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John Muir’s Quest to Save the Great Outdoors

HISTORY This Week

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The Debate Over Hetch Hetchy Valley

Frida Ghitis: Congress votes 43 to 25 in favor of the dam. Ghitis: Dam supporters are signing petitions and writing letters, too. She says a San Francisco women's club argues that someone who adores every bush and tree is unjust. Ghitis; Muir wouldn't have dreamed of that when he first arrived in Yosemite all those years before.

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