File:Muir Woods National Monument, California (f3efc75e-cf7c-47ac-a2f1-8b4ac6e845a2).jpg

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Camera location37° 53′ 54.24″ N, 122° 35′ 02.4″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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English: Muir Woods National Monument, California
Photographer
English: NPS staff
Title
English: Muir Woods National Monument, California
Publisher
English: National Park Service
Description
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Various views of the redwood forests.

Until the 1800's, many northern California coastal valleys were covered with coast redwood trees similar to those now found in Muir Woods National Monument. The forest along Redwood Creek in today's Muir Woods was spared from logging because it was hard to get to. Noting that Redwood Creek contained one of the San Francisco Bay Area's last uncut stands of old-growth redwood, Congressman William Kent and his wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, bought 295 acres here for $45,000 in 1905. To protect the redwoods the Kents donated the land to the United States Federal Government and, in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt declared it a national monument. Roosevelt suggested naming the area after Kent, but Kent wanted it named for conservationist John Muir.

  • Keywords: muwo; National monuments; Conservationists; Muir; John; 1838-1914; Redwoods
Depicted place
English: Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California
Date Taken on 18 November 2003
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f3efc75e-cf7c-47ac-a2f1-8b4ac6e845a2
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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English: Muir Woods National Monument
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
MUWO
Legacy NPS Focus Record ID
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231450

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