Working with Arcadia’s Images of America,
Radanovich wrote and published four books containing 200 historic images each plus a running narrative of the early history of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley Railroad and Mariposa County. Arcadia Books are available through Amazon and Barnes & Nobles.
A long time columnist for the Mariposa Gazette, the oldest weekly publication in California, he has commented on a wide range of subjects for fifteen years. He is no longer associated with the Mariposa Gazette, and he is currently writing for the Sierra Sun Times (goldrushcam.com) , the region's largest online newspaper serving Yosemite National Park, Mariposa, Merced, Madera, and Tuolumne Counties.
Please feel free to inquire about any subjects related to Yosemite and Mariposa County History at radanov@sti.net. You may order any of the books and/or photographs using credit cards through Pay Pal or directly by mail with orders being prepaid, or through Windows on the World Books & Art.
Yosemite Mariposa History and Photography
Leroy Radanovich, a Yosemite and Mariposa County Historian and Photographer has documented the fascinating history of the areas, living in Mariposa and working for the last thirty years in Yosemite National Park.
Through Mariposa Heritage Press and with his then partner Scott Pinkerton, Leroy has photographed, written and published four books on Mariposa County History. Mariposa Heritage Press published the definitive history of the Mariposa County Court House, with Jim Law released Memories of El Portal, with Shirley Sargent published Mother Lode Memories, and working with Jim Cunningham and Molly Pierce, edited, re-designed and published the Truth About Joaquin Murietta by J.C. Cunningham.
All of the photographs in these books, plus many others, are available from the Radanovich Photography darkroom. Contemporary photographs taken by Leroy Radanovich and Robert Chaponot are available by going to our fine arts section.