Creator
S. C. Hain
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Cook. Cal. 6/29. '04.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez. Cal.
My Dear Sir:- Yours of recent date at hand expressing a desire to visit our scenery as soon as you caught up with your work.
I will greatly enjoy showing you our proposed park and looking after your comfort while here. Had you been at home to come when I wrote could have paid your expenses and will see if I cannot do it yet.
Through the efforts of Dr. Jordan and Prof. Dudley of Stanford in cooperation with congressman Needham the land has been withdrawn from entry and will be given a field examination sometime this summer by the Bureau of Forestry. I think you would enjoy a visit her as we think we have something very nice. The rock scenery covers about 6 sq. miles and is almost entirely of conglomerate. Some
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of the perpendicular walls from four to eight hundred ft. One wall is 3/4 mile in length and in three terraces and is about 1500 ft. There are two water ways through this formation and boulders have fallen in each one for some distance forming caverns some of which are dark.
Vancouver mentions this as the most remarkable mountain he ever saw in his works in Vol. 6. P 95 & 96.
When you get ready to come let me know a few days ahead so I can arrange my work to accompany you.
Come to Tres Pinos. and take San Benito stage for Cook. When here I will try and interest you.
Yours truly
S. C. Hain.
Cook. Cal.
P.S. Please let me know about when you think you can come.
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Location
Cook, Calif.
Date Original
1904 Jun 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hain, S. C., "Letter from S. C. Hain to John Muir, 1904 Jun 29." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2808.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2808
Resource Identifier
muir14_0286-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0286
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
