Voyageurs National Park : the battle to create Minnesota's national park / Fred T. Witzig ; foreword by Elmer L. Andersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witzig, Fred T. (Frederick Theodore), 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyageurs National Park (Minn.)--History.

Voyageurs National Park (Minn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Voyageurs 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.

Contents:

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 Legislature

TWELVE: The Four Years to EstablishmentEpilogue; Appendix A. Voyageurs National Park Legislation; Appendix B. Legislative Chronology for Voyageurs National Park, 1891-2001; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9423-0

OCLC:

476096598