BY:KATELYN BARTLEY

John Muir

Background Knowledge

John Muir was a conservationist (a conservationist is a person who wants to

protect the environment) and he started a club called the Sierra Club which millions can

join today. Also, he loved the outdoors and wanted to travel in nature and wanted the

world to be a better place and that’s why he started the club. Also John Muir’s goal was to tell people in the future that you need to

help to save the planet and you NEED to recycle for a better life.

Biography

Born: April 21,1838 Died: December 24,1914

The jobs that made him a good citizen were being a writer, botanist, and geologist

John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland. He is one of eight brothers and sisters. In 1849, his family emigrated to the United States. They first

lived in farm in Wisconsin called the Fountain Lake Farm, which is now a National Historic Landmark. At an early age, he was known for having a

“restless” spirit and curious about the outdoors.At age 22, Muir enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and took a

chemistry course, and he became friends with the Professor (Ezra), which lead to a lifelong interest in chemistry and the sciences. He never graduated, but instead fled to Canada to avoid the draft. When he

returned, he worked in Indianapolis where he received an eye injury which changed his life. Afterward, he promised to be “true to himself”

and follow his dream of exploration and study of plants.

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Biography

His first travels after college was to California to visit Yosemite. He had no job, no money and lived off the land. He wrote books about his

experiences. He was known for his natural history, his skill as a guide, and his vivid storytelling.

He made a camp called The Sierra Club and he started the club on May 18, 1892. The camp is still open today for people who want to

conserve, and the club is now present in all 50 states and continues John Muir’s conversation work.

In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He drew up the National Park Bill that Congress passed in 1899, establishing both Yosemite and Sequoia National

Parks. Because his vast knowledge and interest toward nature was expressed in his writings, he was able to inspire readers, including Presidents and Congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas. He is today referred to as the "Father of the National

Parks,” and the National Park Service produced a short documentary on his life.

How He Was a Good Citizen

John Muir persuaded Congress to make Yosemite National Park and Sequoia National Park to be protected by the people and then Congress had an idea and the soon made all the national forests to be protected and so

that they won’t be extinct.Also John Muir wanted all the people in the world to think of nature of how he did which he meant: Nature is a living thing just as we and they can be gone when ever you use it

and don’t think how important it is.

Legacy

John Muir left the world telling the world that nature doesn’t renew itself, it can be gone if

you don’t use it correctly, and you never know how fragile it is.

Also John Muir told the people that you need to conserve just as he did and reuse the

world.

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Legacy

Published over 300 articles and 12 booksBecause of his knowledge and interest in nature and preservation, he was able to start a club that probably nobody else could have

startedThe Sierra Club he founded is present in 50

states and has 1.3 million membersHe is now known as “Father of National

Parks” because he helped the forests(as known as National Parks)

Legacy: Schools He Was Named After

John Muir High School(Pasadena, California) John Muir Middle School (Los Angeles,

California, San Jose, California, San Leandro, California and Wausau, Wisconsin)

Muirlands Middle School (La Jolla, California) John Muir Elementary School (Martinez,

California; Antioch, California; Merced, California; Modesto, California; San Bruno, California; Santa Monica,California; Stockton, California; Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Parma, Ohio; Kirkland, Washington; Madison, Wisconsin; and Portage, Wisconsin)

John Muir College (a residential college of the University of California, San Diego)

Legacy: Parks, Roads, Historic SitesNamed After John Muir

Muir Woods National Monument just north of San Francisco Muir Beach, California John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California John Muir Country Park, in Dunbar; the John Muir Way in East

Lothian John Muir Medical Center in Brentwood, Concord, and Walnut Creek,

California The main-belt asteroid 128523 Johnmuir Muir's Peak next to Mount Shasta, California (also known as Black

Butte) Mount Muir (elevation 4688') in Angeles National Forest, California,

north of Pasadena School of Life Sciences building at Heriot-Watt University inEdinbrgh,

Scotland John Muir Park (Green Bay, Wisconsin) A section of California State Route132 between Coulterville and

Smith Station at California State Route 120 has been designated the John Muir Highway. This road roughly follows part of the route Muir took on his first walk to Yosemite.

Mt. RainierMt. Rainier Camp MuirCamp Muir

This Is Camp Muir

This Is A Picture of a Stamp That They Made of John Muir

This is John Muir on the 2005 California State Quarter

Explore, Enjoy and

Protect the Planet

Founded by John Muir.

The Sierra club is an association where all

they want to happen is for the world to be a

better place for humans.

There goal is to go beyond coal & oil and to stop pollution and global

warming. Also they want you to recycle and

conserve.

Moto: Explore, Enjoy, & Protect The Planet

Bibliography

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