had much time together to explore because of the lockdown but soon I hope!

[@vasquezthegreat]

Just tuned in 🍷 ah, Teddy, one of my favorite presidents..

[@vasquezthegreat]

Oh my God, that is SO cool that TR went on train thru Alameda county, I didn’t know that

[@kennydavis4705]

enjoyed the video......wish you could have seen the wagon

[@stevemccoy8138]

Hi Guys, I've been to Yosemite several times, very nice county, but too many people. We used to love going to the store in Raymond for breakfast, back when we lived closer. Thanks for the video , very interesting.🇺🇸

[@jbenziggy]

Glad you liked it Steve!

[@debbiequinn1513]

Sarah, you're scaring me! YIKES!

[@jbenziggy]

She was scaring me being so daring and all!

[@HistoryHunterSarah]

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[@tdk4660]

Great episode! I feel stupid tho, cuz I’ve been to Yosemite 2 or 3 times and never knew about glacier point. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@gregkester9075]

Another great informative video. I love american history!

[@jbenziggy]

Thanks so much, Greg! I appreciate you watching! This video never got a lot of views. Not sure why. I thought Yosemite and Roosevelt would attract more views.

[@gregkester9075]

@@jbenziggy good question. Yosemite is a beautiful area. Lots of history.

[@161papa]

Great job.

[@lisaburns1660]

Yosemite is my very favorite place. I haven’t seen it that busy. Sarah scared me. I had to close my eyes! She is way too brave!

[@jbenziggy]

She scared me to death! Thanks for watching!!!

[@sergeruiz3032]

Braves is doing something noble. Her actions were irresponsible and unnecessary.

[@sampublius9002]

In the late 1800's Ranchers in the knights ferry- jamestown area used to drive cattle from there up to an area in yosemite ( still closed to public access ) called aspen valley located several miles south of mather on the old road to white wolf . part of aspen valley is still in private ownership .In the 1920's there was a campsite and lodge with several outlier cabins. Other than a fire road, there is no public access by cars except for the private owners. Part of that aspen Valley area was logged in the late 1940's.

[@JHGwjesusLuv]

Hello ,H H For a Blogger and what seems to be a good one . One thing could you might use a little bit of refinement is a the old quote "You can get more with alittle Honey than with a bunch of vinegar! Maybe you'll find out someday 🎉

[@Someonesaidthis]

I always wanted to visit yosemite

[@vasquezthegreat]

Oh Sarah is such a daredevil! She possesses the bones I do not, for sure, lol

[@oldmcdonald9582]

will not deal with crowds like that . we live 45 min. from gatlinburg ,but rarely go there because its bumper to bumper everywhere

[@melissajensen3166]

Great vlog Jeff.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you very much! This one we did a while ago.

[@michellewhitaker8669]

Awesome video!

[@jbenziggy]

Thanks for the visit, Michelle!

[@01sapphireGTS]

To put it very bluntly, President Teddy Roosevelt was an American Badass, both in his private life and in office. Cool post that probably took a lot of planning.

[@jbenziggy]

Thank you! And as Teddy would say, bully!

[@mrs.g.9816]

I love your videos - especially this one. I love how beautiful all our National Parks out west are, and I'm grateful that they've been saved for future generations. I like the recreation of the voice of one of my favorite POTUS's, and I'm always fascinated by stories about T.R. I don't think nowadays they'd let a President stand on that overhang! He had guts - and so does Sarah. But please - be careful. You should stay together a long time.

[@jbenziggy]

Thanks for watching! We'll be careful ... well, I'll pull Sarah off the ledge next time. LOL

[@mxnfx]

23 min mark holds more true today, with selfies!....

[@johnscanlon5889]

Well done

[@jbenziggy]

Thanks very much!

[@FreeThinking999]

Hey history hunters. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the name Teddy and he actually felt insulted whenever someone misused the name. "Impertinent" he would say whenever someone was rude enough to call him that. "My name is Theodore, NOT Teddy" he would correct.

[@jasonmarshall7983]

Happy Fourth of July weekend Jeffers I jokingly say to people happy dependence Day. Jeff, I have one request to make of you do you think you can start focusing on basements and underground aspects of towns? Because all of our past history is concealed down below instead of up above I bet you can get all kinds of store owners and Shop owners to let you look in their basement so you can get some kind of footage or at least you can Enlighten yourself as to finding a multitude of doors and windows going into the Earth which makes absolutely no sense unless our history has been covered up and the most logical explanation of all this is that the stone and brick buildings have been here for hundreds of years longer than we have been told and we merely put wooden additions on them or redo the roofs anyways I'm going to look underneath the Calaveras County original Courthouse or so they say in Mokelumne Hill Under the Sea again. Town is super old I dated back to the 14 or 1500 myself elf

[@nancywickersham7318]

We love your videos. But the scenes in your cars have do much road noise from the cars we can’t hear you speak.

[@jbenziggy]

We have learned quite a bit since we did that video so we apologize for the sound issues in our earlier videos. Lately we have done no car seems.

[@eliotreader8220]

i never knew that Theodore Roosevelt had a picture taken of him on the footplate of a steam locomotive

[@jbenziggy]

He sure did. Isn't that cool?

[@terribethreed8464]

That's why you never go to Yosemite in the late Spring or Summer. Always visit during the Fall less tourists getting in the way.

[@Fedora5957]

Just think, if Teddy could of waited about five years he could have changed trains in Merced CA, leaving either the AT&SF or the SP, and got on the Yosemite Valley RR, riding in observation car 330 (now at Brightside CA) and enjoyed comfort to and from the entrance of the great Yosemite Valley, says I.

[@sside8]

Did you ever hear back from Joe Miller? Is the coach still in his possession?

[@jbenziggy]

No he never got back to me. I think he still owns the collection. It was a very disappointing result for me!

[@4g63attack]

I don't know if you every came across a name in your researching on making this video. An important and decisive decision for John Muir and his mountain men that lead the push for the Yosemite national parks was a man named Tie Sing, a Chinese Immigrant head cook of the US geological Survey along with John Muir.

[@janetwells6936]

In flip flops!

[@kenuber4014]

I live in Carson City. I will never enter Yosemite during the summer. What Cluster, and a waste of money having to deal with all those people and standing in line. As bad a Disneyland!

[@lorieawaitley7662]

#210 MAY 23 '20 11:50 PM 🇺🇸 😎 🎩 Yose Mite Is How I Spell and Say !!! National Park somewhere in america

[@michaelstevens1085]

Brave walk Sarah but next time leave the flip flops at home

[@jbenziggy]

She has a way of freaking me out! Lol

[@AmiJurgl]

Bully! 👍☺

[@jacqueline7878]

I worry about Sarah sometimes😮

[@HistoryHunterSarah]

😁 no need to worry

[@vasquezthegreat]

And thank God for conservation. Our country would be a dump without it..

[@swithinbarclay4797]

In the mid-80's, there was a combined Royal-Presidential visitation to The Park, by the lates President and Mrs. Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. They stayed at the Ahwahnee. I'm not entirely sure, but there may have been a Papal visit by Pope John Paul II, too. President Kennedy had the good sense not to ascend Half Dome (Which I've summited twice.), due to his fragile back. The "woke" crowd probably don't like the idea that you'd met President Reagan. Looks like you folks were picked up by the shuttle at Badger Pass; I'd skied there before, a nice setting, although the devotees of Palisades (formerly Squaw Valley) consider it a weenie mountain(Laughs!!). The previously mentioned Pope was an expert skier; did you know that? It get a huge kick, every time that I think of Theodore & Johnnie giving every one the slip at the Wawona, not because he gave his Security Detail the slip, but because he injured the "sensibilities" of all of the stuffed shirts and their dowager wives, desperately seeking to have their egos stroked. These two were alright though, as I believe they had a squad of soldiers along for the jaunt. Theodore probably told them to just relax, they were to have fun with him and that August Scot. I would hope that a movie would be made of this happening, before too much time slips away. I'd cast either Robert Patrick or Viggo Mortensen as John Muir and Sean Astin as the President. In older days, that would have been Lloyd Bridges and Vic Morrow("Combat!").

[@eddiedavis2596]

It w won't be long a network will pick you up!

[@jbenziggy]

I appreciate your vote of confidence but I think I would have to go after them for a show. Lol

[@GreeneEntertainment]

Please do not go past the clearly marked warnings about the edges of cliff faces. Sets a really bad example and it terrifies the snot out of many of us.

[@boonga585]

5:22

[@jbenziggy]

Why 5:22?

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Bully 👍🏼

[@normie2112]

I sure wish she had boots.

[@jbenziggy]

That was years who and she is safe at home right now!

[@JeremyMagicJohnson]

JEFF PLEASE CUT THOSE BANGS OFF OF YOUR FOREHEAD!!! Please!!!!!

[@Whiteknuckler57]

These computer generated voices are irritating

[@jbenziggy]

Didn’t use anything but my voice. It wasn’t computer generated.