Date of Award
11-1-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)
Department
Liberal Studies
First Advisor
Adrienne Zuerner
Second Advisor
John Anzalone
Abstract
John Muir is known for having helped found the Sierra Club, and for having been its first president. Muir Woods, a grove of old-growth redwoods and popular tourist destination north of San Francisco, is named for him. California's state quarter features Muir and world-renowned Yosemite National Park, which he assisted in founding. He also fought to prevent the Tuolumne River from being dammed to create the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. Thus, Muir clearly possessed conservationist attitudes and ardently practiced them.
Recommended Citation
Ward, Bradley B., "John Muir: A Rugged, Religious, Sensitive Mountain Man" (2009). MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019. 72.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol/72