LEADER 02712nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910781573103321 005 20230617002002.0 010 $a0-87013-935-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065677 035 $a(EBL)1757806 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527219 035 $a(PQKB)11043898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338116 035 $a(OCoLC)608169714 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338116 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514503 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065677 100 $a20040113d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNatural museums$b[electronic resource] $eU.S. national parks, 1872-1916 /$fKathy S. Mason 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (119 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-711-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 93-101) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $a In 1872, the world's first national park was founded at Yellowstone. Although ideas of nature conservation were not embraced generally by the American public, five more parks were created before the turn of the century. By 1916, the year that the National Park Service was born, the country could boast of fourteen national parks, including such celebrated areas as Yosemite and Sequoia. Kathy Mason demonstrates that Congress, park superintendents, and the American public were forming general, often tacit notions of the parks' purpose before the new bureau was established. Although the 606 $aNational parks and reserves$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aNational parks and reserves$xHistory. 676 $a333.78/3/0973 700 $aMason$b Kathy S.$f1970-$01561795 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781573103321 996 $aNatural museums$93828809 997 $aUNINA