TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mason,Kathy S.
TI  - Natural Museums: U. S. National Parks, 1872-1916
SN  - 9780870139352
AV  - SB482.A4 M265 2004 
U1  - 333.78/3/0973 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - East Lansing
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - National parks and reserves--United States--History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION Before the National Park Service -- ONE Origins of an Idea: Hot Springs Reservation -- TWO A Worthless Wonderland: Yellowstone National Park -- THREE The "Gem of the Straits" Becomes a National Park: Mackinac Island -- FOUR Nature's Majestic Marvels: Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant -- FIVE Natural Gems or Inferior Parks? Wind Cave, Sullys Hill, and Platt -- SIX "That Future Generations May Know the Majesty of the Earth": The Establishment of the National Park Service, and Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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