Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Curry Village (also, Camp Curry) is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the Yosemite Valley of Yosemite National Park 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Yosemite Village, at an elevation of 4,003 feet (1,220 m). Curry Village occupies a central position in the Yosemite Valley, and is built on a talus cone of debris from old rockfalls.It was developed in the early 20th century as a camp concession for tourists to the park. It contains numerous rustic wooden cabins and tented cabins, and related amenities. In 1970 the community changed its post office name to Curry Village. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. Some were replaced by new tented cabins elsewhere in the camp. As a result of a hazard study, the National Park Service decided to remove 72 structures from the rockfall zone.In 2012, eight visitors to the park developed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; seven had stayed in newer double-walled tent cabins at Camp Curry, and three died. The park closed the new tent cabins, after determining their design enabled contamination by deer mice, a species that carries the hantavirus in that region.. }
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- Curry_Village,_California abstract "Curry Village (also, Camp Curry) is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the Yosemite Valley of Yosemite National Park 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Yosemite Village, at an elevation of 4,003 feet (1,220 m). Curry Village occupies a central position in the Yosemite Valley, and is built on a talus cone of debris from old rockfalls.It was developed in the early 20th century as a camp concession for tourists to the park. It contains numerous rustic wooden cabins and tented cabins, and related amenities. In 1970 the community changed its post office name to Curry Village. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. Some were replaced by new tented cabins elsewhere in the camp. As a result of a hazard study, the National Park Service decided to remove 72 structures from the rockfall zone.In 2012, eight visitors to the park developed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; seven had stayed in newer double-walled tent cabins at Camp Curry, and three died. The park closed the new tent cabins, after determining their design enabled contamination by deer mice, a species that carries the hantavirus in that region.".