Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
[illegible] that no road or trail could [be?] made around the reservoir without tunnelling through rocks [like?] El Capitan & the Cathedral, but it would block and close up the door of the great Tuolumne Canon, the sublime way to the upper Tuolumne Meadow or valley, [the?] focus of pleasure travel in the High Sierra, & grand central camp ground.3 Because the Park is a natural wonderland belonging to all the world, & should be preserved in pure wildness for ever.4 Because San Francisco Supervi[sors?] & McPhelan want it for a c[illegible]04048
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
[ca. 1908]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir17_1151-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 1151
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
