Like any other immigrants, him and his family took any job offered to them, mostly farming or working in factories. It was the tragic event where Muir was nearly blinded in an accident at the factory he worked in that led him to the decision to live somewhere far away in the “wild,” he said. Therefore, sending him to Yosemite. Yosemite quickly became his home, and he knew he wanted to help protect it. Soon after moving to Yosemite, where he helped create its boundaries in 1889, John Muir took on an active role in the conservation movement. John Muir, a naturalist and co-founder, as well as the first president of the Sierra Club, led conservationist to pressure Congress to authorize President Harrison to create forest reserves. The Sierra Club, founded by Theodore Roosevelt, David Brower, and John Muir in 1892, is an environmental organization that was created to preserve parks in as pristine a quality as possible, and is still active in today’s
Like any other immigrants, him and his family took any job offered to them, mostly farming or working in factories. It was the tragic event where Muir was nearly blinded in an accident at the factory he worked in that led him to the decision to live somewhere far away in the “wild,” he said. Therefore, sending him to Yosemite. Yosemite quickly became his home, and he knew he wanted to help protect it. Soon after moving to Yosemite, where he helped create its boundaries in 1889, John Muir took on an active role in the conservation movement. John Muir, a naturalist and co-founder, as well as the first president of the Sierra Club, led conservationist to pressure Congress to authorize President Harrison to create forest reserves. The Sierra Club, founded by Theodore Roosevelt, David Brower, and John Muir in 1892, is an environmental organization that was created to preserve parks in as pristine a quality as possible, and is still active in today’s