Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir and Family]
Transcription
Sisson's, Shasta,
July 14th, 1888.
Dear Louie and all:
We have been here two days resting and gazing and meeting old friends of my mountaineering days. We arrived about ten A.M. and leave for the North to-day about eleven A.M. and will probably go direct to Portland.
The old mountain is, and has been since we came, glorious with crown and drapery of clouds -- now cloudy, now clear -- bits of points and bosses showing out weirdly through the satiny, gauzy, sun-filled clouds, the whole summit at times looming to a fearful height in the keen upper heavens with rock-ribs and snow, strange, yet familiar and awful looking. This morning I felt like attempting to climb. The season has been very stormy and thus far only one man made out to reach the summit. I suppose I could hardly reach the old ground, but am feeling a little better.
Tell Wanda and Helen I have some nice stories to tell them and I expect to find and gather up many more in the far north woods.
Sisson is failing fast, and so is Mr. Lanfier who anointed my poor toes that freezing time. Have thought of writing the Bulletin, but no success this way so far. Love to all. Make Anna as comfortable as you can.
Ever yours truly,
J.M.
Location
Sisson's. Shasta [Calif]
Date Original
1888 Jul 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir and Family], 1888 Jul 14." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1764.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1764
Resource Identifier
muir05_1056-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1056
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
