Louisiana Erwin Strentzel papers, 1850-1882.

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Louisiana Erwin Strentzel papers, 1850-1882.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215336078

Contains an incomplete diary from 1850 to 1882, (no entries for 1852-1867), some as original diary entries and some as transcriptions. Diary describes weather, fires, earthquakes; family life including John Muir; sale and purchases of goods, hunting, and fruit growing; gold mining; life in and around Martinez, Calif. and San Francisco; various groups living in Calif. including California Indians, Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese and Eastern Europeans; and U.S. and world events. Also includes a draft of a letter to her sister.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7017225

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Muir, John, 1838-1914

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John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...

Strentzel, John Theophil, 1813-1890.

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Muir, Louise Wanda Strentzel.

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Strentzel family.

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Strentzel, Louisiana Erwin, 1821-1897.

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Louisiana Erwin born in Tennessee, moved with her family to Texas where she met and married John Strentzel, a Polish doctor, in 1843. They went by wagon train to California in 1849 with their two children. Their oldest child Louise married John Muir in 1880. Louisiana Erwin Strentzel died around 1897 in Martinez, Calif. From the description of Louisiana Erwin Strentzel papers, 1850-1882. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215336078 Born to...