Title
The Yosemite Convention. More Lectures by John Muir, the Hugh Miller of the Pacific Coast. (Special to the Bulletin)
Files
Kimes Entry Number
A3-a
Original Date
6-13-1879
Publication
San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin
Page/Column
p. 3, col. 8 [Scrapbook II, p. 103.]
Location
C
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "The Yosemite Convention. More Lectures by John Muir, the Hugh Miller of the Pacific Coast. (Special to the Bulletin)" (1879). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes, 1986 (Muir articles 1866-1986). 650.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/650
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.""