Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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4As I have urged over & over again the Yosemite Reservation ought to include all the Yosemite fountains. They all liek in a compact mass of mountains that are glorious scenery, easily accessible from the Grand Yosemite centre & are not valuable for any other use than the use of beauty. No other interests would suffer by this extension of the boundary. Only the summit peaks along the axis of the range are possibly gold bearing & not a single valuable mine has yet been discovered in them. Most of the basin is a mass of solid granite that will never be available for agriculture while its forests ought to be preserved. The Big Tuolumne Meadows should also be included since it forms the central camping ground for the High Sierra, adjacent to the valley. The Tuolumne Canon is so closely related to the Yosemite region it should also be included, but whether it
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1890 May 8
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0477-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0477
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
