Video
Stop 2 - ASL - Easy Access Path Start: John Muir in Martinez
Transcript
This is Stop number 2 This land and house were once owned by Dr. John Strentzel and his wife Louisiana, John Muir’s future in-laws. Dr. Strentzel was a medical doctor with a talent for growing fruit who experimented with more than a thousand varieties of fruit trees and ornamentals. Through his work in those early days of California horticulture, he was able to determine what kinds of fruit would grow best in this northern California climate. At one point, he grew 50 different varieties of pears. John Muir was encouraged to visit Dr. Strentzel through a mutual friend. Knowing of the doctor’s interest in trees and the promise of a warm meal was all it took to get the bachelor Muir to visit the Strentzel family. Little did he suspect that Strentzel’s beautiful daughter Louie would become his wife. Dr. Strentzel’s first home in Martinez was a modest house located about a mile south of here. In this quote, Muir writes his sister Sarah about a visit in 1877: “Coming home here I left my boat at Martinez, thirty miles up the bay, and walked to Oakland across the top of Mount Diablo, and on the way called at my friends the Strentzel’s, who have eighty acres of choice orchards and vineyards, where I rested two days, my first rest in six weeks. They pitied my weary looks, and made me eat and sleep, stuffing me with turkey, chicken, beef, fruits, and jellies in the most extravagant manner imaginable, and begged me to stay a month.”
Descriptive Transcript
A young man is standing in a plan room, and is using American Sign Language. Full details of the ASL dialogue are in the transcript.
Description
Welcome to the ASL (American Sign Language) version of the main park grounds tour. There are 12 videos, each of which corresponds to the cell phone tour stop signs throughout the park. This first "Stop" begins behind the visitor center. Visually, these small signs contain a stop number and a cell phone number. Please select the correct video from the web page, as you move from stop to stop. Feel free to reach out to our staff, if you have any questions. There is also a transcript for each stop.
Duration
1 minute, 56 seconds
Credit
NPS/Luther Bailey and Cory Stellmack
Date Created
08/23/2023
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