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Author:
Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- author.
Title:
Developing the Pacific Northwest : the life and work of Asahel Curtis / William H. Wilson.
Publisher:
Washington State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
ix, 321 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subject:
Curtis, Asahel,--1874-1941.
Photographers--Northwest, Pacific--Biography.
Mountaineers--Northwest, Pacific--Biography.
Conservationists--Washington (State)--Biography.
Roads--History.--Washington (State)--History.
Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)--History.
Olympic National Park (Wash.)--History.
Washington (State)--History.--History.
Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Biography.
Ranchers--Yakima River Valley--Yakima River Valley--Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Curtis, Asahel,--1874-1941.
Civic leaders.
Conservationists.
Ecology.
Mountaineers.
Photographers.
Ranchers.
Roads--Environmental aspects.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington (State)
Washington (State)--Mount Rainier National Park.
Washington (State)--Olympic National Park.
Washington (State)--Yakima River Valley.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The contradictions of Asahel Curtis -- Growing up, joining the gold rush, and returning -- Photographing the Pacific Northwest -- The Good Roads Movement : growing the Washington State Good Roads Association -- The Good Roads Movement : battling Roland Hartley -- The Good Roads Movement : nationalizing the highways -- Mount Rainier : climbing the mountain, founding and leaving the mountaineers -- Mount Rainier : founding and leading the Rainier Park Advisory Board -- Mount Rainier : developing the park, dissolving the Rainier National Park Advisory Board -- The Olympics : climbing the mountains, photographing the peninsula -- The Olympics : battling against the Olympic National Park -- Reclaiming the land, operating the "ranch" -- Working and living : the later years.
ISBN:
0874223318
9780874223316
OCLC:
(OCoLC)912045227
LCCN:
2015011459
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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