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Description
Richard Festus "Dad" O'Rourke at West Point Inn on Mt. Tamalpais. The second image on this record is the text that appeared in California Out of Doors, December 1989. From the photo colllection of Nancy M. Skinner. The Text reads: Richard Festus "Dad" O'Rourke By Nancy M. Skinner His name was "Dad" O'Rourke. Hardly anyone rmembered his full name, Richard Festus O'Rourke. "Dad" lived in San Francisco with his wife and four daughters, Mabel, Florence, Claire and Myra. "Dad" was appointed ranger-in-charge for Muir Woods in 1921. Our only picture of him at this time is a photo taken in the ranger's office, a small room at the Muir Woods Inn, now just a concrete foundation at Camp Alice Eastwood. "Dad" was a committed hiker and conservationist of Mt. Tamalpais. He served as president and secretary of the TCC and was active in the organization until his death in 1937. He was a hiking leader par excellence. Wearing his "uniform", a white shirt with a black tie, carrying his knapsack and cane, he was a familiar figure on the trails of Mt. Tamalpais almost every Sunday of his adult life. In 1927, a group of his friends got together and erected a stone bench just west of Rock Spring. The inscription reads: "Give me these hills and the friends I love, I ask no other heaven." to our Dad O"Rourke in celebration of his 76th birthday Feb. 25, 1927 from his friends to whom he showed this heaven.
Type
image
Identifier
6241E3FF-38A6-447A-AE7D-194053244655 2018.049.005
Subject
Hikers Inn Mt. Tamalpais O'Rourke, "Dad Portraits West Point Inn
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