David and Jennie Curry were schoolteachers who arrived in Yosemite Valley in 1899.
The couple ran a tent camp in the valley and, despite the two-week round-trip journey via horse and wagon from Merced, California, the camp registered 292 guests in its first year.
 The Curry Company went on to dominate the politics of the park for decades, and David wrote the Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Lane, in an effort to extend the park's tourist season so as to expand his business.
 In the Currys' opinion, national parks were for recreational use, and the couple marketed the park with attractions like the Firefall.

David Curry died in 1917 and left the management of Camp Curry to his widow Jennie, who was then known as "Mother Curry".
She received help from her children, particularly her daughter Mary, and Mary's husband Donald Tresidder.
 The camp still exists today as Curry Village.
David and Jennie Curry were schoolteachers who arrived in Yosemite Valley in 1899. The couple ran a tent camp in the valley and, despite the two-week round-trip journey via horse and wagon from Merced, California, the camp registered 292 guests in its first year.  The Curry Company went on to dominate the politics of the park for decades, and David wrote the Secretary of the Interior, Franklin Lane, in an effort to extend the park's tourist season so as to expand his business.  In the Currys' opinion, national parks were for recreational use, and the couple marketed the park with attractions like the Firefall.
David Curry died in 1917 and left the management of Camp Curry to his widow Jennie, who was then known as "Mother Curry". She received help from her children, particularly her daughter Mary, and Mary's husband Donald Tresidder.  The camp still exists today as Curry Village.
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