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This chronology is from the Guide and Index to the Microform Edition of the John Muir Papers, 1858-1957 (Chadwyck-Healey, 1986).
| 1838 April 21 | Born in Dunbar, Scotland to Daniel Muir & Ann Gilrye Muir. |
| 1841 | Begins school in Dunbar. |
| 1849 Spring | Leaves Scotland & arrives at Fountain Lake [now Ennis Lake] Wisconsin with brother, sister & father. Remainder of family arrives later that year. |
| 1853 | Develops interest in mechanical invention. |
| 1855-1856 | Daniel Muir, Sr. purchases Hickory Hill tract; sells Fountain Lake tract to David Galloway. |
| 1857 | Helps family construct house, barn & well at Hickory Hill. |
| 1860 September | Leaves home; exhibits inventions at State Agr. Fair, Madison, Wise. Meets Mrs. Jeanne C. Carr, wife of Univ. of Wisconsin professor, and James Davie Butler, another faculty member. |
| 1860 Oct-Dec | In Prairie du Chien working with Mr. Williard on ice boat construction. |
| 1861 January | Enrolls at University of Wisconsin, Madison. |
| 1861 Winter-'62 Spr | Teaches public school in McKeebey Dist. near Madison. |
| 1862 March | Continues studies at the University. |
| 1863 June | Leaves University, intending to enter medical school; returns to Fountain Lake farm to await a draft call and to work for sister Sarah and husband David Galloway. |
| 1863 July | Geo-biological walking tour into Iowa with two friends. |
| 1863 Jul-Feb 1864 | Works for brother-in-law on Fountain Lake farm. |
| 1864 Mar-Sep | Botany expedition through lower Canada. |
| 1864 September | Begins work as mechanic at sawmill & rake & broom factory operated by Wm. Trout near Meaford, Canada; lives with Trout family. |
| 1866 March | Factory burns; destroys JM field journals & puts him out of work. |
| 1866 May | Returns to US; finds job at carriage plant in Indianapolis. |
| 1867 March | Eye accident at carriage plant causes temporary blindness. |
| 1867 April | Eyesight recovers; commits life to nature study. |
| 1867 September | Begins 1,000 mile walk to Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1867 Fall | Long illness in Florida; convalesces near Cedar Keys. |
| 1868 January | Arrives in Havana, Cuba, where he spent four weeks. |
| 1868 early March | Brief stay in New York City en route to West Coast. |
| 1868 late March | Arrives in San Francisco via Isthmus of Panama. |
| 1868 Apr-Jun | First visit to Yosemite via Pacheco Pass, Snelling and Crane Flat. |
| 1868 Summer-Spr '69 | Begins job as sheepherder for John Connel, alias Smokey Jack; takes up serious study of Sierra geology & botany. |
| 1869 Jun-Sep | Herds sheep for Pat Delany in Tuolumne Meadow region. |
| 1869 November | Begins part-time job sawing fallen timber for J.M. Hutchings in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1869 Nov-1870 Oct | Hikes, climbs, & studies Sierra Nevada range. |
| 1870 July | Tours upper Yosemite with S.S. McClure and J. B. McChesney. |
| 1870 August | Meets Prof. Joseph LeConte; joins ten day expedition to Yosemite high country, Bloody Canyon and Mono Lake. |
| 1870 Summer | Teresa Yelverton in Yosemite, interviews Muir. |
| 1870 ca. Oct-Dec | Returns to work for Pat Delaney along the Tuolumne River near La Grange. |
| 1871 January | Resumes work as sawyer for Hutchings in Yosemite. |
| 1871 May | Emerson visits Muir in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1871 July | Unhappy with Hutchings' treatment; quits his job. |
| 1871 July-August | Exploring expedition to Mono Lake and High Sierra back of Yosemite. |
| 1871 August | Begins intensive glacier study as preparation for book proposed for Boston Academy of Sciences. |
| 1871 September | First article on glaciers sent to New York Tribune. |
| 1871 Fall | Numerous short trips to study glacial evidence in Yosemite high country, including trip to Mt. Lyell and head of Merced River. |
| 1871 November | First trip down Tuolumne River to Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1871 Winter-Spr '72 | Rooms at Black's Hotel; works on manuscript drafts. |
| 1872 March | Eyewitness to major earthquake in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1872 March | Muir family sells Hickory Hill farm & moves to Portage,Wisconsin. |
| 1872 April | Builds log cabin in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1872 July | Merrill Moores arrives to spend a few months with Muir. |
| 1872 July | Meets Asa Gray in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1872 Summer | Decides upon career as professional writer. |
| 1872 Aug-Sep | Fifteen day trip to Illiluette Basin. |
| 1872 September | Nine day trip with Merrill Moores to Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1872 September | Ten day trip through upper half of Tuolumne Canyon. |
| 1872 October | Meets William Keith; joins him in excursion to Mt. Ritter. |
| 1872 November | Keith takes Muir to Bay Area; Muir meets Ina Coolbrith, Charles Warren Stoddard, other notables. Has first California photograph taken by Rulofson. |
| 1872 December | Returns to Yosemite Valley; winter excursions to Glacier Pt., Tenaya Canyon; works on glacier articles. |
| 1873 ca. April | Father Daniel leaves family to join a religious group at Hamilton, Canada. |
| 1873 Spring | Works on articles for The Overland Monthly. |
| 1873 June | Receives visitors in Yosemite: Jeanne Carr, Emily Pelton, Albert Kellogg, William Keith; Muir & Keith become close friends. |
| 1873 Jun-Ju1 | Six week trip to High Sierra, Tuolumne Canyon with Mrs. Carr, William Keith and Albert Kellogg. |
| 1873 Jul-Aug | Five week trip to explore entire Sierra range. |
| 1873 September | Trip with Galen Clark, Billy Simms, Albert Kellogg through Mariposa Grove, N. Fork San Joaquin. |
| 1873 Sep-Oct | Sixteen day trip to Kings River Canyon & through Kearsarge Pass. |
| 1873 Oct-Nov | Climbs Mt. Whitney from East; visits Mono Lake. |
| 1873 Nov-Aug 1874 | Moves to Oakland to write; lives at home of J.B. McChesney; meets John Swett; works on "Sierra Studies." |
| 1874 July | Meets Dr. John Strentzel, wife and daughter Louie. |
| 1874 August | Returns to Yosemite; accompanies J.J. Reilly on photo trip to high Sierra. |
| 1874 September | Resumes residence at Black's Hotel. |
| 1874 Oct-Nov | Trip to Lake Tahoe & Mt. Shasta; climbs Shasta; spends week in snowstorm at 9,000 ft. elevation. |
| 1874 December | Completes Shasta trip; crosses divide between Yuba & Feather Rivers. |
| 1875 February | Returns to Bay Area; resides with Swett Family in San Francisco. |
| 1875 Apr-May | Trip to Shasta; climbs summit with Jerome Fay. |
| 1875 May-June | Trip to Yosemite high country & Owens River with Keith, John Swett & J.B. McChesney. |
| 1875 July | Trip to southern Sierra with George Bayley & Charles Washburn climbs Whitney July 20. |
| 1875 August | Follows Merced River. |
| 1875 Sep-Nov | Three month trip with mule "Brownie" through southern Sierra. |
| 1875 Winter-Spr '76 | Returns to San Francisco; lives with Swett family; works on articles; meets Henry George. |
| 1876 Jan-Feb | Joins Keith in first systematic Sierra forest conservation effort; writes newspaper articles; lobbies Sacramento lawmakers. |
| 1876 January | First public lecture in Sacramento at Literary Institute. |
| 1876 Ju1-Sep | As newspaper correspondent, tours central Sierra; writes series of dispatches for San Francisco Bulletin. |
| 1876 Oct-Nov | Excursion with Coast & Geodetic Survey in Nevada & Utah. |
| 1876 Dec-Spr '77 | Returns to Swett residence to work on articles. |
| 1877 May-Ju1 | Excursion in Utah as Bulletin correspondent. |
| 1877 Aug-Sep | Excursion through San Gabriel Mountains; returns to Northern Calif.; tours Santa Cruz Big Trees; climbs Mt. Hamilton lectures to State Normal School faculty (later San Jose State University) |
| 1877 September | Conducts Shasta excursion with Asa Gray, Sir Joseph Hooker, Bidwell party. |
| 1877 October | Six day boat trip from Bidwell Ranch to Sacramento; returns to San Francisco by steamboat. |
| 1877 Oct-Nov | Leaves Martinez via railroad to Visalia; walks to Kings River: South Fork, Middle Fork, Converse Basin; returns to Visalia; takes railroad to Merced; builds boat at Hopetown; returns via Merced & San Joaquin Rivers to Martinez. |
| 1877-8 Winter | Returns to San Francisco; lives with Swett family; writes & lectures. |
| 1878 Spring | Many trips to Martinez; trip to headwaters of North and Middle Forks American River. |
| 1878 Jul-Nov | As Bulletin correspondent, joins Coast & Geodetic Survey reconnaissance of 39th parallel in Utah & Nevada. |
| 1878 Winter-Spr '79 | Establishes residence with Isaac Upham in San Francisco; begins work on bee pasture article, others for Scribners. |
| 1879 June | Lectures on glaciers at sunday school convention in Yosemite Valley. |
| 1879 June | Announces engagement to Louie Strentzel. |
| 1879 Jun-Jan 1880 | First Alaska trip; Bulletin correspondent; itinerary includes Portland, Seattle, Victoria. Meets S. Hall Young at Ft. Wrangel; travel together to Sitka, Stickeen River, Fairweather Mountains, Glacier Bay. Returns to Portland January 1880. |
| 1880 January | En route home from Alaska; trip up Columbia River; visits The Dalles; lectures in Portland. |
| 1880 February | Returns to San Francisco; works on bee pasture article. |
| 1880 February | Trip to Lake Tahoe with Thomas Magee; visits Bidwell ranch; returns to Martinez for stay with Strentzels. |
| 1880 March | Takes room in San Francisco to work on articles. |
| 1880 April | Marries Louie Wanda Strentzel, April 14. |
| 1880 Apr-Ju1 | Rents part of Strentzel ranch; lives in Coleman house on ranch; works in orchards and vineyards to learn fruit business. |
| 1880 Jul-Sep | Second Alaska trip as Bulletin correspondent. Travels with Thomas Magee to Victoria, Ft. Wrangel. Joins S. Hall Young and Indians on canoe trip to Glacier Bay; adventure with dog "Stickeen" August 29-30. Returns to Portland via mail steamer. |
| 1880 Fall-Spr '81 | At home in Martinez. |
| 1881 March | Annie Wanda Muir born in Martinez March 25. |
| 1881 May-Oct | Third Alaska trip as Bulletin correspondent. Joins Arctic expedition aboard USS Corwin to search for lost steamer Jeannette; itinerary includes Behring St., Siberian coast. Corwin party claims discovery of Wrangel Land; takes possession for U.S. |
| 1881 Fall | Returns to Martinez in time for grape harvest. |
| 1881 Fall-Nov 1882 | At home in Martinez. |
| 1882 Nov-Mar 1883 | Sisters Margaret & Sarah spend winter with Muir family at Martinez. |
| 1883 April | Complains of being "lost & choked in agricultural needs" on the Strentzel ranch. |
| 1884 July | First and only trip to Yosemite Valley with wife Louie. |
| 1884 October | Robert Underwood Johnson writes to urge JM to take up his pen again. |
| 1884 December | Sister Annie Muir arrives in Martinez for lengthy stay to recover health. |
| 1885 August | Two week trip in Yellowstone Park; meets and travels with Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Sellers. |
| 1885 Aug-Oct | Premonition father is dying; speeds to Portage to gather family; proceeds to Kansas City in time to see Daniel Muir the last time alive. |
| 1886 January | Helen Lillian Muir born in Martinez January 23. |
| 1887 Spring | Accepts offer to edit and contribute to Picturesque California. |
| 1888 June | Trip to Lake Tahoe with C.C. Parry. |
| 1888 Jul-Sep | Trip with Keith to Shasta & Puget Sound; climbs Mt. Rainier August 14. |
| 1888 August | Louie Muir decides to sell or lease large portions of Strentzel estate, hoping to free JM from management responsibilities and revitalize his study & writing. |
| 1888 Winter- Summer 1889 |
Takes room sporadically in San Francisco to concentrate on writing for Picturesque California. |
| 1889 June | Trip to Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, Tuolumne Canyon with R.U. Johnson. Decision to stimulate public interest in creation of Yosemite National Park through articles and lobby efforts. |
| 1889 Winter-Spr '90 | Works on Yosemite articles for Century Magazine. |
| 1890 Jun-Aug | Fourth trip to Alaska; sled trip across Muir Glacier. |
| 1890 September | Returns to Martinez; intensive work on Yosemite campaign. |
| 1890 Sep-Oct | Sequoia & General Grant Parks created without Kings Canyon. |
| 1890 October | Yosemite National Park bill passes Congress & signed. |
| 1890 October | Dr. John Strentzel dies; Muir family moves in to "Big House." |
| 1890 November | Begins campaign to include Kings Canyon into Sequoia National Park bill. |
| 1891 Spring | John and Margaret (Muir) Reid arrive to take over management of remaining Strentzel-Muir properties. |
| 1891 June | Two week trip with Charles D. Robinson to South Fork Kings River. |
| 1892 Mar-Apr | Trip to Wisconsin to help brother David with business & finances; David & family move to Alhambra Valley. |
| 1892 June | Helps organize Sierra Club to unite West Coast conservationists. |
| 1892-1893 | Intensive lobbying efforts to fight Caminetti Bill in Congress which proposes to reduce Yosemite Park boundaries by half. |
| 1892 Aug-Sep | Portions of Muir-Strentzel estate sold. |
| 1893 May-Jun | Trip East en route to Europe; visits Chicago World's Fair, Boston, New York; introduced to literati & social elite. |
| 1893 Jun-Sep | Three month trip to Europe; visits Edinburgh, Dunbar, Norway, London, Switzerland, France, Italy, Ireland. |
| 1893 September | Visits Washington D.C. with R.U. Johnson upon return from Europe; discusses forestry matters with Interior Dept. |
| 1893 October | Returns to Martinez via Chicago & Portage. |
| 1893 December | Active in campaign to create Mt. Rainier National Park. |
| 1894 Jan-Oct | Works on chapters of Mountains of California & articles. |
| 1895 January | Begins revising Alaska journal notes. |
| 1895 February | Completes "Glacier Bay" article. |
| 1895 March | Caminetti bill defeated in Congress. |
| 1895 Jul-Sep | Five week trip from Tahoe to Tuolumne Canyon & Yosemite Valley; meets Theodore P. Lukens in Hetch Hetchy; expresses growing indignation against Yosemite Valley mismanagement by State Park Commission. |
| 1895 Nov-Dec | Trip to southern California; visits Lukens; lectures at Throop Institute & Pasadena High School. |
| 1896 June | Premonition of mother's illness; visits Portage in time to see his mother for the last time; travels East to receive honorary degree from Harvard; old friends in Milwaukee (Trouts) and Indianapolis (Moores, Merrill). |
| 1896 July | Joins Forestry Commission in Chicago; accompanies members on inspection of Black Hills, Yellowstone, Idaho, Oregon & Washington forests. |
| 1896 August | Fifth trip to Alaska; three weeks with Henry Fairfield Osborn. |
| 1896 Aug-Sep | Returns to Oregon; rejoins Forestry Commission at Crater Lake; inspects southern Cascades, Santa Lucia coast range, southern California mountains, Grand Canyon, southern Sierra. |
| 1897 April | Receives honorary degree from Univ. of Wisconsin. |
| 1897 Aug-Sep | Sixth trip to to Alaska; five weeks with C.S. Sargent & William Canby via Banff, Alberta, Selkirk Mountains, Canadian Rockies. |
| 1897 Fall-Spr '98 | In Martinez working on Yellowstone Park & other articles. |
| 1898 May | Four day trip to Truckee-Tahoe area for tree study. |
| 1898 June | Trip to Shasta and Mt. Scott, looking for specimens for C.S. Sargent. |
| 1898 Jul-Nov | Five month trip East via Portland, Spokane, Duluth, Great Lakes, Buffalo. At Boston joins C.S. Sargent & William Canby on forest inspection tour; travels through North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Delaware. Alone, JM tours Montreal, Lake Champlain, St. Lawrence River, Maine & Vermont mountains. Rejoins Sargent & tours Florida. Returns to Martinez via Mobile, New Orleans. |
| 1899 May-Aug | Seventh trip to Alaska; ten weeks with Harriman Alaska Expedition. Joins Harriman at Portland; boards ship in Seattle. Itinerary includes Victoria, Ft. Wrangel,Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Unalaska & St. Lawrence Island. Returns to Martinez August 3. |
| 1900 Feb-Jun | Extended illness due to "La Grippe" (flu) and bronchitis. |
| 1900 Aug-Sep | Trip with C.H. Merriam & Vernon Bailey family; visits Lake Tahoe, Mono Lake, Bloody Canyon, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite Valley. |
| 1901 June | Trip to Portland with daughters aboard steamship. |
| 1901 Jun-Ju1 | Four week trip with daughters to southern Sierras. |
| 1901 Jul-Aug | Three week trip with daughters & Sierra Club to Tuolumne Meadows, Lake Tenaya. |
| 1902 January | Ten day trip to Arizona. |
| 1902 Jul-Aug | Five week trip to Kern River & southern Sierra with daughters & party including C.H. Merriam, T.P. Lukens, Keith, Henry Gannett; joins Sierra Club party en route. |
| 1903 May | Three day trip with Pres. Roosevelt in Yosemite Park. |
| 1903 May-May,1904 | Twelve month trip around the world. Joins C.S. Sargent & son in Boston. Visits London, Paris, Holland, Berlin (June, 1903); Russia, Korea, Japan, China (July-Sept). Sargents return & JM continues alone to India (Sep-Oct); Egypt (Oct- Nov); Ceylon (Nov-Dec); Australia (Dec); New Zealand (Jan-Feb 1904); Malasia, Philippines, Japan (Feb-April). Arrives in San Francisco from Hong Kong via Hawaii May 27, 1904. |
| 1905 Jan-Mar | Yosemite Recession campaign. JM active lobbiest in Sacramento. |
| 1905 June | Daughter Helen's health poor; JM takes both daughters to Adamana, Arizona for high desert air. Wife's health worsens while they are away; JM & Wanda rush home late June. |
| 1905 Aug | Louie Muir dies in Martinez August 6. |
| 1905 Aug-Sep | JM and Wanda return to Adamana to rejoin Helen. |
| 1905 October | JM returns briefly to Martinez to settle estate; leaves again for Adamana; studies petrified forest. |
| 1905 Nov-Spr '06 | JM returns to Martinez; engages in fossil study at UC Berkeley. |
| 1906 March | JM replaces Wanda in Adamana; Wanda returns to Martinez to make wedding plans. |
| 1906 May | Wanda replaces JM at Adamana; JM returns to Martinez to assess earthquake damage to property; continues fossil study at Berkeley and Stanford. |
| 1906 June | Wanda returns; marries Thomas Rae Hanna at Martinez; moves into adobe home on ranch property; JM rejoins Helen at Adamana. |
| 1906 August | Brings Helen back to Martinez. |
| 1906 October | Two day trip with Helen to Calistoga & Geyserville. |
| 1907 May-Jun | Trip to Los Angeles; visits Luken's Hemminger Flat reforestation project. |
| 1907 Jun-Jul | One month trip with Sierra Club to Yosemite high country & Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1907 October | Two week trip with Keith to Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1907 December | Tours Mojave desert in search of suitable location for Helen, who has recurring bouts of pneumonia; brings her to Daggett December 21; builds cottage for her and companion on ranch of T.S. Van Dyke. |
| 1908 January | Returns to Martinez to conduct ranch business; takes brief trip to Pasadena. |
| 1908 February | Recurring attacks of "La Grippe"; unable to write "for months." |
| 1908 March | Five day trip to Yosemite. |
| 1908 Mar-Apr | Two week trip to southern California; visits Helen at Daggett, Sellers family in Pasadena. |
| 1908 June | Prepares revision of Stickeen story for book publication. |
| 1908 Jun-Ju1 | Three week trip with Sierra Club to southern Sierra. |
| 1908 August | Brief visit to Daggett. |
| 1908 Aug-Sep | Three week stay at Pelican Bay, Oregon, as guest of E.H. Harriman; dictates autobiography. |
| 1908 September | Trip to Muir Woods with Keith. |
| 1908 September | Brief trip to Daggett. |
| 1908 December | Begins work on Yosemite guidebook; spends Christmas with Helen in Daggett. |
| 1909 January | Two week trip to Daggett and Pasadena. |
| 1909 Feb-Mar | Six week trip to Arizona & southern California. Joined by John Burroughs at Grand Canyon; together visit Helen in Daggett; JM alone joins E.H. Harriman for special trip to lower Colorado River to study flood control problems. |
| 1909 April | Returns to L.A. from Colorado River to care for Helen who spends five weeks in hospital with typhoid fever. Takes Helen back to Daggett for recuperation. |
| 1909 Apr-May | Rejoins John Burroughs in Yosemite for one week visit. |
| 1909 June | Brief visit to Daggett. |
| 1909 July | Three week trip with Sierra Club to Yosemite & Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1909 August | Three day trip to Lake Tahoe; two day trip to Daggett. |
| 1909 September | Three day trip to Daggett. |
| 1909 October | Tours Yosemite with Pres. Taft; guides Secretary of Interior Ballinger through Hetch Hetchy. |
| 1909 October | Helen marries Buel A. Funk. |
| 1910 Jan-Feb | Two week trip to L.A., Pasadena and Daggett. |
| 1910 March | Yosemite trip with Henry F. Osborn & family; trip to L.A. for luncheon in honor of Andrew Carnegie. |
| 1910 Mar-Apr | Stays with Hooker family in L.A., working on manuscript of First Summer in the Sierra. |
| 1910 April | Completes Summer manuscript; works on Yosemite guidebook and a proposed book on animals. |
| 1910 May | Five day trip with Hookers to Grand Canyon. |
| 1910 June | Returns to Martinez to be with sister Margaret, who dies June 22. |
| 1910 July | Five day trip to Shasta Springs with William Herrin. |
| 1910 Ju1-Aug | Returns to Los Angeles to work on book manuscript. |
| 1910 August | Weekend trip to Wm. Herrin's summer home near Shasta. |
| 1910 Aug-Oct | In Martinez, tending to ranch matters & writing. |
| 1910 Oct-Nov | Returns to Hooker home in Los Angeles to write. |
| 1910 December | Brief trip to Palo Alto to visit Kellogg family. |
| 1910 Dec-Feb 1911 | Returns to L.A. to continue work on Yosemite manuscript. |
| 1911 January | Proposed trip to Mexico with Wm. Herrin. |
| 1911 Feb-Mar | In Martinez on family & ranch business. |
| 1911 March | In Los Angeles; attends Roosevelt party in Pasadena. |
| 1911 Apr-Jun | Three month trip East on Hetch Hetchy and personal business; visits New York, Washington, Boston, New Haven (receives Yale honorary degree). |
| 1911 Jun-Aug | Stays with New York friends, preparing South America trip. |
| 1911 Aug-Mar 1912 | Trip to South America & Africa. Itinerary includes Amazon River (Aug-Sept); Rio De Janeiro (Sept-Oct); Buenos Aires, Chile (November); Uruguay (December). Reaches Capetown South Africa (January); Zambeze River, Baobab forests (January); Lake Victoria, Egypt (February). Returns to New York March 26. |
| 1912 Mar-Apr | In New York, proofing Yosemite book & autobiography. |
| 1912 April | Returns to Martinez via Los Angeles. |
| 1912 May | In Martinez, suffering from a cold. |
| 1912 June | Returns to L.A. to begin work on Amazon River notes. |
| 1912 July | Trip by auto to Martinez via Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Sequoia National Park and Yosemite. |
| 1912 July | Weekend trip to Wm. Herrin's summer home near Shasta. |
| 1912 October | Seven day trip to Hollywood to visit Helen & family. |
| 1912 October | Two week trip to Yosemite Valley to attend National Parks Convention. |
| 1912 Nov-Spr 1913 | Hires Mrs. Marion Randall Parsons as typist; begins work on Alaska journals for proposed book. |
| 1913 May | JM and John Swett receive honorary degrees from Univ. of California at Berkeley. |
| 1913 August | Two week trip to Island Park, Idaho as guests of Harrimans. |
| 1913 Fall-Winter | Returns to Martinez [Los Angeles?] to work on Alaska ms. |
| 1914 January | Suffers from severe bout of "la Grippe." |
| 1914 May | Weekend trip to Wm. Herrin's summer home near Shasta. |
| 1914 August | Brief trip to Shasta pine woods. |
| 1914 September | Three day trip to Herrin summer home near Shasta. |
| 1914 December | Trip to Daggett to visit Helen. |
| 1914 December | Dies at California Hospital, Los Angeles, 10 A.M., Dec. 24. |
