 The main attraction of Taft Point is the giant fissures in the mile-high granite rock.The fissures are breaks and cracks in the mountain that drop directly down to the valley floor at some points.The point is named after 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft, who, according to newspaper accounts, came across the point when he visited Yosemite for three days hosted by John Muir in October 1909.