Letter from S. Hall Young to John Muir, 1899 Aug 31.
St. Michael, AlaskaAug. 31st, 1899.My Dear Friend Muir:I have just arrived in the [illegible] after an eventful & busy summer in the valley of the great Yukon. I was delayed a month in all at Skagway, more than a week after I saw you. Then I went over to Bennett, bought a Klondyke boat & Mr....
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-27607 2023-08-27T04:11:58+02:00 Letter from S. Hall Young to John Muir, 1899 Aug 31. Young, S Hall 1899-08-31T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/2674 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/27607/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/2674 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/27607/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1899 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:20:19Z St. Michael, AlaskaAug. 31st, 1899.My Dear Friend Muir:I have just arrived in the [illegible] after an eventful & busy summer in the valley of the great Yukon. I was delayed a month in all at Skagway, more than a week after I saw you. Then I went over to Bennett, bought a Klondyke boat & Mr. Koonce navigated it with our nearly three tons of goods down to Ra[illegible]. It was the first week in July before we arrived at our first camping place, where we were to remain any time, - Eagle, just across the line in Alaska, I went at once into the woods to try to get you the cone blossoms you wished. But it was evidently far beyond the time. I chopped down a number to trees, but the cones were hardened, the blossoms gone. I am very sorry - will try to do better next summer. I have found only three species of evergreen trees in the Yukon Valley. You can best name them - two species of spruce & a fir.But I saw some wonderful country. I took one eighty mile walk across the mountains, ascending America Creek from Eagle 18 miles, then across the mountain ridges to Comet Creek which empties into Forty mile, camped in the basin of grand rugged edged mountains, the [illegible] of mountain sheep, lived three days on grayling, then across the ridges & rugges mountain slopes02615 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/27607/thumbnail.jpg Text Skagway Alaska Yukon University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Klondyke ENVELOPE(31.117,31.117,70.371,70.371) St Michael ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195) The Cones ENVELOPE(78.344,78.344,-68.635,-68.635) Yukon |
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St. Michael, AlaskaAug. 31st, 1899.My Dear Friend Muir:I have just arrived in the [illegible] after an eventful & busy summer in the valley of the great Yukon. I was delayed a month in all at Skagway, more than a week after I saw you. Then I went over to Bennett, bought a Klondyke boat & Mr. Koonce navigated it with our nearly three tons of goods down to Ra[illegible]. It was the first week in July before we arrived at our first camping place, where we were to remain any time, - Eagle, just across the line in Alaska, I went at once into the woods to try to get you the cone blossoms you wished. But it was evidently far beyond the time. I chopped down a number to trees, but the cones were hardened, the blossoms gone. I am very sorry - will try to do better next summer. I have found only three species of evergreen trees in the Yukon Valley. You can best name them - two species of spruce & a fir.But I saw some wonderful country. I took one eighty mile walk across the mountains, ascending America Creek from Eagle 18 miles, then across the mountain ridges to Comet Creek which empties into Forty mile, camped in the basin of grand rugged edged mountains, the [illegible] of mountain sheep, lived three days on grayling, then across the ridges & rugges mountain slopes02615 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/27607/thumbnail.jpg |
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