File:Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California (39133bd2-48c3-433a-a395-2b9446878db2).jpg

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Camera location37° 58′ 57.36″ N, 122° 07′ 58.81″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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English: Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California
Photographer
English: NPS staff
Title
English: Views at John Muir National Historic Site, California
Publisher
English: National Park Service
Description
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Distant view of the house and neighborhood

The Site preserves the 14 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. While living in Martinez, Muir accomplished many things: he battled to prevent Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley from being dammed, served as the first president and one of the founders of the Sierra Club, played a prominent role in the creation of several national parks, and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and several books expounding on the virtues of conservation and the natural world. Muir's work laid the foundations for the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. The Muir house and historic Martinez adobe became part of the National Park Service in 1964. In 1992, Mt. Wanda was added to the Site. The 325 acre tract of oak woodland and grassland was historically owned by the Muir family.

  • Keywords: jomu; john muir; National historic sites; Homes; Mansions; Environmentalists; Muir; John; 1838-1914
Depicted place
English: John Muir National Historic Site, Contra Costa County, California
Date Taken on 12 February 2004
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39133bd2-48c3-433a-a395-2b9446878db2
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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English: John Muir National Historic Site
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
JOMU
Legacy NPS Focus Record ID
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231856

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