Summering in the Sierra. John Muir, the Naturalist, Tells us Something about Yosemite Valley-How it Impresses the Visitor at Different Seasons. Falls, Streams and Foliage-Some Royal Views-A Touch of Winter. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.)...

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

044

Original Date

6-22-1875

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

""As soon as the winter snow melts, an ungovernable avalanche of tourists comes pouring pell mell into Yosemite, flooding the hotels, and chafing and grinding against one another like rough-angled bowlders in a pothole."" Muir argues that the valley and its falls are beautiful at any time of the year, emphasizing ""that every waterfall has an individual character, and that each possesses a series of beauties changing with the seasons .... ""

Publication

San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin

Page/Column

p. 4, col. 1

See also Kimes Entry Number

See also no. 505

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "Summering in the Sierra. John Muir, the Naturalist, Tells us Something about Yosemite Valley-How it Impresses the Visitor at Different Seasons. Falls, Streams and Foliage-Some Royal Views-A Touch of Winter. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.)..." (1875). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 26.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/26