Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
01310
[letterhead]
August 7th, 1888
Dear Louie.
We returned to Seattle last evening after spending five days on the upper waters of the Snoqualmie. The rides & walks through the grand primeval woods were very interesting & exciting & telling, & the roughness & wetness of snags bogs & constant rain were as nothing to the soul though something to bones & flesh. Most of that however is rested away leaving only the living immortal beauty in vivid relief. Tomorrow morning at 4.45 we start for Mt Ranier by way of Yelm Prairie. Where we will procure pack animals. There will be eight in the party- Most of whom will attempt to reach the summit. The weather is stormy & unsettled & far from inviting to such mountainering so that I hardly think any of us will trample the summit snows I dont mean to try lackign the old confidence of strength. Have been sorely disappointed in hearing so little from home- only Wandas letter.
Here are some Snoqualmie mosses & a Linnera for Wanda & Helen I suppose Annie has gone home. Love to you all In 2 weeks may be in Portland.
John Muir
Location
Seattle, Washington Territory
Date Original
1888 Aug 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1888 Aug 7." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1774.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1774
Resource Identifier
muir05_1116-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1116
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
