The writings of John Muir (1838-1914), American naturalist and explorer, are important for their scientific observations and their contributions to the cause of conservation. John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, on April 21, 1838. If his recollections...
On a May morning in 1903 two men pose for a photograph at Glacier Point, above Yosemite Valley in the heart of the Sierra Nevada of California. They have slept the night in the open and have woken under a blanket of four inches of snow. The man dressed i...
John Muir is one of the most important figures in the history of the American conservation movement. A self-styled "poetico-trampo-geologist-bot. and ornith-natural, etc!-!-!," he remains a strong influence on environmentalists, and except for the influe...
Unlike many Colorado cities, it's hard to label only one part of Grand Junction as a growth center. Even city planners look at a map, shrug their shoulders and point out a few projects, all fewer than 500 acres, as the area's most significant....
The small business owner can find it very difficult to survive in the resort town of Grand Lake, CO. The tourist business goes through a cycle where it is highest during the summer and lowest during the spring. The leanest month ever recorded was...
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