John Muir Quotes Hetch Hetchy

Shortly after the phrase places to pray in and play in muir s elaborate prose takes a sharp turn.

John muir quotes hetch hetchy. The john muir quote that scott pruitt chose also pertains to the hetch hetchy controversy. As well dam for water tanks the people s cathedrals and churches for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man john muir the yosemite century 1912 pp. Hetch hetchy valley chapter 16 of the book the yosemite by john muir 1912. This article begins on page 211 with the isaiah west taber photo looking up hetch hetchy valley from sunrise point the article proper begins on page 212.

John muir california s revered naturalist wrote a poetic diatribe against o shaughnessy dam erected in the 1920s to provide a water source for san francisco. The loss of hetch hetchy broke john muir s heart and it is said that it hastened his death from pneumonia on christmas eve 1914. John muir contests the hetch hetchy dam. Although it shares the same title as chapter 16 of muir s 1912 book the yosemite and that of an earlier 1908 sierra club bulletin article this essay is quite different from muir s other writings on hetch hetchy it tells the story of his first visit into hetch hetchy valley during the fall of 1872.

As well dam for water tanks the people s cathedrals and churches for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man from the yosemite 1912 the clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness from john of the mountains 1938. The progressive era s most controversial environmental issue was the 1908 1913 struggle over federal government approval for building the hetch hetchy dam in a remote corner of federally owned land in california s yosemite national park. It was something to hear muir s words made alive by his foremost interpreter immediately after visiting hetch hetchy. Indeed it is in the hetch hetchy chapter of muir s definitive classic the yosemite 1912.

It opened with the famous damn hetch hetchy phrase quoted above. The following article is muir s first essay on hetch hetchy. The city of san francisco rebuilding after the devastating.