Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie, [Wanda & Helen]
Transcription
To Mrs. Muir
Off Prince William-Sound,
June 24, 1899
Dear Louie and darlings:
We are just approaching Prince William Sound - the place above all others I have long wished to see. The snow and ice-laden mountains loom grandly in crowded ranks above the dark, heaving sea, and I can already trace the courses of some of the largest of the glaciers. It is two P.M., and in 3or 4 hours we shall be at Orca, near the mouth of the bay, where I will mail this note.
We had a glorious view of the mountains and glaciers in sailing up the coast along the Fairweather Range from Sitka to Yakutat Bay. In Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays we spent 4 days, and I saw their 3 great glaciers discharging bergs and hundreds of others to best advantage. Also the loveliest flower gardens. Here are a few of the most beautiful of the rubuses. This charming plant covers acres like a carpet. One of the islands we landed on, in front of the largest thundering glacier, was so flower-covered that I could smell the fragrance from the boat among the bergs half a mile away.
I'm getting strong fast, and can walk and climb about as well as ever, and eat everything with prodigious appetite.
I hope to have a good view of the grand glaciers here, though some of the party are eager to push on to Cook Inlet. I think I'll have a chance to mail another letter are we leave the Sound.
Love to all,
J.M.
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02597
Location
Off Prince Williams Sound [Alaska]
Date Original
1899 Jun 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie, [Wanda & Helen], 1899 Jun 24." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2415.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2415
Resource Identifier
muir10_0851-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0851
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
