Geography & History: May 2005 Archives

Following my trip to Yosemite in 2003 I read a few books by John Muir. It was then I learned he was from Wisconsin. I don't know how that fact had eluded me while taking Wisconsin history in grade school but somehow it did. The Wisconsin Historical Society has posted a number of John Muir's handwritten letters on line.

They seem to have quite a nice collection of original artifacts online as well in a section called Turning Points.

[Link courtesy of the Scout Report.]

While in California, I visited my Chico home to my niece, nephew, brother-in-law & sister-in-law. They were kind enough to take me for a beautiful walk on Tabletop Mountain. As you can see the wildflowers were still in bloom.