She also enjoyed writing her own stories and her father hoped that she might follow in his footsteps. Dr. John Strentzel was born in Lublin, Poland, November 29, 1813. In September 1865, John Muir wrote to a friend, "How intensely I desire to be a Humboldt!". John Muir (born Buel Funk) - b. June 28, 1914. d. April 23, 1973 A pacifist opposed to the Civil War, the twenty-seven-year-old Muir had left his family's Wisconsin farm the previous year and traveled to Michigan. Louie became a music scholar while in attendance at the seminary, and her teachers boasted that she had a bright future ahead of her as a concert pianist if she so chose. Muir's passion for nature brought him to every continent except Antarctica. Muir's popular writings caught the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt, who invited him camping in Yosemite. Childhood & Early Life. "Of course, there were roses of all kinds, but the great thicket of single Cherokee roses were by far the sweetest; and there were jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender, lilies, wisteria, magnolias, and heliotrope. ", 12. Louie Strentzel took the ferry "Carquinez" each day over and back. ", 5. Muir took full advantage of the opportunity, calling for Roosevelt's help to save the trees and preserve the natural beauty of the region. He looks for mysteries, plays with ideas, and seeks connections in all he sees. Muir left a strong impression on Emerson, and despite the brevity of their interaction, Muir and Emerson ultimately ended up exchanging letters for the rest of the time Emerson was alive. He struggled with writing yet recognized the power of prose and worked tirelessly in his "Scribble Den," his upstairs office in his Martinez home. Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights | After her marriage in 1905 at age 24, Wanda moved into the adobe house on the property with her husband and college sweetheart, Thomas Hanna. Lottie only lived 4 months and Johnny passed away at age 9. Guided into the Yosemite wilderness by naturalist John Muir, the president went on a three-day wilderness trip that started at the Mariposa Grove, and included Sentinel Dome, Glacier Point, and Yosemite Valley among other points of interest in Yosemite National Park. Helen: January 23, 1886 - June, 1964 (age 78) Also in 1906, Muir was able to convince Roosevelt to establish the Petrified Forest National Monument to protect the fossilized trees of Arizona. Music was a central theme at the semi-monthly Grange meetings on the first and third Saturdays at 2 pm in the Hall, and Louie played from the Grange song book at those meetings and for her father. After her husbands death, she moved to Spokane, WA. Letters to a Friend, July 26, 1868 (about Yosemite), 12. Muir's writings and the places he fought to protect continue to inspire people worldwide to discover and connect with nature. Floy Hutchings led Keith and two other painters to Muir who was at his cabin below the Royal Arches. You'll relax and be fine." A copy of their Marriage Certificate, signed by Dr. Dwinell and witness Mrs. M.A. Among the classical piano pieces Louie learned was Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique. is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. John Muir Laws was with his mother's botany group on Table Mountain and a woman with a sketchbook captured his attention. ", John was by Louie's side when she passed away from lung cancer on August 6, 1905. Wanda wrote to her mother in 1902 from a Sierra Club outing with her father, Yesterday we had a meeting of college women here in campisn't it a fine answer to the people who say that college girls are weak and good for nothing generally? We have a commodious house with pleasant surroundings, in the midst of orchards and vineyards in full view of Martinez and Benicia". She was fifty-eight years old. Strentzel Hanna: Deceased. Muir and the doctor were mutually impressed with each other, and a warm friendship began. John would return by the fall to harvest the crops. Muir's wife, whom he married on April 14, 1880. John Muir Laws, naturalist, educator and artist, has taught people to connect to nature through journaling since 1990. 5:15 Sketchbook Reviews John Muir Laws 37K. @JohnMuirLaws 39.7K subscribers http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/ Nature Drawing Play all Instructional videos on drawing and sketching in nature. Wanda married Thomas Hanna in 1906. He is the author of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016) and The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012). Inspired by his luminary, the famed Briton mountaineer Stephen Venables, Tony traveled to Tibet to paint. Also at this time, Louie Wanda Strenzel who he had been seeing on occasion since they met in 1874, became a bigger part of his life and the two soon fell in love. He's based out of California, where he teaches nature exploration and field sketching classes. Muir was an adventurous and active child who loved playing outdoors. "It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple woods in autumn, when the sun gold is richest." Mary Atkins was born in Jefferson, Ohio, in 1819 and was an 1845 graduate of Oberlin College. She stayed close to home because she wanted to, preferring not to be away more than a day or two. ", 11. The two exchanged vows at her parents' home. It drives its victims in flocks, repressing the growth of individuality." Another son, Walter, who died in 2004, told an interviewer that he had every book written by his famous grandfather and many written about him by other authors. Mt. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Apparently, she wanted to sell the school, for Mills inspected the property later and purchased it for $5000. That same year, Muir's wife died. John Hanna: Lives in Napa, CA (as of 2004) From an early age, his parents instilled in him a deep love and respect for nature. Daughter Helen's July 1963 letter contains a rare look at Louie and forms much of what we know about Louie. Louie was the daughter of Dr. John Strentzel, a noted horticulturalist in the Alhambra Valley of California. Among her letters which encouraged John back to the mountains is the one from August 9, 1888, letter which he received in Seattle just after a climb of Mt. Keith, an epicure, also wrote that Muir was a poor provider on their outings, and that he tired of bread, dried meat, and sugarless coffee. He is a 2010 TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow with the National Audubon Society. He wrote in a short autobiography: "My faithful companion (Louisiana) and I live very comfortably and quietly in our declining years. Mrs. Carr was the wife of one of Muir's professors at the University of Wisconsin and the two corresponded for several decades. Certainly, she was not inclined to camp out on an Alaskan glacier or even to take a walk in the hills nearby their Alhambra Valley home. John Muir Laws takes a close look at Tony Foster's major watercolor of the East (Kangshung) Face of Mount Everest, painted en plein air above the Kama Valley in Tibet at 15,400'. He believed only government control and limitations would guarantee the protection of forests. The Strentzel portraits hang in the County Museum in Martinez. "The battle for conservation must go on endlessly. There she met her husband, Buell Funk, and together they had four children. He has written and illustrated books about art and natural history including The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016), The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012), Sierra Birds: a Hikers Guide (2004), The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada (2007), and The Laws Pocket Guide Set to the San Francisco Bay Area (2009). "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Jeanne Carr had long tried to arrange a meeting of the two. Tony Foster was inspired to paint en plein air in this remote region by his luminary, conservationist and author Kari Herbert. Muir's advocacy helped create several national parks, including Sequoia (1890), Mount Rainier (1899) and Grand Canyon (1908). Find a Nature Journaling Mentor Near You! Friends close to the Muirs described her as "the mainstay of the Muir household" and noted that "if not for her understanding and willingness to unselfishly forgo demands on John's time, the work he did for Yosemite Valley might have been diminished. In this new series, John Muir Laws delves into artworks from each of the locations in Tony Foster's 16th Journey, Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild. There was fierce opposition to this proposal from loggers and from those who viewed the park as a "waste" of California's natural resources. In March of 1903 Muir and Roosevelt met and went camping high above Yosemite Valley. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace." - John Muir. He made his way to Niagara Falls and decided to delay his return to the U.S. to avoid the Civil War draft. The Yosemite, 8. Taft was also convinced and protected the valley during his term. She was sitting and drawing the flowers they were finding and Laws, fascinated, followed her and watched her draw. The shock and horror of the accident for Muir finally pushed him to leave industry work forever. Perrottet, Tony. He began to get support for his research and studied more and more about the glaciers of the Sierra Nevada. However, he became ill and decided that instead of going somewhere tropical, he should go somewhere temperate to recover, which ultimately made him decide on going to California, a decision that set much of the course of his life. John Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Wanda loved to hike in the hills, play the violin, and was an active member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority at the University of California, Berkeley. Proposed to Louie Strentzel; First Alaska trip with S. Hall Young; discovery of Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier. Over the rest of Roosevelt's administration, he set aside 148,000,000 acres of forest reserves and the number of national parks doubled. In later years, Keith avoided detail and became more impressionistic. Roosevelt agreed that two controls made for "triple troubles." Shasta (1888), and Muir Woods (1908). Wanda: Married Thomas Hanna in 1906 and had six children John Muir's Daughter. Louisiana helped run the family business by managing the Chinese workers who cooked the meals and worked in the orchards. Wanda: March 25, 1881 - July, 1942 (age 60) Roosevelt and Muir camped the first night, May 15, at the Mariposa Grove under the Grizzly Giant, with the President bedding down in a pile of about 40 wool blankets, and the second night was spent in the vicinity of Sentinel Dome during a snowstorm that left five inches of new snow on top of the existing five feet of snow. 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