Yosemite Springs Parkway is an approximately five-mile roadway located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera County and serves as the main throughfare of Yosemite Lakes Park. The corridor originates as the primary through road of Gold Rush era Long Hollow Ranch which connected the Fresno-Yosemite Road at Kelshaw Corners to River Road. Upon Long Hollow Ranch being sold for subdivided development in 1970 the roadway was rebuilt to modern standards and rebranded by the name it currently carries. Part 1; the history of Yosemite Springs Parkway The lands where Yosemite Springs Parkway now lie were once part of Long Hollow Ranch. Said ranch came under the ownership of the Rivas family after the forced relocation of the local Chukchansi Yokuts onto what is now Picayune Rancheria during the late nineteenth century. Long Hollow Ranch was located near the community of Coarsegold largely in Township 8S, Range 20E. The ranch property can be seen so...
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