Muiriana collection 1864-2004

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Muiriana collection 1864-2004

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This collection contains original personalcorrespondence, notes and photographs of John Muir and materials related toMuir family genealogy from various identified and unidentified donors.

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University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6659357

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"The dedication of the new Lodge at Horse Camp, Mount Shasta took place at high noon on Fourth of July 1923... The crowning event was when Miss Harwood of Los Angeles stepped forward and with much vim and enthusiasm pronounced the words: 'I christen thee Shasta Alpine Lodge (crash went the bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale on the stone doorway) and dedicate thee to all lovers of the great out-of doors...'" (Sierra Club Circular, Sept. 1, 1923, p. 1). From the description of Sierra Club mou...

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