Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Charles] F. Townsend
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[March 13, 1905].
Mr. Chas. F. Townsend,
Director Aquarium,
Battery Park,
New York.
Dear Mr. Townsend:
The southmost of the coast mountains on which I have myself seen the wild goat is Mt. Rainier, though undoubtedly it was at one time abundant on the snowy peaks much farther south. Hunters have told me that they had found skulls on Mt. Shasta, one of which was shown me, but it proved to be a skull of the female mountain sheep. Whether or not the goat still exists on Mt. Hood I can't say, but I think you can find out by writing to the Mazama Club of Portland. Very few, if any, are left even on Rainier. They are too good to live. On the mountains of southeastern Alaska along the icy fiords above the timber line I have seen thousands.
Regretting that I can give you no definite information in the discussion of this fine mountaineer in the southern part of its range, I am,
Faithfully yours,
[John Muir]
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1905] Mar 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Charles] F. Townsend, [1905] Mar 13." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3299.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3299
Resource Identifier
muir15_0328-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0328
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
