03182nam 22006493u 450 991078420270332120230617004429.00-8166-9423-0(CKB)1000000000346798(EBL)310849(OCoLC)476096598(SSID)ssj0000268557(PQKBManifestationID)11217066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268557(PQKBWorkID)10232834(PQKB)10732636(MiAaPQ)EBC310849(EXLCZ)99100000000034679820130418d2004|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoyageurs National Park[electronic resource] The Battle to Create Minnesota's National ParkMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20041 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4050-5 Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: The National Park Service in Northeastern Minnesota: The Early Years; TWO: Developing a Proposal for Voyageurs National Park; THREE: Delay and Frustration; FOUR: Progress on Voyageurs Stalled; FIVE: State Administration Leads National Park Cause; SIX: The Introduction of Voyageurs National Park Legislation; SEVEN: The Reintroduction of Park Legislation; EIGHT: Deadlocks and Bottlenecks; NINE: Congressional Hearings; TEN: Final Passage; ELEVEN: The Final Step to Establishment: Land Donation and the State LegislatureTWELVE: The Four Years to EstablishmentEpilogue; Appendix A. Voyageurs National Park Legislation; Appendix B. Legislative Chronology for Voyageurs National Park, 1891-2001; Notes; Bibliography; IndexVoyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota's only national park. Fred Witzig's thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle, and focus on the individuals and groups who were instrumental in its establishment.National parksParksVoyageurs National Park (Minn.) -- HistoryVoyageurs National Park (Minn.)United States Local HistoryHILCCRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCNational parks.Parks.Voyageurs National Park (Minn.) -- History.Voyageurs National Park (Minn.).United States Local HistoryRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & Archaeology977.6977.677Witzig Fred T(Frederick Theodore),1925-2009.1504158Andersen Elmer L1476975AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910784202703321Voyageurs National Park3733009UNINA