John Muir: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Pressbooks - The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature - Biography of John Muir. Oct 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 20, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC Hobart - The amazing all-Tasmanian story of John Muir. Nov 12, 2025
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Who was John Muir? Sep 20, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - John Muir and America's Wild Places. Aug 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Forest History Society - John Muir and the Modern Passion for Nature. Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Historical Society - John Muir. Sep 27, 2024
Revised to update language/spelling; enhanced caption. Mar 29, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: California Museum - Biography of John Muir. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature - Biography of John Muir. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Alpha History - The Weimar Reichstag. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Santa Clara University - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - John Muir. May 25, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Read a Biographical Essay, John Muir: Nature’s Witness. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - John Muir, Nature's Witness. Feb 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Sierra Club - The John Muir Exhibit. Dec 26, 2022
Added information about his legacy and racism. Sep 16, 2022
Add new Web site: MY HERO - John Muir. Jan 28, 2019
Media added. Apr 13, 2018
Text mentioning John Muir's home in Martinez, California, as national historic site added. Oct 12, 2015
Add new Web site: Electric Scotland - Biography of John Muir. Apr 11, 2014
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Biography of John Muir. Jan 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Muir. Jan 10, 2013
Add new Web site: H2g2 - Acculturation. Sep 01, 2011
Added information on the debate of forest use between Gifford Pinchot and Muir and on Muir's lasting contributions to conservation. Apr 15, 2010
Added an image of Yosemite National Park and of Muir and Theodore Roosevelt on Glacier Point in Yosemite. Also added images of Muir in Muir Woods National Monument in California. Apr 15, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of John Muir. Nov 11, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jun 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Wisconsin Historical Society - Biography of John Muir. Dec 03, 2007
Added new Web site: Ecology Hall of Fame - John Muir Biography. Dec 03, 2007
Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of John Muir. Dec 03, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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