Mountain Days - The John Muir Musical
2000 Production

Mountain Days-The John Muir Musical debuted in October 2000 at the Chronicle Pavilion in Concord, with Lee Strawn as John Muir, Marsha Mercant as Louie Strentzel Muir, and Jon Marshall as Young John Muir.

Intended as a one-time performance to celebrate the "Arts Millennia," Mountain Days evolved into a recurring summer event and spawned a series of summer festivals at the John Muir Amphitheater on the waterfront in Martinez, John Muir's home.

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Young John Muir scales the roof of his home in Dunbar, Scotland

Immigrants from Scotland to America weather a storm at sea

John's brothers and sisters help him out of a well on their farm

John takes his inventions to the state fair

A factory accident causes John to lose his sight

John Muir looks back on his younger self taking a "thousand-mile walk"

The denizens of San Francisco

John and his friend Chillwell discover the beauty of the Yosemite Valley

John attempts to rescue Louie Strentzel from a cliff ledge

John and Teddy Roosevelt on their famous camping trip to Yosemite

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Young John Muir scales the roof of his home in Dunbar, Scotland