Creator
Wanda [Muir]
Recipient
[Louie Strentzel Muir]
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Transcription
[4]to see the River come roaring over the rocks and to see the s[illegible]ery, snowy cliffs up above Hetch Hetchy Valley is covered with deer tracks and there are also lots of coyotes and wild cats which we heard every night but did not see. On the way up [illegible]ll two of the boys who were ahead of the rest of the party saw a small brown bear. the boys were very glad to see it but the poor bear seemed dreadfully frightened and ran down over the rocky cliff before we had a chance to see it, so we had to be satisfied with looking at its tracks.[If?] you ever hear that college people are [not?] adaptable to practical work, dont you [believe?] it for the representatives of both Berkeley and Stanford here present have in the last week and a half done a very great variety of practical work and succeeded quite as well as most [inexperienced?] people though we have had some funny and unexpected experiences. The packer that was to go with us to Hetch, Hetchy, refused at the last moment to go and would not even wait to put the packs on here, he brought a rather queer looking09189
Location
Crocker's [Calif.]
Date Original
[1903] May 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir13_0580-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0580
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
