Adirondack Wilderness: A Story of Man and NatureA history of New York State's Adirondack Park, the largest public park in the U.S.--and the men and women who tried to tame it. |
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Page 181
... Commission , in charge of things in the Forest Preserve , outlined a new plan for the Adirondacks . Its annual report to the governor included a map of the entire region on which the commissioners had drawn in blue pencil a rough circle ...
... Commission , in charge of things in the Forest Preserve , outlined a new plan for the Adirondacks . Its annual report to the governor included a map of the entire region on which the commissioners had drawn in blue pencil a rough circle ...
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... Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks was neither watershed nor recreation . It was beauty , sheer beauty : its preservation , its maintenance , its sanctity . This was new . The commission studied the Adirondacks for two years ...
... Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks was neither watershed nor recreation . It was beauty , sheer beauty : its preservation , its maintenance , its sanctity . This was new . The commission studied the Adirondacks for two years ...
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... Commission of , 195 Fisheries , Game and Forest Commission , 183 , 184 Fishery Commission , State , 175 , 176 Flacke , Robert , 221 Follensby Pond , 120 Forest Commission : proposal of to create Adirondack Park , 181 ; and railroad ...
... Commission of , 195 Fisheries , Game and Forest Commission , 183 , 184 Fishery Commission , State , 175 , 176 Flacke , Robert , 221 Follensby Pond , 120 Forest Commission : proposal of to create Adirondack Park , 181 ; and railroad ...
Contents
Maps and Man in New York State | 3 |
The Final Frontier | 8 |
How a Hat Won the West | 18 |
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