Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James] Murdock
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Transcription
Martinez, Cal. March 22, 1902Dear Mr Murdock:Your kind letter & the set of photographs came safely for which I heartily thank you. I am heartily with you in all you say of Scotchmen. Wherever grit & skill & invincible granite determination & principle are required the world cannot do without them. I'm sorry you did not see the Grand Canon of the Colorado River of the West. What you saw is the gorge of the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado which would make only an insignificant almost unnoticeable side wrinkle in the wall of the great Arizona Canon. There is no more comparison between the two than between the [illegible]rosachs & the Himalayas or your Castle Rock or the Bass & Mt Blane. The Grand Canon is about 220 miles long 5000 to over 6000 feet deep & from 5 to 15 miles wide. A branch railroad runs from the main line of the Santa Fe to the very rim of it. The sculpture of the canon & the colors of it are even02968
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1902 Mar 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir12_0291-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0291
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
