The Three Brothers is a
rock formation
A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock (geology), rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock Geological formation, formation ...
in
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about long a ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. It is located just east of
El Capitan
El Capitan (; ) is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The El Capitan Granite, granite monolith is about from base to summit alo ...
and consists of
Eagle Peak (the uppermost "brother"), and Middle and Lower Brothers.
The name ''Three Brothers''
Members of the
Mariposa Battalion named the Three Brothers after the capture of the three sons of
Chief Tenaya
Tenaya (died 1853) was a leader of the Ahwahnechee people in Yosemite Valley, California.
Background
Tenaya's father was a leader of the Ahwahnechee people (or Awahnichi). The Ahwahneechee had become a tribe distinct from the other tribes in th ...
near the base of the Three Brothers.
Their original name
The
Ahwahnechee
The Ahwahnechee, Awani, or Awalache were an Indigenous people of California who historically lived in the Yosemite Valley. They were a band of Mono people, Mono and Plains_and_Sierra_Miwok#Southern_Sierra_Miwok, Miwok People.
The Awani people's ...
name was "Kom-po-pai-zes", or sometimes "Pompomposus", is translated as "mountains with heads like frogs when ready to leap".
John Muir
John Muir
John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the national park, National Parks", was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologi ...
considered the view from Eagle Peak to be the most beautiful view of Yosemite Valley available.
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Mountains of Mariposa County, California
Rock formations of Yosemite National Park
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