Creator
Helen [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Daggett, Ca. July 15th
Dear Papa
I was glad to get your second good letter from the mountains and know you are enjoying it so. Im glad you are taking such a good rest.
Everything is cheerful here. Im well and happy as ever and still enjoy the heat. It hasnt been so hot this last week but still holds it's own. There was a big fire in Daggett night before last and burned up half the business side of town. The fire started, no one knows how, in the Hotel, and as everything is so desperately dry here it spread fearfully fast. Fire engines came from Otis and Barstow and did good work. The wind was all that saved that whole side of town from going as it blew from the upper end of town and the fire started at the lower end. It was a great sight - the desert was lighted up for miles around. The people are very brave about it though they lost a great deal.
I'll write again in a day or two. Some one is going to town now so good-bye.
Always yours
Helen
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Location
Daggett, Calif.
Circa Date
[1908] Jul 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen [Muir] to [John Muir], [1908 ?] Jul 15." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5479.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5479
Resource Identifier
muir17_0749-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0749
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
