Because National Parks did not exist in 1864.
California
Yosemite National Park has been around since 1890. It is one of the oldest national parks and one of the best known of them too.
On 1 October 1890 it became a National Park, but preservation efforts date to 30 June 1864 with the Yosemite Grant.
The Boiler State Park
It is in Yosemite National Park, California.
Yes.
Yosemite National Park is located in Northern California:]
Yes, California is the state in which Yosemite is located.
No, Yosemite National Park is in California. Yosemite also does not cross state borders into neighboring states like Grand Canyon National Park does. The park is entirely in California.
It is located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA.
Yosemite National Park is located in Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera, so if you are on a Yosemite vacation, you should be somewhere in the state of California.
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