James mason hutchings biography of martin luther

James Mason Hutchings, known as the “Father of the Yosemite”, was the first person to publicise and promote what is now the Yosemite National Park in California, USA.

He was born in Towcester in and died in Yosemite in At the time of his birth his father was a carpenter; many of the 2, population of Towcester were engaged in the coaching business on Watling Street following the improvement of the road five years earlier by Telford.

At the age of eight he was being educated with 32 other boys at Hick’s Charity Free School in Towcester.

James mason hutchings biography of martin luther

He moved to Edgbaston, Birmingham at the age of 10, but returned at 16 to be apprenticed to his father. His future life may have been influenced by an exhibition in in Birmingham of paintings by US artist George Catlin of American Indians and the Wild West.

In he left Liverpool for America, sailing on the Gertrude to New York and then on to New Orleans, where he heard about the recent discovery of gold in the west. By October h