Meeting of California Federation of Women's Clubs. John Muir Gives a Talk. Deplores Loss of California's Beauty Through Commercializing of State.

Meeting of California Federation of Women's Clubs. John Muir Gives a Talk. Deplores Loss of California's Beauty Through Commercializing of State.

Authors

John Muir

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Kimes Entry Number

A21-a

Original Date

5-22-1909

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

The reporter writes: "The most interesting feature of the day was a talk by John Muir, naturalist. 'I'm glad,' said Mr. Muir, 'that l got to California soon enough to see the State in all its original untrammelled beauty. I have walked five hundred miles through the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys when they were an unbroken mass of golden bloom. I made my bed among the wildflowers where the march of commerce has obliterated God's handiwork. There is not much left to us of beauty because commerce seizes upon all it can reach that is dollarable."'

Publication

San Francisco Examiner

Size/Description

Clipping

Location

CStoC

Meeting of California Federation of Women's Clubs. John Muir Gives a Talk. Deplores Loss of California's Beauty Through Commercializing of State.

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