Creator
John H. Means
Recipient
John Muir
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01675[letterhead]They own the Canal which has a total length of 114 miles and also about 25000 acres of farm land under it, part of which is under cultivation and I have to look after the company’s interest generally in the valley. Lamar is a small station on the [A T & S F?] R.R. in the Arkansas Valley 30 miles west of the Kans & Colo state line, near the eastern terminus of the canal. It is our first experience in so small a place & we feel lonesome some times when we cant bear it any longer we go to Denver or Colorado Springs & take a rest. As to the other boys of the class I can’t now recall all of the membership, I can only remember positively that Ed Stott, Leslie Sulgrove & myself were among the number, when I try to recall those times I get confused & cant remember distinetly at what time the other boys whom I can recall joined the class. Can you tell now who constituted the membership?. Ed Stott is the only one of all the boys that at any time because members of the class, and of whom I know any thing now, who still lives in Indianapolis. He at an early age entered the wholesale Milinery store of [Fohnley & McCrea?] on South Meridean st near the Union Depot & has remained with them ever
Location
Lamar, Colo[rado]
Date Original
1893 Jun 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1036-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1036
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
