Fort Monroe (Yosemite)

Fort Monroe is a historic site in Yosemite National Park.

As various buildings were added or demolished, the general location acquired and kept the name well into the automobile age.

Monroe came to California with his uncle from his native Georgia in 1856 to meet his parents who had recently moved to Mariposa as part of the gold rush.

George's father Louis became a successful barber in Mariposa,[citation needed] and eventually bought and lived on a prosperous ranch south east of town.

In 1866 Monroe started working for the Wabash brothers, who ran the Yosemite Stage Line, and eventually got promoted to driver.