Creator
Grandma [Louisiana Strentzel]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Thursday Morning
Dear Wanda, We have just reached Wilcox Arizona, came over the desert yesterday and crossed the Colorado at [ ]. Tell mama the end of the bridge on the side stands our own old camp. The old fort looks just the same as in 49. The railroad from the river runs in a different direction from our old road, so the country is all new to me. It is a perfect desert. I would not give our little valley for the whole of it. Will arrive at El Paso at 1 today. Weather very hot but [ ] and I enjoy it. The yucca grows everywhere, but is small and out of bloom. A glorious sunset last evening sure seemed to sink down into the place. Tell Lilian I will write her card tomorrow. It was too bad about the mistake with papas cards. Am feeling very well. Grandma [Louisiana Strentzel]
Wanda Muir
Martinez California
Location
Wilcox, Arizona
Date Original
1892 Aug 11
Source
Original letter dimensions:7 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Strentzel, Louisiana E., "Letter from Grandma [Louisiana Strentzel] to Wanda Muir 1892 Aug 11" (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 188.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/188
Resource Identifier
Muir07_0620-ad-1
File Identifier
MSS 048 John Muir Papers
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
