Montello Historic Preservation Society

Muir is Still Here is now available by contacting Kathleen McGwin or coming to the Muir is Still Here Exhibit in Montello.  

            The Montello Historic Preservation Society’s exhibit Muir is Still Here opens Saturday, June 19 at 10 AM in Vaughn Hall at 55 West Montello Street, Montello.   Daryl Christensen and Kathleen McGwin’s book Muir is Still Here is now available.   The book revisits and revitalizes the influences in John Muir’s young life in Marquette County, Wisconsin that helped shape this great man’s wilderness philosophy.  

McGwin says, “We wrote this as a joyful book; a look at who was there with Muir in  1850s, what he read, what he saw and what he loved in the landscape around him.  Not a biography, not a history text, this look into the past leads right into the present and takes the reader on a journey that will reconnect man to flora, human to fauna, and Muir’s view of the universe with our own longing to feel one with the world.  You don’t need to walk the path of the corduroy road that Muir helped build to find your own threads from the past woven into the present but Muir is Still Here tells you where to find it if you want to.  You can travel in your own county to find winged wonders that offer your soul a chance to fly free, but if you want to know where to see the birds that enchanted Muir as a boy, Muir is Still Here helps you find them, too.  Part travel guide, part chronicle of the past, part guide to self discovery, Muir is Still Here is a fascinating read for anyone who loves nature, admires John Muir, seeks renewal, or enjoys local history.”

            Four maps created by Richard Worthington are included in the book and supported by a grant from the Natural Resources Foundation’s C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program and the ATC Environmental Stewardship Fund.