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The Palladian Bridge, Prior Park, Bath
No full text'The Palladian Bridge. PRIOR PARK, BATH. W. Williams Delt Pub, by W, Everitt J. Shury, Sculpt.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Vicinity : with geothermal wells
No full textScale 1:100,000 ; universal transverse Mercator projection. (W 155⁰45ʹ00ʺ--W 154⁰47ʹ30ʺ/N 19⁰45ʹ00ʺ--N 19⁰07ʹ30ʺ).1 map : color ; 69 x 100 cm., folded to 26 x 11 cm.Relief shown by contours and spot heights."Compiled from USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps dated 1980-1983 ... map edited 1986."Vicinity map, Hawaii (Hawaii Co.). Scale 1:800,000.Kilauea Crater--Chain of Craters area shaded relief map, Scale 1:24,000, text "Geologic landscapes of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, by Robert and Barbara Decker," glossary of Hawaiian place names, rainfall map of the Island of Hawaii, 1825 map of the Kilauea Caldera, 2 diagrams, USGS quad index map, and col. ill.Contents: Geologic landscapes of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park / by Robert and Barbara Decker -- Glossary of Hawaiian place names in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park / compiled by Interpretive Division Staff, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park -- Topographic map symbols -- Conversion table -- Declination diagram -- Index to 1:24,000 scale quadrangle maps
Letter from W. W. Crosby, Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, to the Director, U.S. National Park Service
No full textLetter from W. W. Crosby to the Director of the National Park Service defending his placement of the dynamite near Grand Canyon Village. He states there is between 16-20 tons of dynamite
North Carolina Park Commission: Purchase Fund statements
No full textThese Purchase Fund statements are part of the records of the North Carolina Park Commission. They are a small sampling of the thousands collected and housed at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1924, the North Carolina Park Commission was created by the General Assembly to facilitate the establishment of a national park. By 1927, funds for acquiring land amounted to 5 million dollars, two from each state and one million in donations pledged by citizens. By 1930, North Carolina had deeded more than 50,000 acres of land to the Department of the Interior, taking the first tangible steps toward creating a park. Tennessee soon followed suit
Great Smoky Mountains and the National Park
No full textThis article “The Great Smoky Mountains and the National Park” was written by Horace Kephart and looks to have been reprinted by the National Park Service. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Park Museum to House Library of Author
No full textThis short news article, “New National Park Museum to House Library of Author,” from the New York Times reveals the disposition of the part of the Horace Kephart estate. A prolific writer, Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.GETS KEPHART COLLECTION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.~The library, camping and fishing equip-
ment, notes representing many
years of research, maps and personal effects belonging to the collection
of the late Horace Kephart, author,
of Bryson City, N. C, have been
given to the museum to be established in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The collection
is the gift of the Kephart family
and friends.
The library, while not unusually
large, is considered an important
acquisition, since it contains many
books, note* an •■■ ,i, ,* '■>
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Mountains in general and the Great
Smokies in particular. It also has
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Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC Natl Park written on the letter in blue pencil
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC National Park written on the letter in red pencil
Park Zofii Kossak w Gorkach Wielkich
No full textZespół dworski w Górkach Wielkich pochodzący z XVIII wieku związany jest z nazwiskiem mieszkającej niegdyś w nim około 20 lat wybitnej polskiej pisarki Zofii Kossak-Szczuckiej-Szatkowskiej (1890 - 1968). W Górkach Wielkich powstała większość jej utworów literackich.
W 1945 roku zabytkowy dwór został spalony przez wycofujących się Niemców. Po drugiej wojnie światowej Zofia Kossak przez pewien czas mieszkała w Wielkiej Brytanii. Do Górek Wielkich powróciła wiosną 1957 roku i zamieszkała w domku ogrodnika zamienionym obecnie na muzeum biograficzne pisarki. W roku 1995 wykonano inwentaryzację szczegółową roślinności drzewiastej oraz dokonano wstępnej analizy kompozycji parku. Na jego terenie rosną 432 drzewa i krzewy. Przeważają taksony liściaste, głównie Robinia pseudoacacia, Picea abies, Tilia cordata, Prunus cerasifera, Betula pendula, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus robur, Sambucus nigra, Spiraea x vanhouttei, Comus alba, Coiylus avellana, Philadelphus x polyanthus i Weigela florida. Na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku ogród miał układ geometryczny, na jego kanwie powstał park modernistyczny. Zofia Kossak była bardzo wrażliwa na piękno otaczającej ją przyrody. Miała duży wpływ na formę ogrodu w Górkach Wielkich, osobiście posadziła wiele drzew i krzewów. W muzeum zachowały się jej zamówienia na rośliny ozdobne, z których większość nie przetrwała do dzisiejszego dnia.Manor-house park at Górki Wielkie is dated back to 18th century and it has been connected with a name of Zofia Kossak-Szczucka-Szat- kowska (1890 - 1968) who has lived there during about 20 years. Most of her works have been created and written at Górki Wielkie. At 1945 monumental manor-house was burned down by withdrawing Germans. After the second world war Zofia Kossak lived at Great Britain for some period of time. She has returned to Górki Wielkie in spring 1957 and inhabited gardener's house which has been changed now into writer’s biographic museum. In 1995 a detailed inventory of dendroflora of the park and a preliminary analysis of its composition has been done. There are growing 432 trees and shrubs. Decidous taxons prevail, mainly Robinia pseudoacacia, Picea abies, Tilia cordata, Pmnus cerasifera, Betula pendula, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus robur, Sambucus nigra, Spiraea x vanhouttei, Comus alba, Corylus avellana, Philadelphus x polyanthus and Weigela florida. On the turn of the 18th century the park had a geometrical character and on its basis a modernistic park has been established. Zofia Kossak was very sensitive to scenic beauty of surrounding nature. She had a great influence on a form of the park at Górki Wielkie and planted many trees and shrubs by herself. Her orders for ornamentals are kept at the museum; most of the plants have not survived to present days
Letter from Secretary to W. W. Bass
No full textLetter to W. W. Bass from Carl Hayden's secretary informing him of a vote on the national park bill will not be held until December
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