The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord NelsonOn Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
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... Polk County , named for President James Polk , was formed in 1853 . Its 598,400 acres were acquired by treaty from the Chippewa Indians in 1837 , the year after Wisconsin became a territory . Clear Lake is in the southeastern part of the ...
... Polk County , named for President James Polk , was formed in 1853 . Its 598,400 acres were acquired by treaty from the Chippewa Indians in 1837 , the year after Wisconsin became a territory . Clear Lake is in the southeastern part of the ...
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... Polk County . Smaller local mills did most of the logging , so few areas were totally cutover . The forest was largely pine , but with large stands of sugar maple , mixed with other hardwoods and some softwoods . When the county was ...
... Polk County . Smaller local mills did most of the logging , so few areas were totally cutover . The forest was largely pine , but with large stands of sugar maple , mixed with other hardwoods and some softwoods . When the county was ...
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... Polk County residents were not free from suffering during the Depression of the 1930s . Between 12 and 18 percent of Polk County's population were on relief in 1935.24 Fred Booth recalls his grandfather , who held personal mortgages on ...
... Polk County residents were not free from suffering during the Depression of the 1930s . Between 12 and 18 percent of Polk County's population were on relief in 1935.24 Fred Booth recalls his grandfather , who held personal mortgages on ...
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