Title:
Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 16.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[William] Colby
Date:
1911 Jan 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0060-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 16, 1911. 325 West Adams Street. Dear Mr. Colby:- Thanks for your kind letter and the book which
yon forwarded. I am now at work on the King s River yosemites, and I would like to have the part of the King's River region
which ought to be added to the General Grant and Sequoia National Parks definitely described, because I wish to recommend
the preservation of the region in the Yosemite Guide-book. And please tell me how much of the new road to the King's River
canyon has been actually built, and describe its course, where it starts from, where it runs, and where it strikes the river
below the mouth of the canyon. Please tell me also what sort of a trail is the one which runs up Copper Creek and over the
divide to Simpson Meadows and down to Tehipitee, and also the trails out of the lower end of Tehipitee on both sides. I am
afraid I am putting you to lots of trouble, but you are much more familiar with these roads and trails than I am, and I want
to get them right. I find in this Yosemite book that it is taking in so much it is going to be difficult to keep it within
bounds, and I want to make the description of roads and trails as short as possible. Am glad to hear that Keith is improving.
Give him my warmest regards, and remember me to Mrs. Colby and your two young mountaineers. Faithfully yours, John Muir