Historical marker

Back of a historical marker which reads, "He remembered the 'watery and vine-tied' land where 'the streams are still young,' which he had seen and sampled on his way from Fernandina. It was while recovering from a bout with malaria in Cedar Key that Muir first expressed his belief that nature was valuable for its own sake, not only because it was useful for man. This principle guided John Muir throughout his life. In early 1868, he left Cedar Key and eventually settled in California, where he helped establish the Yosemite National Park, and in 1892, the Sierra Club, which became one of our nation's best known enviromental organizations."


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