U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. In the background: Upper and lower Yosemite Falls. May 1903. ½ of stereograph (Underwood & Underwood) [956 x 1146]
> Alarmed by over grazing of meadows, logging of giant sequoia, and other damage, Muir changed from being a promoter and scientist to an advocate for further protection.[54] He persuaded many influential people to camp with him in the area, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1871.[55] Muir tried to convince his guests that the entire area should be under federal protection. None of his guests through the 1880s could do much for Muir’s cause, except for Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of Century Magazine. Through Johnson, Muir had a national audience for his writing and a highly motivated and crafty congressional lobbyist.[56]
> Muir’s wish was partially granted on October 1, 1890, when the area outside the valley and sequoia grove became a national park under the unopposed Yosemite Act.[57] The Act provided "for the preservation from injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said reservation, and their retention in their natural condition" and prohibited "wanton destruction of the fish and game and their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit."[58]
> Yosemite National Park included the entire upper drainages of two river watersheds. Preservation of watersheds was very important to Muir, who said "you cannot save Yosemite Valley without saving its Sierran fountains."[29] The State of California retained control of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Muir and 181 others founded the Sierra Club in 1892, in part to lobby for the transfer of the valley and the grove into the national park.[48]
> U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt camped with John Muir near Glacier Point for three days in May 1903.[65] During that trip, Muir convinced Roosevelt to take control of the valley and the grove away from California and give it to the federal government. On June 11, 1906, Roosevelt signed a bill that did precisely that, and the superintendent’s headquarters was moved from Wawona to Yosemite Valley.[66]
I was taught that John Muir was wildly racist and contributed to the natives of Yosemite being evicted from the land because he thought they ”spoiled the landscape”.
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> Alarmed by over grazing of meadows, logging of giant sequoia, and other damage, Muir changed from being a promoter and scientist to an advocate for further protection.[54] He persuaded many influential people to camp with him in the area, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1871.[55] Muir tried to convince his guests that the entire area should be under federal protection. None of his guests through the 1880s could do much for Muir’s cause, except for Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of Century Magazine. Through Johnson, Muir had a national audience for his writing and a highly motivated and crafty congressional lobbyist.[56]
> Muir’s wish was partially granted on October 1, 1890, when the area outside the valley and sequoia grove became a national park under the unopposed Yosemite Act.[57] The Act provided "for the preservation from injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said reservation, and their retention in their natural condition" and prohibited "wanton destruction of the fish and game and their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit."[58]
> Yosemite National Park included the entire upper drainages of two river watersheds. Preservation of watersheds was very important to Muir, who said "you cannot save Yosemite Valley without saving its Sierran fountains."[29] The State of California retained control of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Muir and 181 others founded the Sierra Club in 1892, in part to lobby for the transfer of the valley and the grove into the national park.[48]
> U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt camped with John Muir near Glacier Point for three days in May 1903.[65] During that trip, Muir convinced Roosevelt to take control of the valley and the grove away from California and give it to the federal government. On June 11, 1906, Roosevelt signed a bill that did precisely that, and the superintendent’s headquarters was moved from Wawona to Yosemite Valley.[66]
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I was taught that John Muir was wildly racist and contributed to the natives of Yosemite being evicted from the land because he thought they ”spoiled the landscape”.