Natural Museums : U. S. National Parks, 1872-1916.
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- 9780870139352
- 333.78/3/0973
- SB482.A4 M265 2004
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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