Creator
Wanda [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
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Transcription
3but the rest of the time the weather was warm and springlike. There was a great deal of water in the falls and the lower part of the valley was still overflowed but where we camped [illegible] some California Oaks it was quilt dry and there were hundreds of lovely little flowers around us everywhere. Many of them I had never seen before We also went up into [illegible]lltill Valley, a very little way into the Tuolumne Canyon and over into Poo[illegible]ant Valley. The packer that we had expected to have go 091904with us into Hetch Hetchy, backed out at the last minute but we got along alright for Robert Anderson and Isoon became quite expert packers and we were rather glad not to be bothered by having [a stranger?] around camp. Two of the pack horses bolted on the way into Hetch Hetchy and we had an extremely lively seven mile chase after them but finally caught them in an old sheep coral and after that we had no further trouble with them. They were all good strong horses and though we did our own packing and09190
Location
Berkeley [Calif.]
Date Original
[1903] Jul 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir13_0722-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0722
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
