John Muir

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John Muir

• By John Verbiest
• Andrew Munro

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John Muir

• John Muir born in Dumbar on April 21st 1838
• His parents Daniel Muir and Ann Gilrye.
• John Muir was one of eight children.
• He had many occupations writer, Engineer,
  Naturalist, Botanist.
• In 1849 John Muirs family emigrated to the
  united states.

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Life in America

• Johns family first moved to a farm near portage,
  Wisconsin the farm was called Mountain lake farm.
  This is a National Historic landmark.
• At the age of 22 he joined the University of
  Wisconsin-Madison.
• In 1864 he left school to go to Canada for the
  spring, summer and fall.
• At Canada he collected plants, leaves and studied
  animals.
• In Ontario he met his brother Daniel they worked
  at a saw mill together On the shore of lake
  Huron.

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Canada

• During 1864 president Lincoln was calling half a
  million soldiers , the chances of him getting
  called up was becoming more likely.
• John Muir was not picked to go into battle.
• John Muir worked at a mill in Canada until 1866,
  He left Canada and went back Indianapolis and
  worked as an engineer.

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First National Park

• John Muir loved going on long walks in the wild
  parts of the USA, studying plant, birds and
  animals. John Muir feared that farming, timber
  felling and mining would destroy the wilderness.
• John Muir also went on to create the first nation
  park in Yosemite valley In California.

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Death

• John Muir died on 24th December 1914 at the age
  of 76 in Los Angeles, California.
• John Muir died of pneumonia after going to
  Daggett, California to visit his daughter Helen
  Muir Funk.

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Conclusion

• John Muir was remembered because he was the first
  person to think up the idea of a national park.
  Creating the national park made John Muir a very
  famous and successful Scot.
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