Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Henry Randall
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8Billy Bowen is living at Garrote not doing much of anything That was a pretty hard tramp into the Valley in the fall laden like pack animals, & your pack was heaviest. And that walk, or scramble rather, down the river from the Valley to the plains was pretty rough most of the long way. I must write an account of it some time. I guess we were the only ones who ever made the trip. Well I remember that good Sabbath days journey up the Glacier Point side canon, along the rim of the Valley to the head of the Bridal Veil thence down into the Valley by the south side of the Cathedral Rocks & up to our cabin in the starlight - arriving at 3 o'clock in the morning. That night for the first & last time in my life I saw the shadows from the trees & stones that Venus cast, they were perfectly distinct. Perhaps you remember my calling attention to the wonderful00215
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1901 Dec 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 28 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_1027-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 1027
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 8
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
