In 1867, John Muir, the father of the national park system, decided to go on a journey from Kentucky all the way down to the ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

John Muir talked to flowers. The historical record is mute, however, on whether the "flowery plant people" talked back. No matter. Muir believed they did. And he was as talented as Walt Disney when it ...

The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of breathtaking landscape in California’s Sierra Nevadas that begins in Yosemite Valley and ends at the top of Mount Whitney. The John Muir Trail is 210 miles of ...

Muir, known as the "Father of National Parks" is honored in this 1998 stamp as a pioneer for nature preservation. Courtesy of the National Postal Museum John Muir (1838-1914) is remembered as one of ...

Eleven years ago, Olivia Poulos and her dad made a pact to visit as many trips to national parks as they could; now totaling 31. Over the holiday break from college, the Los Altos resident couldn’t ...

An early photograph of John Muir, taken in Madison, Wisconsin around 1875. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society. John Muir was eleven years old when his family emigrated from Scotland to Wisconsin in ...