2005 What's New or Improved

2005 December 31

Updated home page to announce the NOTABLE UPCOMING EVENT : March 31 - April 1, 2006 - 2006 John Muir Conference at the Stockton campus of University of the Pacific on the topic: "John Muir in Global Perspective," replacing the year-long coverage of the John Muir design of the California State Quarter.

2005 December 13

available on Upcoming Events

Added Re-Walking John Muir's 1868 Trip to Yosemite - Walkers: Peter and Donna Thomas (posted 12/5/05)

2005 November 24

available on Places Named After John Muir

Added new entry for John Muir Ecological Park in Yulee, Florida.

2005 October 30

available on Songs About John Muir

Added new song, Ballad of John Muir by Jeanne McDougall

2005 September 30

available on Related Resources on the Internet

Added link on the "Environmental History" section to The Military and Yosemite by David A. Smith, Historian, San Jose State University, California State Military Museum

2005 September 5

available on Songs Inspired by John Muir, Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Music, and Bill Oliver-related pages:

Added link to Hooray for Hetch Hetchy, the latest song inspired by John Muir, written and performed by Bill Oliver, a recollection of Hetch Hetchy as it was in John Muir's day, and a prognosis for how it could be so again.

2005 September 4

available on Upcoming Events Related to John Muir, Annotated John Muir Bibliography, Historical and Literary Analyses, Publisher's Press Releases, and John Muir Programs at University of the Pacific, John Muir Center, and John Muir in Global Perspective Conference (2006).

Added press release and and annotated listing for John Muir: Family Friends, and Adventures, Edited by Sally M. Miller and Daryl Morrison, Introduction by Bonnie Johanna Gisel (2005) .

2005 August 13

available on Places and Schools Named After John Muir

Added listings for "John Muir Room" at various government buildings, bed and breakfast inns, hotels, and restaurants around the United States.

2005 July 10

available on Photographs and Historic Photographs from Sierra Club Colby Library:

Added link for photo of John Muir as Young Man to Wisconsin Historical Society.

2005 July 9

available on Bibliographic Resources, Annotated Bibliography, Biographies:

Added annotation for John Muir : Magnificent Tramp (American Heroes) by Rod Miller (2005)

2005 June 25

available on Bibliographic Resources, Annotated Bibliography, Film and Video:

Added annotated listings for videos of Huell Howser's "John Muir" from his California's Gold television series, and his "John Muir Home" program from his California's Golden Parks" series.

2005 June 21

available on Upcoming Events, University of the Pacific John Muir Programs, and John Muir Center

Added link for Upcoming John Muir Conference:
- March 31 - April 1, 2006 - Announcement and Call for Papers for 2006 John Muir Conference - University of the Pacific's John Muir Center will host a conference at the Stockton campus of University of the Pacific on March 31-April 1, 2006. The focus of the 2006 California History Institute will be "John Muir in Global Perspective."

2005 June 19

available on Life and Contributions and Selected Passages

Added A Parable of Sauntering by Albert W. Palmer - Including a conversation with John Muir showing how Muir hated "hiking" - both the word and the thing (excerpted from The Mountain Trail and Its Message (1911) .

2005 June 3

available on Places Named After John Muir:

Added the Cherokee National Forest locations for the "John Muir Trail" instead of just the Big South Fork National River locations.
Added John Muir Park: 816 High St. to listing for Modesto, California.

2005 May 15

available on John Muir Study Guide:

Updated Sierra Club Sacramento address for ordering a hard copy of the booklet version of the Study Guide.

2005 April 18

Added link to Original manuscript letters of John Muir, 1861-1914, Wisconsin Historical Society (off-site link)
These 30 letters, totaling more than 100 pages, were written by Muir to five correspondents. Twenty are to his old friend Emily Pelton, with whose family he boarded in Prairie du Chien in 1860-61, or to her aunt Frances. Four other letters are to childhood friends from Wisconsin, James Whitehead and Milton Griswold. A few other letters of a routine business nature are also included. All but six of the letters have never been previously published in their entirety (though typed copies of most were included in Muir's manuscripts at the University of the Pacific).
Created new Letters section for Writings of John Muir to link to the above, and existing pages containing letters.

2005 March 19

available on Chronology of the Life and Legacy of John Muir:

Added to 1931 entry a poem about John Muir Tree at Oakland's Joaquin Miller Park
Added four events for 2005

available on California State Quarter, Collectibles, 1964 U.S. Postage Stamp:

Added John Muir Stamp and California Quarter Collectible Sheet - Sequoia Natural History Association

available on Related Resources:

Added link to John Muir Mountain Day Camp

2005 February 12

available on California State Quarter Links:

Added link to California Quarter Featuring Muir, Yosemite Enters Circulation
by Jennifer Coleman San Francisco Chronicle (January 31, 2005)
Added American coin tribute to conservationist John Muir
East Lothian Today (February 11, 2005)

2005 February 11

available on California State Quarter Links:

Added link to Coining History: John Muir's grand legacy appropriately graces the California quarter
By W.R. Swagerty, Stockton Record (February 6, 2005)
Added link to Muir descendants party in Stockton: New state quarter celebrated at UOP
By Dana Nichol, Stockton Record (February 10, 2005)
Added link to Quarter celebration honors Muir's relatives
By Don Harness/Staff Writer, The Reporter (February 11, 2005)
Added graphic link and image of poster for University of the Pacific February 9, 2005 Celebration
Added link to Free Quarter? Don't Bank On It Consumer Alert by CBS News (February 4, 2005)

2005 February 10

available on California State Quarter Links:

Added link to The California Quarter Experience by Sarah Dalton (California Library Foundation, Bulletin No. 79 (PDF, downloads 2.4 MB file of complete issue; this article begins on page 15.)
Added link to Gathering in Stockton commemorates John Muir, new quarter
By Jennifer Snyder, Lodi News-Sentinel (Feb 10, 2005)

2005 February 6

available on California State Quarter Links:

Added link to Muir and the U.S. Mint: New quarter features him; kin get first coins
By Don Harness The Reporter (Vacaville, California, February 2, 2005)
Local descendants of naturalist John Muir were still talking Tuesday about their meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a day earlier, when they were among the first recipients of the nation's new California quarter....
Added link to Paying Flip Service: California puts John Muir on its official quarter
Grist Magazine (February 2, 2005)
"Muir lit the torch of conservation in our state," said the governor, whose environmental record, while not perfect, shines in comparison to many of his fellow party members in Washington, D.C., where the torch of conservation is, shall we say, sputtering...." more...
Added link to New quarter celebrates Muir, conservation: California Gov. Schwarzenegger chose final design
Coin collectors and history buffs lined up to be among the first to get a new quarter commemorating the Golden State’s history, featuring the likeness of John Muir, his beloved Yosemite and a California condor. (MSNBC News, February 1, 2005)

available on Arts, Current and Upcoming Events, and Muir Genealogy:

Added exhibit announcement for January 16, 2005 through April 24, 2005 - John Muir and Joseph LeConte's great-grandsons honor Sierra Club and conservation movement origins at Keith Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California

2005 January 31

available on California State Quarter:

Added off-site links to:
United States Mint, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger And First Lady Maria Shriver Launch California Quarter
Celebrating “John Muir, Yosemite Valley and California Condor” (January 31,2005)

Sierra Club celebrates John Muir, Yosemite on California Quarter
Statement by Carl Pope, Executive Director (January 31, 2005

United States Mint Offers California Quarters in 2-Roll Sets & Bags

2005 California State Quarter Commemorative Coin Holder available
from the California State History Museum

Governor Celebrates the Release of the 2005 California State Quarter (Photos, full text of Governor's Remarks, and watch a video of the Release of the 2005 California State Quarter)

available on California State Quarter , Links :

Added links to the foregoing and to:

California State Quarter.com Website - by concept designer Garrett Burke

2005 California State Quarter Commemorative Coin Holder available from the California State History Museum (with image)

Governor Celebrates the Release of the 2005 California State Quarter (Photos, full text of Governor's Remarks, and watch a video of the Release of the 2005 California State Quarter)

2005 January 30

available on California State Quarter:

Added link to Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims January 31st "State Quarter Day in the Classroom"

available on California State Quarter , Links :

Added link to John Muir on California's quarter
Naturalist, Yosemite, condor are depicted on coin debuting Monday
By Michelle Maitre, Tri-Valley Herald (January 30, 2005)

2005 January 29

available on California State Quarter , Links :

Added link to California gets a coin to flip over
By Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle (January 29, 2005)

available on Upcoming Events Related to John Muir

Added announcement for April 23, 2005 Earth Day at John Muir National Historic Site

2005 January 26

available on California State Quarter:

Added Announcement: U.S. Mint and Governor To Launch California Quarter in Sacramento on January 31, 2005
Added of-site link on California State Quarter Links to Minting Muir: New coin to feature naturalist
By Don Harness, The Reporter (Vacaville, California, January 24, 2004)

2005 January 12

available on California State Quarter and John Muir 1964 Postage Stamp and First Day Covers:

Fleetwood California Heritage Eyewitness to History� Coin First Day Cover - featuring the John Muir - Yosemite 2005 California State Quarter, released January 31, 2005, and the 1964 Muir Stamp, the 1934 Yosemite Stamp, the 1969 California Settlement Stamp, and the 2003 California Statehood stamp

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