Tag: Muir
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Happy Birthday Antiquities Act
This year our nation observed the 116th anniversary of the Antiquities Act, and there has never been a more important time to celebrate this historic preservation policy and support its current use. When Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law in 1906, he granted the executive branch the authority to set aside for protection…
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Paul Revere Was Here…
Now in the John Muir Wilderness on the way to Big Pine Lakes, this was Lon Chaney’s cabin. Chaney had the stone cabin built for $12,000 in 1929-30. It was designed by Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams, the first African American granted a fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.
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