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America, 1849
John Muir moved to America. He loved wildlife and nature a lot. Also, he was a great inventor. But he still liked more the inventions of God. On his spare time while he was't doing his daily 16-hour work, he would wander the woods and fields, and he wanted to protect these beautiful areas. But he would also wake up early before his chores to read and make his own inventions. They were even presented at a fair! Later, he went to a university. But right after he graduated, the Civil War started. -
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War Years
While the Civil War, John traveled to Canada to work on a broom shop because he didn't want war. After the war, he went back to America. He took a job to manufacture carriage parts. But he got blind when a metal piece struck him in the eyes. When his sight came back, he quit his job and was glad to see. He wanted to see the wildlife he loved. -
Journey to Florida
John walked 1,000 miles just taking a rubber bag. He was going to Florida. He rested graveyards because he didn't want anyone to steal him. Even though it was a place of dead, he found lots of trees, animals and other life. He also enjoyed lakes and rivers, another place with lots of life. -
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California
John also traveled to California, even though he didn't like then city very much. He realized that people needed nature to marvel and enjoy it, so he went to the Sierra Neveda Mountains. He really liked them, and wanted the Sierras to be protecetd. Luckily, John found a job near the Sierras. He also liked glaciers. He loved everything that was nature. -
Glacier Adventure, Alaska
Muir once explored glaciers during a snowstorm with a dog named "Stickeen". But when the storm got too dangerous, he decided to go back to the camp, but they were trapped in a 40-feet wide crevasse! Luckily, they escaped safely by an "ice bridge". -
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Yosemite National Park
Sequioa National Park has been created and otherareas have been protected. I even convinced President Theodore Roosvelt to create a bureau of forestry to manage and protect the trees of forest reserves1 -
Death
John Muir died in 1914
