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The John Muir Newsletter, Winter 2006/2007 University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons John Muir Newsletters John Muir Papers Winter 12-1-2006 The ohnJ Muir Newsletter, Winter 2006/2007 The ohnJ Muir Center for Environmental Studies Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmn Part of the American Studies Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation The oJ hn Muir Center for Environmental Studies, "The oJ hn Muir Newsletter, Winter 2006/2007" (2006). John Muir Newsletters. 85. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmn/85 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the John Muir Papers at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in John Muir Newsletters by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TH£ JOHN MUIR NEWSLETTER TWO CALIFORNIA LIONS: JOHN MUIR & LUTHER BURBANK by Roberta M. McDow, Stockton, CA have long wanted to know you," John Muir wrote the time to pursue them. To him, plants were objects from his home in Martinez, California on January of beauty and love in the wild, but breeding them to I 6, 1910. "Strange how people so near are so long produce more and better food was not his vocation. kept apart."1 His message accompanied a receipt Yet Muir and Burbank had interests in common dated December 29, 1909 for five dollars, about one and in some ways their lives almost mirrored each hundred in today's currency, contributed to the other. Muir, born in Dunbar, Scotland on April21, Society for the Preservation of National Parks? 1838, was about eleven years older than Burbank.6 A day later, Muir's letter arrived at its destination The latter was born at Lancaster, Massachusetts on in Santa Rosa. The recipient was Luther Burbank. March 7, 1849, the same year the Muir family Burbank had lived in the area since 1875 when, as a immigrated to America. 7 Through his mother, young man of twenty-six, he left Massachusetts to Burbank was also of Scottish ancestry. 8 Both men join his brother Alfred.3 He thought his brother had lived about seventy-seven years, Muir shy of that settled on "the chosen spot of all this earth as far number by four months, Burbank over it by one.9 as Nature is concerned .... "4 Here he put down his By 1910, Burbank had resided in Sonoma County roots and began his life's work in horticulture. for thirty-five years. Muir had lived in neighboring Two decades earlier and less than forty miles Contra Costa County for thirty. Both married away, John Strentzel had purchased land near relatively late in life: Muir to Louie Strentzel in 1880, Martinez where he grew a variety of fruit trees in when he was forty-two, 10 Burbank to his first wife search of the most suitable for the region. But all Helen Coleman in 1890 when he was forty-one. 11 experimentation ceased when Strentzel's son-in-law, The formal education of both men ended before John Muir, became the manager of the Alhambra they received degrees. Muir studied at the University Valley property. 5 Muir's goals were to provide for his family, finance his own scientific inquiries and have (continued on page 5) page 1 geothermal activity; (4) to chronicle environmental practices of native and settler colonists. Muir was especially impressed with the the giant Kuari trees north of MUIR CENTER DIRECTOR SWAGERTY Auckland, the thermal/geyser basins near Rotorua, the Mt. FOLLOWS MUIR'S FOOTSTEPS "DOWN UNDER" Cook region in the Southern Alps, and the botanical From March 19 to April 29, Bill Swagerty followed gardens in Christchurch. John Muir's 1903-04 trek to New Zealand and Australia. Working with Professor Lex Chalmers of the A warded a Fulbright Senior Specialist grant, Swagerty University ofWaikato's Department of Geography, lectured at University of W aikato in Hamilton and at Swagerty is currently preparing for publication in this Victoria University, both on the North Island. Three of his newsletter "World Tour, Part V," which will focus on talks focused on Muir: :Origins of John Muir's Muir's journal from his New Zealand experience. Professor Environmentalism;" "John Muir's Life and Legacy;" and Chalmers has visited the John Muir Papers at Pacific and is "John Muir in New Zealand." currently editing the transcript with annotations on the The trip began and ended in Auckland, New Zealand's exact route taken in 1904, a trip that has baffled previous •' largest city and a place Muir entered by steamer in January, attempts at reconstruction. 1904, returning after an extensive tour overland ofboth Once the entire World Tour has been published by the north and south islands by rail, stage, boat, and on foot. Center, plans are in the works to put all together in the form of a booklet for broader distribution. This publication will also contain Muir's post-trip notes on the implications of his year-long circumnavigation that took him from California to the east coast, to Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and many island communities of the Pacific. The ultimate goal is to have a new, accurate map of his trip, a tidy transcript from his journals, and a useable research tool for students of Muir interested in this little known year in his life. THE JOHN MUIR NmNSU:TT£R Volume 17, Number 1 Winter 2006/2007 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE JOHN MUIR CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STIJDIES UNIVERSITY OF THE PAC!FlC, STOCKTON, CA 95211 +STAFF + DIRECTOR.. .... ............................ W.R. SWAGERTY EDITOR ....... .................... .. ..•.. W.R. SWAGERTY PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ..•... MARJLYN NORTON Bill Swagerty with the largest tree in New Zealand, the Kuari named "Tane Mahuta" meaning "God of the Forest." Unless otherwise noted, Muir did not see this tree, but was in the general area all photographic reprocfudions are courtesy ofthe John Muir Papers, Holt-Atherton Department ofSpecial Collections within the Waipoua Forest. University of the Pacific Libraries. Copyright/984 Muir-Hanna Trust Muir's purpose was fourfold: (1) to locate and compare the This Newsletter is printed on recycled paper world's largest trees; (2) to collect specimens of flowers and phnts native only to Australasia; (3) to observe page2 John Muir Disrupts A Seance principles as auides throuah life were believers and followers of these spirit rappers. I have remarked the same thin8 in all classes By Michael Wurtz of society wherever I have been in any part of the world- that Archivist, Holt-Atherton Special Collections with exception of a few philosophers who study this mysterious University of the Pacific Library phenomena in search of the basic truth that I have referred to It appears that John Muir admits to only a few above, all that is real in such humbua must rest on natural laws. "supernatural" experiences in his life. One of them is Only once in my life was I ever led to attend what is called accounted for in My First Summer in the Sierra, Chapter 7, a seance. When snow drove me out of the mountains, for several where Muir was "suddenly, and without warning, years I spent the winters in writin8 up my notes in Oakland or San possessed with the notion that my friend, Professor J.D. Francisco. On my arrival from my summer's work I usually called Butler, of the State University of Wisconsin, was below me in the valley." Indeed, Butler was in the valley and Muir on friends who took an interest in my studies. One of these friends, found him immediately. Later, Muir continued to wonder after enquirin8 about the kind of su=er I had had, and what new about what had happened. "It seems supernatural, but only discoveries I had made, informed me that one of my acquaintances because it is not understood. Anyhow, it seems silly to had be=me very much interested in spiritualism, with its rappinas make so much of it, while the natural and common is more and such-like manifestations. Meetina this acquaintance, he said: truly marvelous and mysterious than the so-called "Muir, I wish you would come to my wife's sister's home toni3ht. supernatural." There will be quite a little party there of your friends, who will be Perhaps supernaturally, I found what appears to be alad to See you. yOU will have the advan taae of seeina a aood an unpublished account of John Muir ending up unexpectedly at a seance (Microfilm 45 Frame 11201 or many at one time." I said: "But what are you aoin8 to do? I hope you Series Three, Box 15, Folder 17c, Part 3, Notebooks­ are not aoina to raise rappin8 spirits, for that is a kind of published and precursor works- unpublished works, phenomena that I am not interested in." He replied: "Oh! Nothin8 miscellaneous notes- 1903 to ca. 1910 -Autobiographical of that kind. we are just aoina to meet toaether in a friendly way. sketches: from leaving university to about 1906, c1908, You be sure to come." I said: "Well, if that is all I shallao aladly, p444): but I assure you beforehand that I wouldn't ao the lenath of my MYSTERIOUS THINGS foot to see tables and chahs jumpin8 around. I think that if the so­ called spirits were real and they actually were able to make Notwithstandina the maanificent views opened by science tables dance with a dozen fat men upon them, my opinion is that into the universe, everythin8 still ends in mystery and infinity. All such spirits must be a bad set and mi8ht be in better business.
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