MARTINEZ (KPIX 5) -- The John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez is where America's most famous conservationist spent the last 24 years of his life. It is also where Muir lived when he founded ...

This chronology of Muir's life plots a history of his travels, career in writing, conservation... John Muir in the New World Read a Biographical Essay, John Muir: Nature’s Witness Read a short ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

The Sierra Club is attempting to reckon with the racist views of its co-founder, legendary naturalist John Muir. “It’s time to take down some of our own monuments, starting with some truth-telling ...

The Sierra Club will remove monuments of its founder John Muir over his racist history, the environmental conservation organization announced Wednesday morning. The green group, which Muir founded in ...

An early photograph of John Muir, taken in Madison, Wisconsin around 1875. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society. John Muir was eleven years old when his family emigrated from Scotland to Wisconsin in ...