LA 1203 Chapter : Yosemite Sierra Nevada John Muir
Document Summary
Wisconsin: gains an interest in botany, abraham lincoln signs bill giving yosemite valley to california as state park lands blinded in a factory accident, he left to study nature. 1903 president theodore roosevelt spends 3 days and nights with muir alone: 1906 roosevelt signs federal legislation to return yosemite valley and. Christmas eve: focus on the person you selected and his relationship to the land and land features. Growing up, john muir was an avid inventor and a self-taught student. At age 22, muir entered one of his inventions into the madison state fair in. Wisconsin where he succeeds in receiving his first public recognition in the newspaper. He eventually enrolls in university of wisconsin, but throughout the years he gains an interest in botany and leaves. Muir had many botanical journeys to mississippi, canada, florida, cuba, and south america.
