The following ad was copied from a 1914: Foley's Yosemite Souvenir & Guide Text from the ad: An Automobile Passing Throuh the Dead Giant EL PORTAL BIG TREE AUTO CO Autos leave every morning at 7 for the Big Trees in the Tuolumne and Merced Groves and then Yosemite Valley, arriving a park about 3 p.m. same day. DON'T MISS THIS TRIP Fee $7.00 Round Trip

The following ad has the same format and picture as the above it was copied from: Foley's Yosemite Souvenir and Guide 1916 The Big Tree Auto Stage Line AUTO stages of this line leave El Portal every morning for these wonder ful groves arriving in the Yosemite early in the Afternoon. They will leave Yosemite either in the morning or afternoon, according to circumstances. Mr. E. R. Penfield is General Passenger Agent here and he will give you fuller particulars. The Big Giant Trees and Sierran Forests Invite You. It will cost you only $7.50 and less than a day of your too short time.