Creator
Willis Hand
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[in margin: If you come to Wis. please bring me a 16 x 21 - in. mounted photograph of the view looking east from Glacier Rock-, a good one. Willis.]
Dear Brother,
I have been looking for either a letter from you or yourself in person. You ought to be here to enjoy over 40[degree symbol] below zero. Are hot geysers, mechanically, like force pumps? Thus:
By increase of pressure on account of accumulating steam the water level in "A" is forced down to the opening "B," and the Geyser "goes off." I have left the [course?] to the geyser for you to imagine. The more I think of it, the better satisfied I am that the present location of the Yosemite Valley was determined by [wrinklings?] and convulsions of the earth's crust long ages before the ice period. Is it not so? The Nevada Stage Co. paid me $25, for our pleasant sojourn at Copperopolis.
Regards all. Ever Yours,
Willis Hand
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Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1890]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18.5 x 11 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hand, Willis, "Letter from Willis Hand to John Muir, [ca. 1890]." (1890). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1994.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1994
Resource Identifier
muir06_0829-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0829
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
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
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
