Several Keith paintings hung in the Muir ranch house, including Yosemite, Tuolumne Meadows, Mt. 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. In 1880, a commemorative committee presented Dr. Strentzel with a document honoring him for his participation in the 1830 Polish National Uprising. His ideas on saving land changed how the United States viewed wilderness. Also, while Muir was gone, Louie managed the fruit ranch very capably, handled the finances and bookkeeping, and even sent checks to cover Muir's hotel bills. John (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. She had six children: John Hanna - lives in Napa, CA (as of 2004) 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. As it turned out, Willie and Johnnie, as they soon called each other, were born in the same year in Scotland. "JOHN MUIR's Yosemite." In 1890, unchecked grazing, logging and tourism were damaging Yosemite. John Muir Laws' How to Teach Nature Journaling (co-authored by Emilie Lygren) is the first-ever comprehensive book devoted to helping educators use nature journaling as an inspiring teaching tool to engage young people with wild places. Laws is the founder and host of the Nature Journal Club, a family-friendly, intergenerational community that connects with nature through art and field journaling. In March of 1903 Muir and Roosevelt met and went camping high above Yosemite Valley. Muir was first most interested in pursuing botanical conversations with Louie's father, but his interests eventually turned romantic for his daughter. He wrote "only Uncle Sam" could save our country's land for future generations to enjoy, an idea that led to the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. In 1877 Mary Atkins returned to Benicia from Ohio and reopened the old Randall house as a school for girls. We have a commodious house with pleasant surroundings, in the midst of orchards and vineyards in full view of Martinez and Benicia". Jean Hanna deLipkau Clark - deceased. Helen died in Spokane, Washington, on June 17, 1964. 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. He is a naturalist, artist, and educator who has dedicated his work to connecting people to nature through art and science. 1. "No amount of word-making will ever make a single soul to 'know' these mountains. They began correspondence in 1865. Wanda: March 25, 1881 - July, 1942 (age 60) Cyrus Mills, a graduate of the Union Theological Seminary in New York, met Miss Atkins in Hawaii while the latter was on vacation there. "It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter. Muir's descriptions of glaciers and sequoias brought the beauty of nature to readers nationwide. Steep Trails, 7. Her letters to her father often included updates about the family and life on the fruit ranch. Muir, however, wanted the area of the Yosemite region that was currently a state park to become a national one. They became close friends for the next forty years, until Keith's death in 1911. The two exchanged vows at her parents' home. Dr. Strentzel bought 20 acres of land to experiment with a variety of fruit-growing techniques. Bob Hanna - deceased. It drives its victims in flocks, repressing the growth of individuality." Drawn by the gold rush in 1849, the Strentzels packed up their belongings and children and joined a wagon train along a harrowing journey west to California. His curiosity carried him further to California and Alaska, where he tracked the movements of glaciers. After bouts of pneumonia and tuberculosis, Helen moved south to Daggett, CA. Louie was educated at Miss Adkins' Young Ladies Seminary in Benicia. In September 1865, John Muir wrote to a friend, "How intensely I desire to be a Humboldt!". Dr. John Strentzel was born in Lublin, Poland, November 29, 1813. After Funk died in a tragic automobile accident at the age of 47, (1934) Helen and three of her sons changed their name from Funk to Muir - in 1940. Muir got a job breaking horses at a ranch and then soon afterwards got a job as a shepherd. . While John was in Seattle, Louie wrote him a letter dated August 9, 1888. The doctor bought 20 acres of land and used his Hungarian vineyard knowledge to begin experimenting with a wide variety of grapes, fruit and nut trees, as well as ornamental plantings. He began to gain mechanical skills and made a few small inventions, even making his own alarm clock. 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. She came to California in 1849, the same year that John Muir was coming to Wisconsin from Scotland. "We all grieved for her," Helen told a reporter for the Pasadena Star-News. Careers |
Muir Funk - deceased. In March of 1881, Louie gave birth to a daughter they named Annie. ", 2. He teaches nature study and natural history workshops that incorporate illustration and scientific note-taking as a means to greater observation, memory, and curiosity. 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. Later that became known facetiously as the Music Room. With a plant press in his backpack, Muir walked more than 1,000 miles from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico, gathering specimens along the way. 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. There is nothing that has a right to be considered besides this except the welfare of our children.". 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. whom he married on April 14, 1880. Jean Hanna deLipkau Clark - deceased. In 1880, he married Louie Wanda Strentzel and moved to Martinez, California , where they raised their two daughters, Wanda and Helen. by. John Muir's friend and mentor. Muir was an adventurous and active child who loved playing outdoors. Miss Mary Atkins became the principal in 1854 and was placed in full control in January 1855. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. Over the years, that love has grown into a commitment to stewardship and a passion to share the delight of exploring nature with others. This brief paper is a tribute to Louie and to the help and support she gave her husband in his work. John of the Mountain, 15. John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is an artist, naturalist and nature journaling mentor. You'll think you're back in the mountains. (Only granddaughter) "The sun shines not on us but in us." Began to publish articles in leading magazines. Roosevelt was very impressed with Muir, and the experience re-enforced his conservationist stance. Contact Us |
Clear rating. 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. He began acting as an advisor to the National Forestry Commission that President Cleveland created in 1896. Muir seized the opportunity "to do some forest good in talking freely around the campfire," and the President, referring to John Muir, is quoted as saying "Of course of all the people in the world, he was the one with whom it was best worthwhile thus to see the Yosemite.". Wanda. Louie Muir saw God in nature, and his Christian upbringing translated into a deeply spiritual connection to the places he loved. ", 8. (From the February, 1996 issue of The View from John Muir's Window, the John Muir Memorial Association Newsletter.) Helen ill, Adamana, Arizona for recovery; death of Louie Strentzel Muir, August 6. He traveled by boat to Cuba with the ultimate goal of going to Brazil's Amazon rainforest. 5:15 Sketchbook Reviews John Muir Laws 37K. Louie Muir died on August 6, 1905, and is buried with John, her parents, a brother, a sister and Uncle Henry in the Strentzel/Muir cemetery about a mile from the National Historic Site. 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. The Hearst Art Gallery at St. Mary's College in Moraga has a collection of 150 Keiths, and a permanent exhibition of a small portion of these can be seen in the Keith room at the Gallery. It . In particular, he discovered his love for botany and was heavily influenced by the writings of naturalist philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Daughter Helen's July 1963 letter contains a rare look at Louie and forms much of what we know about Louie. Much of their correspondence is recorded in Letters from a Friend. Louisa Wanda Strentzel was born in Texas in 1847. John Muir (born Buel Funk) - b. June 28, 1914. d. April 23, 1973 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. While she suffered great losses, illnesses, and hardships, she protected and supported her family on its journey to a life of contented prosperity. Find a Nature Journaling Mentor Near You! Dr. Strentzel's fortunes increased over the years as demand for his produce grew. Hoffman, Tuolumne Meadows, Soda Springs, Mts. She came to California via Panama in 1853. The death of the Strentzel's son, John, in 1857, was a crushing blow to the family. 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. Laws describes the science behind why leaves change colors and shares his favorite insights about this powerful piece. Childhood & Early Life. Called "America's Best Idea," the United States' unique system of protecting natural and cultural heritage spurred other countries to do the same. Between 1875 and 1879 Mrs. Jeanne Carr was a frequent visitor to the Strentzels. This standards-based, curriculum is student-tested and teacher approved and merges science, language arts, and visual arts by teaching students to keep a nature journal. On April 14th, 1880, at the age of 41, John Muir finally married Louie. ", 13. She was devoted to her parents, however, and chose to remain with them on their fruit ranch, helping them run their large and thriving business. A copy of their Marriage Certificate, signed by Dr. Dwinell and witness Mrs. M.A. Louie Strentzel took the ferry "Carquinez" each day over and back. "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. "Therefore we are all, in some sense, mountaineers, and going to the mountains is going home. Miss Atkins noted that the "Examination passed very creditably. John Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. 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. Each day each student was graded, and Louie's report from March 12, 1860, by Mary Atkins, survives. What we know about Louie's music comes from her mother's diary and from some of Louie's sheet music returned to the John Muir National Historic Site by granddaughter Jean Hanna Clark. Keith, an epicure, also wrote that Muir was a poor provider on their outings, and that he tired of bread, dried meat, and sugarless coffee. As America's most famous naturalist and conservationist, Muir fought to protect the wild places he loved, places we can still visit today. 2. Wanda participated in many civic activities, following in her grandmothers and mothers footsteps. The system is creative, rigorous, and playful, easy to begin and learn, and will grow and mature over a lifetime. Louie first met John Muir on September 15, 1874, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Carr in Oakland. John Swett bought ranch adjoining Muir holdings.Birth of Wanda Muir; third trip to Alaska aboard the Corwin. John Muir Laws offers his artistic and naturalist perepsctives about this coral reef artwork by Tony Foster, elucidating how the artist has achieved a rich, dynamic, colorful underwater scene with watercolors. He had a very strict and religious upbringing and was able to recite the whole of the New Testament and the Old Testament by . When the revolution failed the following year, John Strentzel was forced to flee his homeland and move to Hungary. 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. He is a research associate of the California Academy of Sciences. Although there were other available places for San Francisco to build a reservoir, it was viewed as the cheapest option because it was already government-owned land. more information on current conditions April 21, John Muir born in Dunbar, Scotland. After he traveled through the Sequoia belt of the Sierra Nevada, he became impassioned to save them from loggers that were destroying the forests. The third night of camping was at the edge Bridalveil Meadow in Yosemite Valley, where President Roosevelt was Muir's captive audience to hear a convincing plea for Yosemite wilderness and for setting aside other areas in the United States for park purposes. From there, Muir determined that he had to remain among the Sierra Mountains and managed to become employed at a sawmill that cut up dead trees in the valley, which was owned by James M. Hutchings who ran the hotel in Yosemite Valley, While in this position, Muir frequently interacted with the tourists and provided his expertise and opinions on the valley. John Muir - deceased. Wanda and Mt. He spent six weeks hiking around the region and journaled extensively about what he saw, expressing joy in every page. Inspired by his luminary, the famed Briton mountaineer Stephen Venables, Tony traveled to Tibet to paint. Muir chided him to put the detail back in. Louie recognized this and unselfishly encouraged him to follow his heart. "Civilization has not much to brag about. John Muir was born in Scotland in 1838, one of eight children of Daniel Muir and his second wife Ann Gilrye. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. Strentzel never forgot his Polish heritage. In 1871, Muir was able to meet his idol, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the man whose philosophies Muir had obsessively read in his college days. Trip to Mt.Rainier; editor and contributor of Picturesque California, two volumes. "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. She became fascinated with trains and plastered her room with posters from the train companies, learned the timetables, and watched for expected trains coming around the mountain. John Muir Laws dives into the many elements in this coastal artwork by artist-explorer Tony Foster, highlighting differences between the dynamic, wet-in-wet skyscape, gently glazed coastal cliffs and vivid blue ocean. Louie was a wonderful musician, wife, mother, ranch manager and helpmate. In 1880, John Muir married Strentzel's only surviving daughter, Louisa. 4.46 avg rating 48 ratings 3 editions. Perhaps Dr. Strentzel's last years can best be described in his own words. CLUB." John and Louie ", 3. Stickeen Published (John's only children story). Two years later, in 1916, the National Parks Service was created to regulate the national parks. for the buildings and property and became owner as well as principal. She had for years been trying to match up Louie and John, and in 1879 the pressure became intense, with Mrs. Carr working over the two of them separately. He is a regular contributor to Bay Nature magazine with his Naturalists Notebook column. Mills' friend Dr. I.E. ", 9. At the age of 10, the family moved to the United States where they purchased an 80-acre tract of land near Portage, Wisconsin that Muir loved exploring. "Of course, there were roses of all kinds, but the great thicket of single Cherokee roses were by far the sweetest; and there were jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender, lilies, wisteria, magnolias, and heliotrope. Probably Louie couldn't play the piano when he was working, and likely she did most of her playing while he was gone. In 1903, Roosevelt visited Muir in Yosemite. Jack talks about how paying sustained, compassionate attention to nature, and to the . Ross Hanna: Lives in Dixon, CA (as of 2004) A copy of the Strentzel's invitation to the Annual Examination of the Pupils survives. They were interested in the violin, guitar, and piano and needed to practice. Muir's writings and the places he fought to protect continue to inspire people worldwide to discover and connect with nature. Muir replied that he did, and two days later led the a group of five (Muir, Keith, Irwin Benoni, Thomas Ross, and Merrill Moores) to the upper Tuolumne River area. Muir and the doctor were mutually impressed with each other, and a warm friendship began. He is the author of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016) and The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012). Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Teachers Conference, Sun Shadows: exploring the solstice and equinox, Reviews- The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling, Reviews-The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. The valley was completely destroyed and Muir was completely devastated by the results. The 2nd Edition Opening the World through Journaling: Integrating art, science, and language arts, is written for CNPS by John Muir Laws, Emilie Lygren, Emily Brueunig, and Celeste Lopez. 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. While John Muir may have lost the battle to save Hetch Hetchy, he played the pre-eminent role in preserving Yosemite Valley and his scientific theory about glaciers forming the valley has been proven to be correct. On one occasion he saved the life of a man who had been struck in the head with a pickaxe. 14 talking about this. Strentzel was born in Poland, but after the unsuccessful Polish revolution of 1830, fled to Hungary. Taft was also convinced and protected the valley during his term. He also began his medical studies at the University of Pesth, Hungary, and received his diploma in 1839. Although there were other available places for San Francisco to build a reservoir, it was viewed as the cheapest option because it was already government-owned land. Louie graduated in May 1864. It was not until 1879 that he finally proposed to her. By 1888 they had earned enough money from fruit ranching that they decided to sell the ranch in order so that Muir could return to his true love of exploring the wilderness, doing research, and writing. So much has been made of Muir's life that Louie's life and contributions are hardly known. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Here he gained knowledge of vineyard culture and the wine trade. 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. Martinez He encountered both bears and natives, and he climbed several mountains and explored meadows. Muir's advocacy helped create several national parks, including Sequoia (1890), Mount Rainier (1899) and Grand Canyon (1908). John Muir's Daughter. In his excitement, he even climbed a very dangerous ridge by a waterfall and clung onto the rock face just so he could get closer to the water. Start now: you can do this, and the world is waiting. Inspired by his luminary, wife Ann Foster, Tony traveled to the Maldives to paint dramatic equatorial sunsets. The two exchanged vows at her parents' home. He began to get support for his research and studied more and more about the glaciers of the Sierra Nevada. His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness. Rate this book. Left home to exhibit his inventions at State Agriculture Fair in Madison, Wisconsin; brief jobs; enrolls at the University of Wisconsin. After he split ways with his travel companion, Muir visited the gigantic sequoias of the region and marveled at their incredible height. He looks for mysteries, plays with ideas, and seeks connections in all he sees. Dr. Carr later became a professor at University of California, and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. When she was born in 1881, Muir wrote, I am now the happiest man in the world. Shortly after Wandas birth, and at Louies persuasion, Muir left for Alaska writing the first of many letters to her demonstrating his longing for home and family. ", 7. From there, Muir traveled with a companion he met on the boat to Yosemite Valley. We must all be willing to let go of our hypotheses as quickly as we make them, for fifteen feet down the trail, further evidence may disprove or current thinking. During their engagement, Muir traveled northward and visited the Puget Sound, taking a boat from Oregon to British Colombia. Among her letters which encouraged John back to the mountains is the one from August 9, 1888, letter which he received in Seattle just after a climb of Mt. His funeral was held in the Muir House. Dr. Dwinell was known to both families: He founded the Sacramento Literary Institute to which Muir lectured in 1876 and 1879; and he was a good friend of Cyrus Mills who purchased the YLS from Miss Atkins in 1865 and who later founded Mills College in Oakland. En Espaol |
Website Help. John Muir left for Madison, Wisconsin, in 1860 to exhibit his inventions at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society Fair. John Muir was 76 years old when he died in a Los Angeles hospital on December 24th, 1914. 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. On a very stormy April 14, 1880, they were married in the Strentzel's white house with white Astrakan apple blossoms decorating the home. She also enjoyed writing her own stories and her father hoped that she might follow in his footsteps. John Muir Laws unpacks this painting of Mont Blanc from an artistic, technical perspective to help us understand how Tony Foster composed this alluring artwork. Muir did not relegate Louie to an anonymous life in the background -- this is what she herself preferred. Daughter Helen's July 1963 letter contains a rare look at Louie and forms much of what we know about Louie. 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. Shortly afterward on Christmas Eve, 1914, John Muir died of pneumonia. During his young adulthood his father forced him to memorize the majority of the Bible, which later had a large influence on his writing. He needed more time in the mountains, away from civilization. Today, many of her descendants continue her legacy of service through involvement in environmental organizations. ", Louie supported her husband's explorations and writings, and worried about his health. Wanda married Thomas Hanna in 1906. Happy holidays! He leads nature journal workshops and field trips for practitioners and teachers. His family was well-to-do, and able to provide a life of "being attended with all desirable comforts". He told the interviewer, "The more I study him and the things he did, the more amazed I am. Muir took full advantage of the opportunity, calling for Roosevelt's help to save the trees and preserve the natural beauty of the region. Eventually he relegated the girls' practicing to the soundproof brick room supporting the water tank at the rear of the house. "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." This Joint Resolution accepted the recession by the State of California of the Yosemite Valley Grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, now the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, which withdrew them from state protection and put them under federal protection, making them part of Yosemite National Park. He also found time to be a school trustee and president of the Martinez Gas and Electric Company. Camping on the edge of Yosemite Valley, he was enthralled like never before. John Muir is remembered largely as a conservationist and as a bit of a naturalist philosopher, always wandering in the wilderness. Alaska trip to Muir Glacier; death of Dr. Strentzel;Muir family move to mansion. John Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Lyell, painted from sketches done on the 1872 trip to the upper Tuolumne area with John Muir, is in the St. Mary's collection. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace. In 1884 Louie accompanied her husband to Yosemite Valley. Mrs. Carr was the wife of one of Muir's professors at the University of Wisconsin and the two corresponded for several decades. Married to Galloway, David - husband of Sarah Muir (1828 - 1884) Muir, Daniel (Dan) - (b. June 29, 1843; died on January 24,1923). Muir's wife, There is no computer program that can replicate the richness of seeing a flower up close, the intrigue of geeking out with bugs, or the calm of laying on your back and watching clouds. "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out until sundown, for going out I found, was really going in." @JohnMuirLaws 39.7K subscribers http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/ Nature Drawing Play all Instructional videos on drawing and sketching in nature. During his ten years on the ranch, he continued to travel when time permitted. Smithsonian 39.4 (2008): 48. MasterFILE Premier. He is a, a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. The entire program is free and supported by donations and grants. A second daughter, Lotta, was born in 1851 but lived only four months. "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. One night, five inches of snow fell, and the president arose to white flakes on his blankets. 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'. Son of the Wilderness, 16. That same year Dr. Strentzel was organizing the Alhambra Grange, an association of local farmers. The Sierra Club also continued its work, even preventing dams from being built in the Grand Canyon in the 1960s. In 1853, the family moved to the Alhambra Valley near the town of Martinez, California. In 1859 Louie's formal education began as a day student at Miss Atkins Young Ladies Seminary across the Bay in Benicia. At the time, it must have seemed a pipe dream. Nature offers us peace, a rich and meaningful place to learn. Find a Nature Journaling Mentor Near You! Dr. John Strentzel was born in Lublin, Poland, November 29, 1813. The makeshift altar was decorated with white Astrakhan apple blossoms. FREE ADMISSION | OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, Copyright 2021 Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation, The Foster, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA 94303. MasterFILE Premier. Like her Victorian peers, Louisiana documented her experiences in letters and journals. ", 11. He is buried beside Mrs. Muir in a small family cemetery about one mile south of the home. Muir and Keith enjoyed serveral other outings together, including the Tuolumne Canyon (with Mrs. Carr and Albert Kellogg, 1873); Yosemite Creek, Lake Tenaya, past Mt. He made his way to Niagara Falls and decided to delay his return to the U.S. to avoid the Civil War draft. He is the founder and host of the Bay Area Nature Journal Club, monthly free nature sketching workshops, field trips, and events, connecting people with nature through art. More biographical information on William Keith, from the Sierra Club website. 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