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Committee Serial No. 5. Considers H.J. Res. 309 and identical H.J. Res. 546, to request that 1972 be designated "National Park Centennial Year" to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park and to establish a National Park Centennial Commission to conduct and coordinate commemorative activities.
Committee Serial No. 5. Considers H.J. Res. 309 and identical H.J. Res. 546, to request that 1972 be designated "National Park Centennial Year" to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park and to establish a National Park Centennial Commission to conduct and coordinate commemorative activities.
Does a beloved institution need its own myths to survive? Can conservationists avoid turning their heroes into legends? Should they try? Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society’s vision seemed focused on only greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park’s “creation myth” portrayed a few saintlike pioneer conservationists laboring to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds. In fact, the establishment of Yellowstone was the result of complex social, scientific, economic, and aesthetic forces. Its creators were not saints but mortal humans with the full range of ideals and impulses known to the species. Authors Paul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone’s complex history, present the first full account of how the fairy tale origins of the park found universal public acceptance and the long, painful process by which the myth was reconsidered and replaced with a more realistic and ultimately more satisfying story. In this evocative exploration of Yellowstone’s creation myth, the authors trace the evolution of the legend, its rise to incontrovertible truth, and its revelation as a mysterious and troubling episode that remains part folklore, part wish, and part history. This study demonstrates the passions stirred by any challenge to cherished national memories, just as it honors the ideals and dreams represented by our national myths.
To Commemorate the Centennial of the National Park Service 1916-2016 Over 307 million people per year visit the 412 units of the National Park Service, including the 59 National Parks. To acknowledge those visits and to allow those visitors the opportunity to memorialize what they have experienced and what they have seen we are releasing this series of U.S. National Park Journals. Included are daily experience and memories pages as well as a foreword including information for each of the 10 top most visited parks in the system. Also included is short summary of the establishment of the National Park Service a unit of the Department of the Interior. A Travel Items list is also included at the front of each Journal. Mark Twain said it best: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
A historic, photographic tour of America's first national park.