Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Strentzel [Family]
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Transcription
00800 [ Genoa?] Nevada. July 6th 1878.Dear Strentzels, We rode our horses from Sacramento to this little village [ near?] Placerville & Lake Tahoe. The plains & foothills were terribly hot, the Upper Sierra along the South fork of the American River cool & picturesque, & the Lake region almost cold. Spent three delightful days at the lake – steamed around it, & visited Cascade lake a mile beyond the western shore of Tahoe. We are now making up our train [ roads?] to push off into the great Basin. Am well mounted, & with the fine brave old garden desert before me, fear no ill. We will probably reach Austin, Nevada. in about a month. Write to me there, Care Captn A. F. Rodgers. Your fruity hollow wears a most beautiful & benignant aspect from this alkaline standpoint, & so does the memory of your extravagant kindness.
Location
Genoa, Nevada
Date Original
1878 Jul 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0848-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0848
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
