National Park, City Playground: Mount Rainier in the Twentieth Century (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
- ISBN-10
- 0295986433
- ISBN-13
- 9780295986432
- Category
- History / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Author
- Theodore Catton
Description
Looks at the evolving relationship between the mountain and its surrounding residents, from the late 1890s when the Pacific Forest Reserve became Mount Rainier National Park. Catton tells the history of the park and examines the many controversies that affected its development, from proposals to develop a chairlift for downhill skiers to environmental degradation from overuse of popular areas.
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- 2011-12-01
- 224 pages
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