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The John Muir House home to the author, naturalist, and a published author. His books were all about nature and how he loved living in the wild. Some cool things about John Muir is that he climbed a 100 foot mountain in a thunderstorm, inched across the alaska ice bridge, and spent a night on Mt.Shasta during as blizzard. He was an amazing person, father, husband, and friends to everyone. He sadly he died on December 24, 1914, leaving his kids behind Wanda and Helen behind. Some cool things about his kids are that there are mountain named after them. The mountains are Mount Wanda and Mount Helen. I love the John Muir house every time I visited. I loved it because of the nature,the things to do, the tails to walk, and the rooms to see, and

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