10 Facts About Lafayette Bunnell

Lafayette Houghton Bunnell was an American physician, author, and explorer.

Lafayette Bunnell is most well known for his involvement with the Mariposa Battalion, the first non-Indians to enter Yosemite Valley, and his book Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851.

Lafayette Bunnell was a soldier and surgeon in the United States war with Mexico and the Civil War.

Lafayette Bunnell was born in Rochester, New York on March 13,1824.

Lafayette Bunnell attended a catholic school, not because he was catholic but because it was the best school in the town.

Lafayette Bunnell traveled overland by way of Texas and Mexico.

In 1851, Lafayette Bunnell was a member of the Mariposa Battalion that became the non-indigenous discoverers of the Yosemite Valley.

Lafayette Bunnell explored the Valley and named many of its features.

Lafayette Bunnell was the first person who encountered Chief Tenaya who subsequently wrote a book.

Lafayette Bunnell later served as a surgeon in the American Civil War.