by Heacox, Kim
Australia and New Zealand trip, 160
authority, standing up to, 45, 46–47
Boston trip, 109, 110
botany trip, round-the-world, 152, 158–59, 160, 162
bravery, 51
Burroughs, John, friendship with, 108–9, 126–27
cables to/from, 159
Carr, Jeanne, and, 36–37
Chicago World’s Fair, 105
childhood and youth, 10–11, 19–21
cities, attitude toward, 64, 112, 158
conservation, attitude toward, 84
contradictions, 156–57
death, 184, 186
education, 10, 37, 64, 89–90, 109
Egypt trip, 160
England trip, 110, 111, 112
European trip, 110, 111
experience, importance in science, xv–xvi
eye injuries, 10, 82
fall on ice, 81
financial status, 92, 114, 143, 173
Forestry Commission work, 115–16
France trip, 111
fruit orchard work, 40, 55, 58, 59, 92, 112
Gelnora Peak hike, 4–5
generosity, 173–74
glaciers, love of, 32, 33, 34–35, 44
on greedy capitalists, 208
Harriman, Edward H., relationship with, 125, 143–44
hope, 88
illnesses, 66–67, 84, 120, 158, 174, 184
India trip, 159
influence and fame, 108, 114–15
Italy trip, 111
Johnson, Robert Underwood, letter to, 159
knowledge, 64–65
legacy, xvi–xvii, 185–86, 204–5, 209–10
loneliness, 165, 169, 171
marriage, 36, 40
Muir, Helen, letters to, 112, 170, 177, 179
Muir, Louie, introduction to, 36, 40
Muir, Louie, letters to, 74–76, 105, 108, 156, 212
Muir, Wanda, letter to, 110
nature, reverence for, xiv–xv, 34–35, 45, 46, 118, 149, 204–5
New York City trips, 108–9, 179
open-mindedness, 65–66
pacifism, 89, 181, 184
photos, 157, 161, 164, 178, 183
Pinchot, Gifford, relationship with, 115, 117–18, 119
politics, attitude toward, 119, 173
religious beliefs, 18–19, 31, 61, 63
Russia trip, 158
San Francisco, 17
scientific theory, 44
Scotland, 88–89, 110
Sierra, 17–18
Sierra Club, 93
singing, love of, 131
speaking abilities, 17–18, 30–31, 177
Switzerland trip, 111
travel as older man, 162–63
travels, early, 17–18
on wilderness as necessity, 193
wolves, encounter with, 79
writing, 58–59, 63–64, 109–10, 111, 112–13, 151–52
Yosemite trips, 152–53, 155–57, 170
Young, S. Hall, introduction to, 3–4
Young, S. Hall, visit from, 58, 59–61, 63
young people, liking for, 128–29
Muir, Louie (wife)
cables to/from, 159
conservation, attitude toward, 84
early life, 8
illness and death, 163, 165
marriage, 36, 40
Muir, John, absences of, xii, 7–8, 39–40, 41–42
Muir, John, introduction to, 37, 40
Muir, John, letters from, 74–76, 105, 108, 156, 212
Muir, John, writings of, 63–64, 112
photo, 164
political activity, encouragement of, 120–21
pregnancy, 41, 42
Muir, Sarah (sister), 58, 114
Muir, Wanda (daughter)
Arizona trips, 163, 165
birth, 55, 58
education, 163
father, final illness and death of, 184
father, letter from, 110
marriage, 169, 170
photo, 164
Muir Glacier
Alaska trip (1890), 73–74, 80
descriptions, 97, 104
Harriman Expedition, 134–35, 136–37
photos, 98–99, 100–101, 102–3, 136–37
size, 80, 132, 134, 164
tourists, 97, 104
Muir Point cabin, 82–83, 94, 98–99, 212
Nash, Roderick, 76, 77–78, 186, 195
National Geographic, 97, 206
national monuments, 174, 191–92, 195, 197–98
National Park Service, 187, 193–94, 199, 201, 203
Nation magazine, 209
nature
Muir, John, and, xiv–xv, 34–35, 45, 46, 118, 149, 204–5
Pinchot, Gifford, and, 115, 117–18, 119, 120, 121, 155, 158
Nelson, George F., 130
Newmont Exploration Ltd., 197
New York City, 108–9, 179
New York Daily Tribune, 144
New York Evening Mail, 184
New York Times, 148, 176
New Zealand, 160
“next ridge syndrome,” 91
Niagara Falls, 134
Nome, Alaska, 133
Old Silver Eye, 29–30
Oliver, Mary, 193, 211
Olmstead, Frederick Law, 105
Origin of Species, The (Darwin), 38
Orion magazine, 208–9
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 116
Our National Parks (Muir), 151–52, 176
Overland Monthly, 109
pacifism, 89, 181, 184
Palache, Charles, 139
Pardee, George C., 155
Parsons, Marion Randall, 182
Patterson Glacier, 132
Phelan, James D., 172, 175, 180
Pinchot, Gifford
Conservation Conference, 173
Hetch Hetchy Valley, 171, 172, 180
Muir, John, introduction to, 109
Muir, John, relationship with, 115, 117–18, 119
nature, attitude toward, 115, 117–18, 119, 120, 121, 155, 158
as political player, 119, 151, 176
Roosevelt, Teddy, and, 151, 153
Taft, William Howard, and, 175
Pinchot, James, 109
Pipher, Mary, 207
plant succession, 187, 189–90
Pleasant Island, 25–26
Pope, Carl, 209–10
population growth, 154
potlatch tradition, 173–74
Principles of Geology (Lyell), 22, 38, 71
public lands, 110–11
Queen (steamship), 68, 74, 82, 84, 96, 116
Raker, John, 180
Raker Bill, 180–81
reconstruction, 90
Reid, Harry Fielding, 72–73, 75, 94–96, 97, 189
Rendu Glacier, 195
Richards, Kevin, 205–7, 208–9, 210–11
Ridgway, Robert, 126
Ritter, William E., 126
Rocky Mountain National Park, 193
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 198, 199
Roosevelt, Teddy
biography, 147–48
Conservation Conference, 173
election of 1912, 180
Grand Canyon, 191
on greedy capitalists, 208
Hetch Hetchy Valley, 171–72, 181
monuments, national, 174
photo, 157
as president, 149–51, 152–53, 154–56, 165
Yosemite trip, 152–53, 155–57
Ruskin, John, 65–66
Russia, 142–43, 158
Sanders, Scott Russell, 120
San Francisco, 17, 165, 169, 171–73
San Francisco Chronicle, 176
San Francisco Evening Bulletin, 59
Sanger, Margaret, 187
Sargent, Charles Sprague, 115, 116, 120, 152, 158, 171
Sathitch, Chief, 30, 31
Saunders, Alton, 131
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 204
Scidmore, Eliza, 97, 103, 104
Scotland, 88–89, 110
Scott, Robert Falcon, 162
Sequoia National Park, 85, 88
Seward, William H., 11–12, 30
Shackleton, Ernest, 162, 192
Sheldon, Charles, 193
Sierra Club, 93, 171, 177, 180, 185, 209–10
Sierra, 17–18
Sitka Charley, 10, 14, 15
Skagway, Alaska, 133
slavery, 60–61, 90
Sloan, Kay, 126, 131, 145
Smith, Adam, 118
Smith, Tom, 195–97, 201
Spokane (steamship), 58
Stafford, Miss, 170
Stickeen (dog), 42–43, 48, 50–51, 58, 59–60, 63, 177
Stickeen John, 10, 14–15, 27, 30, 31
Stickeen (Muir), 177
Stoll, Steven, 154
Story of My Boyhood and Youth, The (Muir), 177
Strentzel, Louie Wanda. See Muir, Louie (wife)
stumps, interglacial, 74, 80, 196
Switzerland, 111
Taft, William Howard, 175, 178, 180
Tesla, Nikola, 109
Thomas Corwin (ship), 58–59
Thoreau, Henry David, 39, 78–79, 106, 109, 118, 131
Tlingits
Auke, 27, 32
Huna, 14–17, 140–41
potlatch tradition, 173–74
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 78
tourism and tourists, 56–57, 58, 74, 75, 96–97, 102–3, 160–61
Toyatte, Chief
Alaska trip (1879), 9, 16–17, 28 28, 35–36
Aukes, 32
Chilkats, 27
death, 42
Tlingat potlatch tradition, 173–74
transcendentalism, 78–79
Travels in Alaska (Muir), 177–78, 180, 182, 184, 187, 204
Treadwell Mine, 117, 132, 139, 197
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 106–8, 190, 194
Turner’s Frontier Thesis, 106–8
Twain, Mark, xiii–xiv, 87–88, 90, 91, 92, 176
University of Chicago, 189
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 10, 37–38, 64, 89–90, 107
utilitarianism, 117–18, 120
Vancouver, George, 12–13
Vancouver Island, 129–31
Van Dyke, John C., 194
Voltaire, 61
Von Drehle, David, 90
Walden (Thoreau), 79
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 65
Washington, Booker T., 149–50
Waste Land, The (Eliot), 192
Wegener, Alfred, 189
westward expansion, 90–92, 106–8
Whidbey, Joseph, 12, 13, 27, 32
White Pass Railroad, 133–34
Whitney, Josiah, 34, 72
Wilderness Act (1964), 200
Wilson, Woodrow, 180, 181
Wolfe, Linnie Marsh, 7, 19, 55, 113, 115–16, 120, 170, 173
Wordsworth, William, 23–25, 110, 111
World’s Columbian Exposition, 104–6
World War I, 181–82, 184
Worster, Donald, 83, 84, 87, 92, 112, 144, 163, 181
Wrangell, Alaska, 131–32
Wright, George Frederick, 72, 95
Wright brothers, 153
Yellowstone National Park, 150–51
Yosemite National Park, 66, 93, 152–53, 155–56, 157, 170. See also Hetch Hetchy Valley/Dam
Young, S. Hall
Alaska trip (1879), xi–xiii, 36, 62
Alaska trip (1880), 41, 42, 47–48, 60–61, 62, 63
Aukes and, 32
Chilkats and, 26–27, 30, 31
Gelnora Peak hiking accident, 4–5
Muir, John, eulogy for, 184
Muir, John, introduction to, 3–4
Muir, John, visit to, 58, 59–61, 63
portrait, 49
Skagway, move to, 133
slavery, attitude toward, 60–61
Young Glacier, 48
About the Author
Kim Heacox is the author of several books on history, biography, and conservation. His Alaska memoir, The Only Kayak, was a 2006 PEN USA Literary Award finalist in creative nonfiction. In 2009 he appeared on camera in the Ken Burns film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, and in 2012 he was the writer-in-residence in Denali National Park. He lives in Gustavus, Alaska, with his wife Melanie, two sea kayaks, two guitars, one piano, and an African drum. He often volunteers as a music teacher at the local school. Visit him at kimheacox.com.
