Creator
Helen [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[1]
Daggett, July 28 - 08
Dear Papa
I received your last letter from Mineral King day before yesterday - Im so glad you have had such a grand long rest, and feel so well now. And I know how all the others enjoyed having you in camp.
When do you think you will come to the desert again?
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Mr John C. Van Dyke, who wrote "The Desert" is coming here on a visit in about a week, and they are all anxious that you should be here and meet him.
I heard from Prof. Dudley not long ago. He is in Santa Fe, New Mex. and thinks it will be better for him there than here when it is so hot. Just now however it is cooler - does not go above 108°. In the
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afternoons now we sometimes get a tiny excuse of a sprinkle, and hear grand thunder, but there is no sudden change when these little showers come up - it is always nice and warm now.
Barney stopped off here last Saturday and made us a visit. On Sunday we got up a little party and drove over
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to the old deserted mining town of Calico just north of Daggett. There is glorious wild country over there that I think you would enjoy and some grand old rocks. I enjoyed it throughly. Im feeling perfectly well, and cant remember when I've felt tired. I eat and weigh well, and the heat is fine for me. Stickeen stands it pretty well. My horse feels gay. Write soon.
Lovingly your
Helen
Location
Daggett [Calif.]
Date Original
1908 Jul 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen [Muir] to [John Muir], 1908 Jul 28." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5489.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5489
Resource Identifier
muir17_0783-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0783
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
