20070207 Muir Woods

“Muir Woods National Monument” is one of the most well known remnants of the ancient coast redwood forests of northern California. In the 19th century most of the forests of the (Coastal) Redwoods Sequoia sempervirens were cut. But a forest along Redwood Creek was spared, mainly because it was so difficult to reach. In 1905 William Kent bought land in the valley, in order to protect it. In 1908 Kent and his wife Elizabeth Thacher donated 295 acres to the Federal Government. In 1908 President Roosevelt proclaimed it a national monument. Mr. Kent suggested that it should be named after the conservationist John Muir. From then on the fame of “Muir Woods National Monument” started growing. Nowadays this park, situated so closely to San Francisco, is visited each year by thousands of people. For many of them the Redwoods of Muir Woods are the Redwoods: perhaps the only ones they will ever see.

more detailed description yet to make.

Literature:

- an. - Muir Woods. Free leaflet distributed by the National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, reprint 2004.

- an. - Muir Woods - National Monument. Leaflet with park map etc. distributed by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, 2004.

- John Hart - Muir Woods - Redwood Refuge. Brochure published by the Golden Gate National Park Association, 1991.

check wiki en/nl Muir Woods; check wiki John Muir; check Narena John Muir.

ref. Ariel Rubissow - John Muir - national historic site. Brochure published by Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, Arizona, 1990.

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The Park has an entry fee of US$ 3 pp

Restaurant and shop, where we buy some books and other gadgets. See Muir Woods - lit.

The shop also provides

- little transparant containers with seedlings of Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum.
- “cans” with seeds etc. of ibid.
- small pieces of “burls”of Sequoia sempervirens. If placed in water saplings grow out of it. They die after a couple of months.
(forgot to make pictures of these gadgets! See small leaflet of the firm that distributes these things: .....)