Creator
Leonard Lyell
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[letterhead]19 May 1910.My dear SirI found your very kind letter and the volume on the National Parks on arriving here yesterday evening & beg to thank you for your great kindness- I shall hope to get to Los Angeles & have the chance to see you before returning north. It will be a great regret if I should fail in this. Meantime Mr Olmstead of the Forest Service has kindly undertaken to prepare an itinerary for me so that I may visit to advantage the giant Sequoia & Redwoods. The Yosemite Valley I have visited before but should much enjoy seeing it again. It is the most wonderfully lovely region I ever saw - So much beauty displayed within the04762limited area.I have been visiting a very beautiful country in North Idaho & seen in the Priest River forests magnificent mountains White Pine & the western Larch - Larix occidentalis, trees which I had not previously seen is anything like such profusion or size. The combination of forest lake & mountain was extremely beautiful & to be enjoyed in a sharp bracing crisp alpine air that is most invigorating. It should prove to be a delightful holiday [resort?] -Thanks to the energy & company of Mr Pinchot & Col. Roosevelt these have been secured from desolation & now it is pleasant to find among so many lumber men & timber interests a hearty appreciation of their efforts & willingness to cooperate It is very hopeful. I have no doubt the sheep graziers will be easily dealt with With renewed thanks for your kindnessBelieve mesincerely yoursLeonard Lyell.04762
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1910 May 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lyell, Leonard, "Letter from Leonard Lyell to [John Muir], 1910 May 19." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5006.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5006
Resource Identifier
muir19_0383-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0383
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
