Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Edward Henry] Harriman
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[Edward Henry Harriman] Martinez, January 5th, 1905.
Dear Mr. Harriman:
A bill for the recession of Yosemite Valley to the Federal Government will be introduced in our present State Legislature. I think it ought to pass. If you are like-minded, and can help us to secure its passage, I wish you would. The President is in favor of it, so also is our Governor and perhaps more than nine-tenths of the people of California. And as far as I know all the newspapers of the State favor the change except the Examiner, which with damnable perverted industry is trying to bury the truth beneath a sham storm of fables.
The Yosemite is a natural part of the surrounding Nat[ional] Park, and evidently ought to be under one management.
The Valley has been grossly mismanaged. Under Federal control we may expect that it would be as well managed as the Yellowstone Park, and be made as accessible and attractive to as great a number of travelers.
[John Muir]
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Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1905 Jan 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Edward Henry] Harriman, 1905 Jan 5." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3190.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3190
Resource Identifier
muir15_0037-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0037
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
