Part one of term paper
was born April 21,1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. His father owned a store. They lived upstairs over the store. John had two sisters and one brother named David. John's grandfather lived near by. As a boy John liked to take walks with his grandfather through the country. John liked to climb and explore also. He and his brother would climb the ...

Part two of term paper
... the land and animals around his home. John wanted an education so he worked and saved his money to go to the University of Wisconsin. He studied about plants and geology. When John left the University he started traveling across the country. He walked thousands of miles. He traveled to California to see Yosemite Valley. He worked at a hotel there in the winter. He wrote magizine articles about mountains, glaciers, trees, flowers, birds, animals and insects. People that read the articles ca ...