Gribblenation

As originally defined in 1934 California State Route 49 ended in Mariposa.  Traffic continuing to Oakhurst had to utilize the then existing Chowchilla Mountain Road and Bootjack-Ahwahnee Highway.  The Bootjack-Ahwahnee corridor had been commissioned in 1890 by Mariposa County to connect to the Yosemite Stage Road and Fresno Flats (now Oakhurst).  An extension of California State Route 49 was legislatively defined in 1959, had an adopted alignment by late year 1961 and was functionally opened to traffic by1966.  The final bypass of the Bootjack-Ahwahnee Highway came in 1972 when the East Fork Chowchilla River Bridge bypassed what is now Kemble Road   Part 1; the history of the Old Bootjack-Ahwahnee Highway before California State Route 49 was extended The portions of the Fresno River watershed in the Sierra Nevada range east of Mariposa largely were missed by the early California Gold Rush.  The area began development following conclusion of the Maripos...