The Awesome John Muir      

Over 150 years ago, a cool man was born in Dunbar, Scotland. His name was John Muir.

When John Muir was little, he and his friends used to look for snapping turtles, birds nests, and other animals.

He used to have fun under the covers imagining he was on an adventure with his brother going to other parts of the world.

His family grew crops and they were not miners.

John was happy because the new farmland in Wisconsin was surrounded by wildlife. He could play near the forest, lake or a meadow.

When he was 15 he was ready to learn more. He read a lot of books and had fun reading them.

John Muir invented the thermometer, a barometer, and a fire starter. These three things are important in life.

During the Civil War time, John Muir moved to Canada and started the first of his wilderness tasks.

As he traveled around the world, he was upset about how people were destroying the plants and trees.

 He did lots of good things.  He wrote letters to newspapers to tell people how they are destroying the wilderness. He helped start the Sierra Club. Even the president agreed with his ideas and made new laws to protect the environment.