The Yosemite Convention. More Lectures by John Muir, the Hugh Miller of the Pacific Coast. (Special to the Bulletin)

The Yosemite Convention. More Lectures by John Muir, the Hugh Miller of the Pacific Coast. (Special to the Bulletin)

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

A3-a

Original Date

6-13-1879

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

The 'Hugh Miller of the Pacific Coast,' as Joseph Cook has aptly described John Muir, gave on Tuesday evening, his second lecture with blackboard delineations, etc., to an overcrowded house; subject, 'Mountain Sculpture.' On Wednesday noon another geological lecture at Glacier Point was given to an audience of over two hundred, and again in the evening in the valley before a huge campfire; subject, 'The Distribution of the Sequoia.' "" The leading light of the convention was the staunch, opinionated Joseph Cook, who had espoused the Whitney theory of subsidence for the formation of Yosemite Valley. He was one among the throng who accompanied Muir to Glacier Point. By the end of Muir's persuasive lecture, the reporter could state, ""Joseph Cook has become a convert to the glacial theory.""

Publication

San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin

Page/Column

p. 3, col. 8 [Scrapbook II, p. 103.]

Location

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