The park builders : a history of state parks in the Pacific northwest / Thomas R. Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Thomas R., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parks--Northwest, Pacific--History.

Parks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages, [20] p. of plates )

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

State parks in the Pacific northwest.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Park Builders".

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Chapter 1: The Northwest and the Nation: A Parks Movement in the Making ""; ""Chapter 2: Weldon B. Heyburn and Robert Moran: Two Men and Two Parks ""; ""Chapter 3: Ben Olcott's Crusade to Save Oregon's Scenery ""; ""Chapter 4: Conservation by Subterfuge: Robert W. Sawyer and the Birth of the Oregon State Parks ""; ""Chapter 5: Asahel Curtis, Herbert Evison, and the Parks and Roadside Timber of Washington State ""; ""Chapter 6: Samuel H. Boardman: The Preservationist as Administrator ""

""Chapter 7: Robert E. Smylie and Idaho's State Parks: A Study in Belated Action """"Chapter 8: All the Governor's Men: Parks and Politics in Washington State, 1957-1965 ""; ""Chapter 9: To Save a River: Robert Straub, Karl Onthank, Tom McCall, and the Williamette Greenway ""; ""Chapter 10: Parks and Their Builders in Perspective ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliographic Essay ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-295-80066-6

OCLC:

740450360