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Making Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : Jerry J. Frank
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2013-09-03
Making Rocky Mountain National Park written by Jerry J. Frank and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-03 with History categories.
On September 4, 1915, hundreds of people gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, to celebrate the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. This new nature preserve held the promise of peace, solitude, and rapture that many city dwellers craved. As Jerry Frank demonstrates, however, the park is much more than a lovely place. Rocky Mountain National Park was a keystone in broader efforts to create the National Park Service, and its history tells us a great deal about Colorado, tourism, and ecology in the American West. To Frank, the tensions between tourism and ecology have played out across a natural stage that is anything but passive. At nearly every turn the National Park Service found itself face-to-face with an environment that was difficult to anticipate—and impossible to control. Frank first takes readers back to the late nineteenth century, when Colorado boosters—already touting the Rocky Mountains’ restorative power for lung patients—set out to attract more tourists and generate revenue for the state. He then describes how an ecological perspective came to Rocky in fits and starts, offering a new way of imagining the park that did not sit comfortably with an entrenched management paradigm devoted to visitor recreation and comfort. Frank examines a wide range of popular activities including driving, hiking, skiing, fishing, and wildlife viewing to consider how they have impacted the park’s flora and fauna, often leaving widespread transformation in their wake. He subjects the decisions of park officials to close but evenhanded scrutiny, showing how in their zeal to return the park to what they understood as its natural state, they have tinkered with its features—sometimes with less than desirable results. Today’s Rocky Mountain National Park serves both competing visions, maintaining accessible roads and vistas for the convenience of tourists while guarding its backcountry to preserve ecological values. As the park prepares to celebrate its centennial, Frank’s book advances our understanding of its past while also providing an important touchstone for addressing its problems in the present and future.
Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
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It Happened In Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : Phyllis J. Perry
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-12-15
It Happened In Rocky Mountain National Park written by Phyllis J. Perry and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-15 with Nature categories.
From an out-of-control wildfire that nearly destroyed a town to a serial spouse killer in Estes Park, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Colorado’s largest national park. Learn how two teens’ attempt to scale the Diamond—a sheer granite cliff so dangerous that climbing it used to be outlawed—resulted in one of the most complicated rescues in the park’s history. Read about the life and untimely demise of Rocky Mountain Jim, who was badly scarred by a grizzly bear attack and earned a reputation as an eccentric but highly skilled wilderness guide. And meet Harriet Peters, an unusually tenacious girl who summited 14,259-foot-tall Longs Peak at the tender age of eight.
Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : Phyllis J. Perry
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008-06-23
Rocky Mountain National Park written by Phyllis J. Perry and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-23 with Travel categories.
Rocky Mountain National Park is often called the crown jewel of the nations park system. Set in Colorado in the southern part of the Rocky Mountain chain, which forms the backbone of North America, the park contains 72 named peaks above 12,000 feet with the tallest of these, Longs Peak, rising to 14,259 feet. Established in 1915 as a national park, it now hosts more than two million visitors every year. Vacationers enjoy picnicking, hiking, camping, climbing, skiing, and simply admiring the beauties of the park, which include alpine plants, wildflowers, aspen, conifers, lakes, streams, waterfalls, and an abundance of birds and animals.
Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
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General Information Regarding Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
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Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park Colorado
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Author : Clement Yore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927
Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park Colorado written by Clement Yore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1927 with Estes Park (Colo.) categories.
It Happened In Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : Phyllis Perry
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008-01-01
It Happened In Rocky Mountain National Park written by Phyllis Perry and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with History categories.
With 3.3 million visitors each year, many unexpected things occur in this phenomenal park -- floods, cougar attacks and brave rescues -- in addition to achievements such as the building of the highest paved road in the world.
Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : C. W. Buchholtz
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 1983
Rocky Mountain National Park written by C. W. Buchholtz and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author : John Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008-08-15
Rocky Mountain National Park written by John Hamilton and has been published by ABDO Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
National Parks are part of the heritage of America, and this title examines one of the most compelling parks in the country, Rocky Mountain National Park. Students will examine the ecosystems, geology, and the flora and fauna that makes Rocky Mountain National Park unique. Readers will learn this park's history from early human habitation through its designation as a national park, and examine the conflict between conservation and tourism that challenges efforts to preserve this national treasure for future generations. Includes original photos from award-winning author/photographer John Hamilton. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.