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1.In1892theSierraClubwasformed.In1908anareaofcoastalredwoodtreesnorthofSanFranciscowasestablishedasMuirWoodsNationalMonument.IntheSierraNevadamountains,awalkingtrailfromYosemiteValleytoMountWhitneywasdedicatedin1938.ItiscalledJohnMuirTrail.
JohnMuirwasbornin1838inScotland.Hisfamilynamemeans“moor,”whichisameadowfullofflowersandanimals.Johnlovednaturefromthetimehewassmall.Healsolikedtoclimbrockycliffsandwalls.
WhenJohnwaseleven,hisfamilymovedtotheUnitedStatesandsettledinWisconsin.Johnwasgoodwithtoolsandsoonbecameaninventor.Hefirstinventedamodelofasawmill.Laterheinventedanalarmclockthatwouldcausethesleepingpersontobetippedoutofbedwhenthetimersounded.
Muirlefthomeatanearlyage.Hetookathousand-milewalksouthtotheGulfofMexicoin1867and1868.ThenhesailedforSanFrancisco.ThecitywastoonoisyandcrowdedforMuir,soheheadedinlandfortheSierraNevadas.
WhenMuirdiscoveredtheYosemiteValleyintheSierraNevadas,itwasasifhehadcomehome.Helovedthemountains,thewildlife,andthetrees.Heclimbedthemountainsandevenclimbedtreesduringthunderstormsinordertogetclosertothewind.Heputforththetheoryinthelate1860'sthattheYosemiteValleyhadbeenformedthroughtheactionofglaciers.Peopleridiculedhim.Notuntil1930wasMuir'stheoryprovencorrect.
MuirbegantowritearticlesabouttheYosemiteValleytotellreadersaboutitsbeauty.HiswritingalsowarnedpeoplethatYosemitewasindangerfromtimberminingandsheepranchinginterests.In1901TheodoreRooseveltbecamepresidentoftheUnitedStates.Hewasinterestedinconservation.MuirtookthepresidentthroughYosemite,andRoosevelthelpedgetlegislationpassedtocreateYosemiteNationalParkin1906.AlthoughMuirwonmanyconservationbattles,helostamajorone.HefoughttosavetheHetchValley,whichpeoplewantedtodaminordertoprovidewaterforSanFrancisco.Inthelate1913abillwassignedtodamthevalley.Muirdiedin1914.SomepeoplesaylosingthefighttoprotectthevalleykilledMuir.
Whathappenedfirst?
A.TheMuirfamilymovedtotheUnitedStates.B.MuirWoodswascreated.C.JohnMuirlearnedtoclimbrockycliffs.D.JohnMuirwalkedtotheGulfofMexicoE.Muirvisitedalongtheeastcoas