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Worthwhile Places
Worthwhile Places is a fascinating inside look at the history of some of our most treasured national parks. The book illuminates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped to shape our national park system. The close association and warm and lasting friendship between John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright is documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. The letters portray a common concern for and love of our nation's natural heritage and efforts which preserved countless scenic wonders for future generations. Horace Albright joined the National Park Service at its inception in 1916. He was superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and later director of the N...
The Birth of the National Park Service
This oral history was related by attorney Horace Albright who was involved in founding the National Park Service to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
Creating the National Park Service
A central figure in the creation of the National Park Service reveals the previously untold story of how he secretly served as acting director of the Service in 1917 and 1918 while the official director, Stephan T. Mather, was disabled by manic depression.
National Park Service
On August 26, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act of creating the National Park Service. Live the story of the three men who lived it for 75 years.
Oh, Ranger!
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Birth of a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains
Annually millions of people admire the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's primeval beauty - towering peaks, sparkling cascades, virgin forests, and remarkable variety of wildflowers and shrubs. One of the nation's most popular national parks did not just "come to be" a logical and natural development on federally-owned land. Instead, it was the first national park to be acquired from private owners and given by the people to the federal government. Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park climaxed an unprecedented crusade that is a story of almost fanatic dedication to a cause, as well as one of frustration, despair, political bias, and even physical violence.
