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This Week in the West, Episode 77: Naturalist John Muir's Vision of Preserving the West
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🎙️Episode 77: Naturalist John Muir's Vision of Preserving the West
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This episode tells the remarkable story of John Muir, whose life changed forever after a factory accident in 1867 temporarily blinded him. When his vision returned, Muir saw it as a second chance and chose to leave behind industrial life to pursue a deeper connection with the natural world. That decision led him on a thousand-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico and eventually west to California, where he discovered the awe-inspiring beauty of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada.
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