Deer in Yosemite – Merry Christmas 2017
Photo taken from Grand Canyon.
Hermit’s Rest
South Rim Grand Canyon
John Muir passed away on 24 December 1914
He was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of United States wilderness.
“John Muir convinced Teddy Roosevelt to conserve Yosemite Park. In 1871
Also that year, one of Muir’s heroes, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, arrived in Yosemite and sought Muir out. Muir’s former
professor at the University of Wisconsin, Ezra Carr, and Carr’s wife
Jeanne encouraged Muir to publish his ideas.”