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	John Muir Exhibit
		The John Muir Exhibit features the life and legacy of John Muir: naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.
		In 1892, John Muir and other supporters formed the Sierra Club "to make the mountains glad." John Muir was the Club's first president, an office he held until his death in 1914.
		On April 15, 2000, John Muir's vision was behind the Presidential Proclamation of Giant Sequoia National Monument, a process which John Muir was instrumental in starting nearly 100 years ago by urging President Theodore Roosevelt to protect America's treasures under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit (706 words)

	Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		John Muir Wilderness The John Muir Wilderness is a Kings Canyon National Park, and extends on the west side of the park...
		Muir, Michigan Muir is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 634.
		Muir Beach, California Muir Beach is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 295.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/muir.html (256 words)

	John Muir -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Muir immigrated to the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States in 1849, when his family started a farm in (A midwestern state in north central United States) Wisconsin.
		Muir had no such fear and promptly made a moonlit survey of new (A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff) talus piles created by earthquake-triggered rockslides.
		Muir then increased efforts by the Sierra Club to consolidate park management and was rewarded in 1905 when Congress transferred the (additional info and facts about Mariposa Grove) Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley into the park.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_muir.htm (1852 words)

	MSN Encarta - John Muir
		In 1892 Muir and some of his supporters founded the Sierra Club, dedicated to the exploration and preservation of American wildlife and wilderness.
		In recognition of Muir's efforts as a conservationist and crusader for national parks, Muir Woods National Monument was established in 1908.
		Muir’s home in Martinez, California, along with his gravesite and part of his fruit orchard, were designated the John Muir National Historic Site in 1964.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761560566 (562 words)

	Edwin Muir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edwin Muir (15 May 1887 - 3 January 1959) was a Scottish poet and novelist.
		Between 1925 and 1956 Muir published seven volumes of poetry which were collected after his death and published in 1991 as The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir.
		His childhood in remote and unspoiled Orkney represented an idyllic "Eden" to Muir, while his family's move to the city corresponded in his mind to a deeply disturbing encounter with the "fallen" world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwin_Muir (612 words)

	WER: John Muir
		Muir's close observations upon the motion and work of glaciers, first the small ones of the Sierra, and later the mighty ones of Alaska, were important contributions to the knowledge of these great agents of erosion.
		Muir was able to do what he did only by possessing a most wonderful combination of clear eye, unfaltering nerve, and limbs of great strength and endurance.
		The great public service of John Muir was leading the nation through his writings to appreciate the grandeur of our mountains and the beauty and variety of their plant and animal life, and the consequent necessity for holding forever as a heritage for all the people the most precious of these great scenic areas.
	www.library.wisc.edu /etext/WIReader/WER0148.html (3249 words)

	Famous Scots - John Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Muir would develop such a deep love for that country's wilderness that he would become "Father of the American Natural Parks," and one of the most famous and influential naturalists worldwide.
		Muir regained his sight, but the injury proved to be a turning point for him.
		Muir died of pneumonia at the age of 76.
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/johnmuir.html (503 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mount Muir Climbing Information
		Muir was one of the four founders of the Sierra Club, and its first president, 1892-1914.
		Muir was the first to recognize that glaciation was largely responsible for carving Yosemite Valley.
		In 1874, Muir was lured away to explore the rest of the Sierra Nevada and Alaska, write, marry and raise a family and run a fruit ranch near Martinez.
	www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/359 (1711 words)

	John Muir
		Among these are Muir Pass in King's Canyon National Park, Muir Grove in Sequoia National Park, Muir Gorge in Yosemite and Muir Trail through the High Sierra, as well as Muir Woods, a National Monument in Marin County protecting 485 acres of coast redwoods.
		Muir stayed in the West, exploring the Yosemite area and traveling into Alaska in pursuit of his interest in glaciers and their effects.
		For the next ten years, Muir acted as ranch manager for his father-in-law and was able to amass a fortune of $250,000, which allowed him to retire at the age of 42 and devote the rest of his life to the movement to save America's natural resources.
	www.cateweb.org /CA_Authors/Muir.html (1084 words)

	John Muir Presentations
		While waiting, Muir's righteous anger at the 'temple destroyers' is tempered by his hearty good humor, and his relating of a number of his most extraordinary wilderness adventures, including his remarkable 'tree ride' in a Sierra windstorm.
		Muir's nearly disastrous "interview" with a Yosemite bear, his face-to-fang encounter with a rattlesnake, and hilarious stories of tending sheep - those "hoofed locusts" destroying the lovely meadows of the Yosemite High Country - are among the many stories in this very popular show.
		For the Muir presentations in particular, the fee is always negotiable, dependent on such factors as Lee's schedule, size and make-up of the potential audience, and the primary purpose of the presentation (fundraising, entertainment, rally, etc.).
	www.johnmuirlive.com /present.html (3154 words)

	Ecology Hall of Fame: John Muir Biography
		Muir's budding re-awakening to literary and political activity was brought to fruition by Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of Century, one of the most prominent magazines in the country a hundred years ago.
		Muir died of pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital in January, 1914.
		In their guidelines on naming mountains and lakes after individuals, it gives Muir as the example of someone who has had so many things named for him already that they would not be likely to approve any further such commemorations.
	ecotopia.org /ehof/muir/bio.html (1786 words)

	Muir Family of Kirkcudbrightshire and Nova Scotia
		Mr Muir served in the British fleet under Lord Nelson in 1805 at the battle of Trafalgar, and we believe he was the last survivor in Halifax of that memorable engagement." At the time of this engagement Andrew would have been 21.
		Muir, in the early nineties, withdrew from his old firm and engaged in the flour and meal business, in which, up to the present time, asociated with his son [Andrew], he had met with success.
		Muir was one of those who signed the original roll calling a meeting to organise the Scottish Rifle Company, November 1859" and note that his name is also included in the "Original Roll of the Scottish Volunteer Rifle Company" signed on January 13, 1860.
	home.earthlink.net /~douglasjgraham/Muir.htm (4544 words)

	Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Thomas Muir was the son of George Muir from Stonebyres, near Lanark, in Scotland.
		In 1897 Muir was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of the Cape; he held this post for four years.
		Muir was knighted in 1910, four years after he had reworked his 1890 publication to become Volume 1 of History of determinants which covered the origins to Leibniz in 1840.
	www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Mathematicians/Muir.html (1167 words)

	Muir Woods National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
		Muir Woods National Monument is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), one of the largest urban national parks in the world.
		GGNRA was established in 1972 and contains 75,398 acres extend from Tomales Bay in Marin County to San Mateo County in the south, encompassing 59 miles of shoreline - one of the nation’s largest coastal preserves.
		Daytime temperatures at Muir Woods average between 40 and 70 degrees Farenheit.
	www.nps.gov /muwo (223 words)

	Pacific Library - John Muir Collections Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		John Muir, the renowned naturalist, explorer, writer, and conservationist, is considered to be an intellectual precursor of the modern environmental movement.
		Muir's unpublished writings, including but not limited to correspondence, manuscripts, and drawings, remain the literary property of the Muir-Hanna Trust and are protected by copyright.
		In 2003, the James Eastman Shone Collection of Muir Papers was donated to the University of the Pacific Library.
	library.uop.edu /ha/muirHome.html (295 words)

	John Muir Elementary School - MMSD
		John Muir School, dedicated to an evolving vision of quality elementary education for all its students, cultivates knowledge and skills, develops enthusiastic lifelong learners who embrace and value diversity, fosters self-esteem, and promotes respect for all in the global environment, through research-based individually appropriate and integrated curriculum, and partnerships among school, community, families and others.
		Muir's total enrollment is 410 with class sizes averaging 24, except in grades K-1, where classes are capped at 15, thanks to the SAGE (Student Achievement Guarantee in Education) grant from the State.
		John Muir Elementary School is a school rich in culture and dedicated to the success of each student.
	www.madison.k12.wi.us /017.htm (652 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		MUIR Kenneth Hart Muir, born 25 July 1916 in Brooklyn, N.Y., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 23 September 1940 to serve as apprentice seaman until he was appointed midshipman 14 February 1941.
		When the news of Germany's surrender was received 8 May 1945, MUIR and her group began locating German submarines to accept their surrender.
		In March 1946, MUIR reactivated and was assigned to the Operational Development Force, with Norfolk, Va., as her homeport, for service into late 1947.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/escorts/de770.txt (631 words)

	Edwin Muir -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Edwin Muir was one of the chief Scottish poets of his day writing in English.
		The son of a tenant farmer, Muir was born on May 15, 1887, at Deerness, on the island of Orkney off Scotland's northeast coast.
		Because of American naturalist, explorer, and writer John Muir, the United States national park system was greatly expanded.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9341334 (745 words)

	Amazon.com: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf: Books: John Muir,Peter Jenkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident.
		Here is the young Muir talking with freed slaves and former Confederate soldiers, pondering the uses of electricity, exploring Mammoth Cave, sleeping in a Savannah cemetery, delirious with malarial fever in the home of strangers at Cedar Key, traveling to Havana, Cuba, and sailing to San Francisco Bay.
		Muir moved South in the aftermath of the Civil War, so he encountered much unrest, unhappiness, and destruction along the way.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395901472?v=glance (1548 words)

	John Muir College - Celebrating the Independent Spirit
		The Muir College Community is excited to have you.
		Muir College Staff members will be available to answer questions you may have about academics and life at Muir College.
		No trip to Muir College would be complete without a trip to the La Jolla Cliffs.
	www-muir.ucsd.edu /news/admitday.htm (442 words)

	Muir String Quartet
		The Muir String Quartet, now in its 19th season, is acknowledged as one of the world's finest ensembles.
		Winner of the 1981 Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the 1980 Evian International String Quartet Competition, the Muir String Quartet is in residence at Boston University.
		Michael Reynolds, cello, is the founding member of the Muir String Quartet and tours regularly with the Quartet in addition to his activities as a professor at Boston University and director of the Montana Chamber Music Festival.
	www.rockefeller.edu /pubinfo/muir.html (535 words)

	General C.H. Muir Passenger Lists - Welcome
		We are Dedicated to the People who Built the General Charles Henry Muir Ship, the Staff who have Sailed on it and the People who have Immigrated to the United States.
		According to Charles Capelli at the time the photo was taken the Muir was returning from the Philippines, completing the last leg of her maiden voyage.
		Charlie was on the Muir from May of 1945 until a few months following the close of WWII.
	www.angelfire.com /zine2/muir (306 words)

	Muir Center News
		Conference organizers are seeking paper proposals on aspects of John Muir's Scottish roots; Muir's world travels; Muir's historical impact across the globe in such areas as botany, geology, mountaineering, and conservation; correspondence and friendships abroad; and Muir's contemporary legacy worldwide.
		California's new quarter, featuring naturalist John Muir, Yosemite's Half Dome and a soaring condor is being minted as of January 2005 as part of a 10-year, 50-state quarters program conducted by the U.S. Mint.
		On February 9, 2005, University of the Pacific's John Muir Center, in conjunction with the Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections held a Muir Coin celebration with coin designer Garrett Burke and his family along with State officials and several members of the Muir and Hanna families.
	ets.uop.edu /muir/news.htm (516 words)

	Amazon.com: John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Muir: Nature Writings" is a collection of the writings of this Scottish expatriate who first stepped foot in America in 1849 as an eleven year old brawler and budding naturalist.
		Muir also laments the loss of the vast meadows of the San Joaquin Valley as he discusses how to make a living post-Gold Rush by raising bees for honey.
		What makes Muir so unique when compared with today's environmentalists is this belief that we can live in harmony with Creation if we take simple steps to prevent despoiling it.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1883011248?v=glance (1547 words)

	Welcome to Muir Woods, the only surviving primordial redwood forest in the San francisco Bay Area.
		Welcome to Muir Woods, the only surviving primordial redwood forest in the San francisco Bay Area.
		This service is operated by ARAMARK Corp., a Concessioner under contract with the U.S. Government and administered by the National Park Service.
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	www.visitmuirwoods.com (112 words)

	Muir, Michigan 48860 - InfoMI.com
		Muir is located in eastern Ionia County on the Maple River, just a couple of miles from its mouth at the Grand River.
		It was originally called Montrose Station in 1854, in order to attract people from the city by the same name in New York to settle there.
		In 1857, H.K. Muir was able to influence the Detroit, Muskegon & Western RR, (later the Grand Trunk), to build a line to the town.
	www.infomi.com /city/muir (183 words)

	Muir Woods Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Muir Woods is named after John Muir by the true savior of the place
		John Muir was a founder of Sierra Club.
		Muir Woods is one of the most visited attractions to experience California nature.
	www.virtuar.com /marin/Muir (320 words)

	John Muir Writings - Books and Articles by John Muir
		A Wind Storm in the Forests - Chapter 10 of The Mountains of California by John Muir (1894).
		The National Parks and Forest Reservations by John Muir (Proceedings of the Meeting of the Sierra Club Held November 23, 1895.) Published in
		For further information on on the life of John Muir, please see the Sierra Club’s John Muir Exhibit, created by Harold Wood and others For further historical books and photographs on Yosemite, See the Yosemite History webpage.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /john_muir_writings (506 words)

	Haines Alaska's John Muir Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Alaska is where Muir came to visit real wilderness after Yosemite became popular.
		As adventurer, explorer, scientist, author, and finally charasmatic and visionary activist, Muir Fathered the modern National Parks and Conservation Movements the monumental legacy of a uniquely sensitive spirit and towering genius.
		The generations that follow must attend to his words and deeds which may be the salvation of the planet.
	kcd.com /eaglebb/muiridex.htm (320 words)

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