Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
F. L. Noble
Transcription
Parks
Rainier
I fear on Wednesday
I cant get to town today, but this will be no hindrance to the effectiveness [illegible]
All [illegible] [illegible]ted as far as I [know?] [illegible]d [illegible] is a formal resolution in favor of the park - Jordan is just the man to draw it up. then all you [have?] to do
This Rainier Park [will?] [benefit?] [Washington?] is to [send?] it [illegible] tho [illegible] of the com [illegible] & all the world.
for [illegible]gon[illegible] & [illegible] [up?] to [Miss?] S[illegible]dmore
[No?] part of the [illegible]rish Reservoir is more [admirably?] adapted by nature for a grand National Park reaching as it does in a grand pyramid from the fertile lowlands to the frosty [sky?] [embracing?] [characteristic?] specimens on a grand & [illegible] scale of the [illegible] scenery vegetation & [illegible] of our Nwestern pacific coast. The [grandeur?] of our glacier-laden volcano [cones?] in the [illegible] a [illegible] of the most beautiful & [charming?] of the alpine [illegible] [a?] [illegible] of the [finest?] conifers, rich [illegible] meadows, trout streams gardens & [illegible] [rambles?]
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We believe that with the exception of a dozen lumbermen & half a dozen cattle & sheep men all the world wants this park.
F L Noble
Examiner Editorial Rooms
S F.
[in margin: My Dear]
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1908]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 11.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to F. L. Noble, [ca. 1908]." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5631.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5631
Resource Identifier
muir17_1165-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 1165
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
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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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
