Together they had four sons: Muir Haley Funk - b. February 2, 1911. d. Dec. 28, 1978 Muir's conservation legacy lives on at the John Muir National Historic Site and in our daily actions. She enjoyed hiking, climbing, riding her horse, reading about football, playing her guitar, and observing plants and animals. He leads nature journal workshops and field trips for practitioners and teachers. Muir would have liked Dwinell because of his literary and scientific interests -- he also founded the Agassiz Institute in 1872 following a visit of Louie Agassiz to Sacramento. Lottie only lived 4 months and Johnny passed away at age 9. In 1890, unchecked grazing, logging and tourism were damaging Yosemite. "Civilization has not much to brag about. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. Eventually, their discussion prompted the Presidential signature on the Yosemite Recession Bill in June 1906. Her husband, Dr. Ezra Carr, was one of Muir's professors at the University of Wisconsin. However, he became ill and decided that instead of going somewhere tropical, he should go somewhere temperate to recover, which ultimately made him decide on going to California, a decision that set much of the course of his life. The Muirs moved to the small town of Martinez, California (near San Francisco), the year they were married. You'll think you're back in the mountains. CA One song he particularly liked was named "Hold the Fort." Louie's mother, Louisiana Strentzel, disliked the name of the valley (Spanish soldiers had been unable to find food and nearly starved) and renamed it Alhambra Valley for the popular story published in the mid-1800s by Washington Irving about the Alhambra palace in Spain. John (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Enjoy 16 of John Muir's famous quotes, in audio format. In the meantime, he continued to explore and climb as many mountains as possible, in particular becoming the first person to climb the 13,300-foot Mount Ritter. April 14: Marriage of John Muir (42) and Louie (33); Second trip to Alaska, adventure with Stickeen. He said of the accident, "God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons." Tony Foster was inspired to paint en plein air in this remote region by his luminary, conservationist and author Kari Herbert. The shock and horror of the accident for Muir finally pushed him to leave industry work forever. With the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt in 1901, there was finally a conservationist in the White House. Capitalizing on cash crops already established by his father-in-law, Muir secured his own modest fortune over the next ten years, enabling him to resume his writing and conservation career later on. At age 67, Dr. Strentzel gained the son he had always wanted. You may download the file to your device or computer and listen to them offline. Letters to a Friend, July 26, 1868 (about Yosemite), 12. Muir and Jeanne Carr met at the fair, where Carr was greatly impressed by Muir's inventions. John Muir's Daughter. Wanda and Mt. "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoiasour people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their Children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred," said Theodore Roosevelt. Alaska trip to Muir Glacier; death of Dr. Strentzel;Muir family move to mansion. Son of the Wilderness, 16. Hatch, survives. After her marriage in 1905 at age 24, Wanda moved into the adobe house on the property with her husband and college sweetheart, Thomas Hanna. Dr. John Strentzel was born in Lublin, Poland, November 29, 1813. John Muir Laws breaks down the hydrology and geology of the Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth, and provides artistic insights about this painting by Tony Foster. Taft was also convinced and protected the valley during his term. Stickeen Published (John's only children story). "Mama loved flowers, especially fragrant ones," Helen recalled in her memoirs about her parents. John Muir: Prophet Among the Glaciers. In this video John Muir Laws reveals how Fosters intentional use of contrasting warm and cool hues creates depth and atmospheric perspective in this painting of the sacred Machapuchare mountain. She is buried next to her husband, Buel Alvin Funk in the Bellevue Memorial Cemetery in Ontario, California. Jeanne Carr had long tried to arrange a meeting of the two. Muir transformed his adventures into articles and books that sparked peoples' interest in nature. Jack is a scientist, educator, and author, who helps people forge a deeper and more personal connection with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals and understanding science. (Optional) He is the founder and president of the Wild Wonder Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging nature connection and conservation through attention, curiosity, art, science, and community. Mary Atkins was born in Jefferson, Ohio, in 1819 and was an 1845 graduate of Oberlin College. Stanley Muir (born Stanley M. Funk) - b. July 17, 1912. d. August 17 1962 John Muir's Grandchildren: Muir also grumbled about the cost of transporting her several trunks of clothes. "I have always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. "No amount of word-making will ever make a single soul to 'know' these mountains. He has written and illustrated books about art and natural history including The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016), The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012), Sierra Birds: a Hikers Guide (2004), The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada (2007), and The Laws Pocket Guide Set to the San Francisco Bay Area (2009). John Muir Laws takes a close look at Tony Foster's major watercolor of the East (Kangshung) Face of Mount Everest, painted en plein air above the Kama Valley in Tibet at 15,400'. Here, Muir partnered with his father-in-law and managed a successful family fruit ranch. Eventually Dr. Dwinell became a trustee of Mills College. Naturally, Muir approved. On April 14th, 1880, at the age of 41, John Muir finally married Louie. Roosevelt agreed that two controls made for "triple troubles." Around 1907, Muir began to battle to save Hetch Hetchy, a beautiful valley in Yosemite National Park that San Francisco had set its sights on. - John Muir. Called "America's Best Idea," the United States' unique system of protecting natural and cultural heritage spurred other countries to do the same. As an educator and author, Jack teaches techniques and supports routines that develop these skills to make them a part of everyday life. Another son, Walter, who died in 2004, told an interviewer that he had every book written by his famous grandfather and many written about him by other authors. For his part, Keith kept after Muir to take the detail out of his writing. In 1880, a commemorative committee presented Dr. Strentzel with a document honoring him for his participation in the 1830 Polish National Uprising. Muir's writings and the places he fought to protect continue to inspire people worldwide to discover and connect with nature. Muir was first most interested in pursuing botanical conversations with Louie's father, but his interests eventually turned romantic for his daughter. Wilderness World of John Muir, 3. You'll relax and be fine." His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness. A naturalist, artist, scientist, and educator with more than 35 years of teaching experience, Jack is the author of numerous books including the Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling. ", 10. nal monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests (Source for forgoing: "100th Anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt and Naturalist John Muir's Visit at Yosemite National Park" - National Park Service Press Release (May 15, 2003). The Alaska book and the Yosemite book, dear John, must be written, and you need to be your own self, well and strong to make them worthy of you. The Strentzel portraits hang in the County Museum in Martinez. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." A copy of their Marriage Certificate, signed by Dr. Dwinell and witness Mrs. M.A. Strentzel Hanna: Deceased. John Muir was 76 years old when he died in a Los Angeles hospital on December 24th, 1914. "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. "After a whole day in the woods, we are already immortal." Find a Nature Journaling Mentor Near You! His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness. "Mama was the perfect helpmate,", Louie enjoyed ranch living and, with the help of the ranch foreman, was able to make sure the cultivating and planting was done in the spring. Unfortunately, her poor health made attending school difficult. Dana and Gibbs, and down Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake (with John Swett and J.B. McChesney, 1875), Mt. Louisa Wanda Strentzel was born in Texas in 1847. It was during this time that Muir realized that he loved nature more than anything else and decided that instead of going to medical school as he had originally planned, he wanted to study botany. Muir continued publishing articles and essays in various journals, newspapers, and magazine, and around 1875 he began to focus more and more on issues of conservation. He looks for mysteries, plays with ideas, and seeks connections in all he sees. For there wasn't one of us that could not walk comfortably twenty miles, or if necessary, do anything that has to be done around a camp from cooking a camp meal to packing a mule.. The painting did rescue Muir from a dismal, aploogetic, beginning, and during the lecture, Muir pronounced it "as topographically correct as it is beautiful and artistic.". Louie first met John Muir on September 15, 1874, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Carr in Oakland. Thanks to Muir's vision, you can visit over 400 National Park Service sites. Muir's wife, whom he married on April 14, 1880. Begins 1000 mile walk to Florida and then to Cuba. He is a 2010 TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow with the National Audubon Society. He was given the 2020 Bay Nature Local Hero award for his work in environmental education. Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights | A month later, Congress designated Yosemite a national park. The oldest son, Muir Funk, did not because his first name was Muir. He was the 2013 Natures Inspiration Honoree, Committee for Green Foothills. Sierra Club and "Explore, enjoy and protect the planet" are registered trademarks of the Sierra Club. ", 2. Louisiana helped run the family business by managing the Chinese workers who cooked the meals and worked in the orchards. John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is an artist, naturalist and nature journaling mentor. "I might have become a millionaire, but I chose to become a tramp!" whom he married on April 14, 1880. In March of 1903 Muir and Roosevelt met and went camping high above Yosemite Valley. He traveled to Canada where he collected and recorded botanical specimens. Miss Mary Atkins became the principal in 1854 and was placed in full control in January 1855. "It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter." Muir's passion for nature brought him to every continent except Antarctica. | Alphabetical Index He is the author of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016) and The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012). Friends close to the Muirs described her as "the mainstay of the Muir household" and noted that "if not for her understanding and willingness to unselfishly forgo demands on John's time, the work he did for Yosemite Valley might have been diminished. They were interested in the violin, guitar, and piano and needed to practice. Our National Parks, 4202 Alhambra Ave Settling down to some measure of domestic life, Muir went into partnership with his father-in-law and managed the family fruit ranch with great success. It drives its victims in flocks, repressing the growth of individuality. Several Keith paintings hung in the Muir ranch house, including Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, Mt. Muir urged people to write politicians and "make their lives wretched until they do what is right by the woods." In addition to her affection for growing things, she was interested in astronomy, poetry, and music. Around the same time, Louisiana fell ill and was bedridden for over 3 years. He is a naturalist, artist, and educator who has dedicated his work to connecting people to nature through art and science. CLUB." He bought land and became a fruit rancher so that he could hold a steady occupation to support their family. In 1877 Mary Atkins returned to Benicia from Ohio and reopened the old Randall house as a school for girls. John Muir left for Madison, Wisconsin, in 1860 to exhibit his inventions at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society Fair. - John Muir. John Muir's Father-in-Law. He experienced fantastic adventures - climbing a 100-foot tree in a thunderstorm, inching across a narrow ice bridge in Alaska, and spending a night in a blizzard on Mt. Even though his father disapproved of his inventions, Muir continued in his pursuits and in 1860 Muir took some of them to a fair where he gained some attention and local celebrity for his ingenuity. She came to California via Panama in 1853. 94553, Download the official NPS app before your next visit, During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt signed into existence five national parks, 18 natio. "I have always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. (Only granddaughter) Keith's Mt. "Both ocean and sky are already about as rosy as possible the one with stars, the other with dulse, and foam, and wild light." The makeshift altar was decorated with white Astrakhan apple blossoms. In this issue we discuss one of these friends, landscape artist William Keith. Helen married Buel Alvin Funk in October 1909. In 1880 Dwinell married Louie and John. From there, he crossed the Canadian border and kept . Jean Hanna deLipkau Clark - deceased. However, with the election of Woodrow Wilson in 1912, both the senate and the president approved the bill to build a dam in Hetch Hetchy. There she met her husband, Buell Funk, and together they had four children. Dr. Strentzel gave the newlyweds 20 acres of land and the Strentzel home to live in when they were married the following year. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." Much of their correspondence is recorded in Letters from a Friend. "The battle for conservation must go on endlessly. Lyell, painted from sketches done on the 1872 trip to the upper Tuolumne area with John Muir, is in the St. Mary's collection. "Therefore we are all, in some sense, mountaineers, and going to the mountains is going home." "It's always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. John Muir Laws provides some geologic context for this artwork by Tony Foster depicting an ancient stratovolcano high up in the Andes and reveals artistic insights about painting shadows and reflections. "It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple woods in autumn, when the sun gold is richest." Steep Trails, 13. John Muir is remembered largely as a conservationist and as a bit of a naturalist philosopher, always wandering in the wilderness. Appleseeds 13.7 (2011): 6. He then went to work in a factory in Indianapolis where he worked his way up until 1867 when he had an accident that left him temporarily blind. Smithsonian 39.4 (2008): 48. It . After he split ways with his travel companion, Muir visited the gigantic sequoias of the region and marveled at their incredible height. Steep Trails (about the Grand Canyon), 14. (From the February, 1996 issue of The View from John Muir's Window, the John Muir Memorial Association Newsletter.) 1. In May 1870 he announced that the next YLS semester would begin August 2 at the new location. Today, many of her descendants continue her legacy of service through involvement in environmental organizations. John of the Mountains, 9. The family moved to California during the 1849 Gold Rush, enduring many harrowing experiences before settling along the Tuolumne River and establishing a ferry, a hotel and a general store. When the revolution failed the following year, John Strentzel was forced to flee his homeland and move to Hungary. Bob Hanna: Deceased. Mrs. Carr was the wife of one of Muir's professors at the University of Wisconsin and the two corresponded for several decades. Soon Louie began to sell off the ranch property to lessen the burden. Keith wrote in his journal that "When we got to Mount Lyell, it was the grandest thing I ever saw. Helen died in Spokane, Washington, on June 17, 1964. Find (or start) a Nature Journal Club Near You! He kept several scrapbooks on Polish achievements and entertained many Polish artists and writers, among who were Henry Sienkiewicz, author of Quo Vadis, and the famous Polish actress, Madame Modjeska. John Muir Laws Nature Stewardship Through Science, Education, and Art "Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. She is buried next to her husband, Buel Alvin Funk in the Bellevue Memorial Cemetery in Ontario, California. She bought numerous train magazines and hoped to one day become a mechanical engineer. Wanda married Thomas Hanna in 1906. In 1859 Louie's formal education began as a day student at Miss Atkins Young Ladies Seminary across the Bay in Benicia. Her letters to her father often included updates about the family and life on the fruit ranch. A copy of the Strentzel's invitation to the Annual Examination of the Pupils survives. On one occasion he saved the life of a man who had been struck in the head with a pickaxe. New York: Putnam, 1972. He is a regular contributor to Bay Nature magazine with his Naturalists Notebook column. Muir's wife, Certainly, she was not inclined to camp out on an Alaskan glacier or even to take a walk in the hills nearby their Alhambra Valley home. Contact Us | In 1882, Dr. Strentzel built a 17-room mansion on a knoll overlooking his vast orchards, about a mile from his original home. Proposed to Louie Strentzel; First Alaska trip with S. Hall Young; discovery of Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier. In 1882, . John Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. John Muirs mother-in-law, Louisiana Erwin Strentzel, demonstrated the spirit and courage women needed to survive life as American Pioneers. Daughter Helen's July 1963 letter contains a rare look at Louie and forms much of what we know about Louie. In 1876 he built Granger's Wharf and warehouses into the Carquinez Straight portion of the Sacramento River off the Martinez shore. Trained as a wildlife biologist and an associate of the California Academy of Sciences, he observes the world with rigorous attention. Another son, Walter, who died in 2004, told an interviewer that he had every book written by his famous grandfather and many written about him by other authors. Louie was the daughter of Dr. John Strentzel, a noted horticulturalist in the Alhambra Valley of California. The key to developing a closer connection with nature is deliberately enhancing your powers of observation and wonder. From an early age, his parents instilled in him a deep love and respect for nature. Bob Hanna - deceased. Jean Hanna deLipkau Clark - deceased. for the buildings and property and became owner as well as principal. Although Muir had planned to remain home as a much as possible, a few months later he took the rare opportunity to sail to the Arctic and spend a few months visiting Inuit villages and collecting botanical specimens. John Muir played many roles in his life, all of which helped him succeed in his role as an advocate for Nature. From this point, Muir decided to pursue his glacial theory and he wrote an essay, "Yosemite Glaciers" which was published in the New York Tribune in 1871. Wanda wrote to her mother in 1902 from a Sierra Club outing with her father, Yesterday we had a meeting of college women here in campisn't it a fine answer to the people who say that college girls are weak and good for nothing generally? She was fifty-eight years old. Richard Hanna - deceased 5/9/92. Between 1875 and 1879 Mrs. Jeanne Carr was a frequent visitor to the Strentzels. From there, Muir traveled with a companion he met on the boat to Yosemite Valley. Richard Hanna: Deceased 5/9/92. John Muir Laws @JohnMuirLaws 39.8K subscribers Subscribe http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/ Home Videos Shorts Live Playlists Community Channels About Search Nature Drawing Play all Instructional. It was late in October, and at an elevation of 10,000 fttet. His work has been nationally recognized. John Muir developed a diverse set of longtime friends from many different walks of life: educators, scientists, writers, philosophers, artists, mountaineers, and confidants. Muir next made his way south towards Florida's gulf coast. 14202, Download the official NPS app before your next visit. For example, in Keith's early career, he included great detail in his paintings and worked hard, following John Ruskin's admonition "to copy nature," to recreate the scene with great accuracy. John regarded Louie as a "loving, sympathetic wife." Ever your wife, Louie." It was an honor to the school." John Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Strentzel Hanna - deceased. Muir did not relegate Louie to an anonymous life in the background -- this is what she herself preferred. Louie was a wonderful musician, wife, mother, ranch manager and helpmate. It was not until 1879 that he finally proposed to her. During their engagement, Muir traveled northward and visited the Puget Sound, taking a boat from Oregon to British Colombia. Her sister was Wanda Muir Hanna (1881 - 1942). 641 Delaware Avenue John of the Mountains, 11. Over the years, that love has grown into a commitment to stewardship and a passion to share the delight of exploring nature with others. He teaches free, weekly online workshops on nature journaling techniques and supports teachers and parents develop best practices to teach nature journaling to kids and adults. Inspired by his trip with Muir, Roosevelt set aside more than 230 million acres of public land - an area bigger than the size of Texas - that included five national parks and 18 national monuments. 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