An awesome man named John Muir was born over 150 years ago in Dunbar, Scotland. When John was around 10 years old, his family heard the news that California miners had struck gold even though they lived far away in the tiny village of Dunbar. John loved to learn. As soon as he saved up enough for college, he signed up for all kinds of classes. John talked his father into buying books that he read and traded with friends and neighbors. At night, John Muir and his brother Davie would hide under their bed covers and pretend to travel to faraway places like France, Australia, and America. John was very creative. When he was inventing things, he whittled any parts he needed       or scavenged them from the trash. John also invented clocks (even though he had never seen the inside of a watch!) John invented the thermometer, the barometer, and the fire-starter. John Muir started the Sierra club. The Sierra club helps to protect the enviornment and it still exists today. Once he walked 1,000 miles. He walked from Kentucky all the way to Florida!       The End