LA 1203
Yosemite. (1st scenic reserve) Signed by Abraham Lincoln
1864-
Mercator projection map
Distorts landmasses at the poles and not the equator
Preservation for All
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
The "Shack"-San County located in the Central Lowlands, Wisconsin
LDO LEOPOLD—"February": Good Oak & Wrote San County Almanac
Who wanted to go up the Grand Canyon?
Muir
Mono lake
Basin and range
Who wanted to go down the Grand Canyon?
Burrows
Scrapers of the Deep Winds
CARL SANDBURG
What was the poem written about April 19, 1775?
Concord Hymn about the arched bridge where the minute men stood
A Nation's Park
GEORGE CATLIN
What section is Baton Rouge in?
Mississippi Embayment
What happened in April 19, 1775?
Paul Revere's ride, Battle of Lexington Concord
Wister travelled west to write his most famous novel which was?
The Virginian
Where is San County located?
Wisconsin, central lowlands physiographic province
"And to think that this show-place has been going on all these days an' none of we ever saw it"
" - Rudyard Kipling
When Muir met Emerson, he called him a what?
A sequoia (not a negative comment)
"Great Civil War...so conceived.... Long endured" "It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on" "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion" -Lincoln Gettysburg address
ABE LINCOLN Civil War
The Gettysburg Address
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Two Yosemite Poems
HARRIET MONROE
Reflected Distinction
HENRY JAMES
Should Cars be Allowed in Yosemite?
JAMES BRYCE
Divine Abyss
JOHN BURROUGHS
At the Grand Canyon Nature writer along with Muir
JOHN BURROUGHS: DIVINE ABYSS
A Nation's Park written by George Catlin
Painted Native Americans, called them noble savages Had the first idea of a national park in A Nation's Park
Who wrote the Concord Hymn?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hotsprings, Arkansas. 1832. What happened?
Set aside as a health preserve but now it is a national park
-Grant president -First and largest national park -John Wesley Powell in 1869 went down Grand Canyon -1870 Yellowstone group came to conclusion that Yellowstone should become a national park
Yellowstone: March 1, 1872
Monument in my memory..."
-Catlin
The Sand Hills...
-Central lowlands (province), Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Glacial
True or False. Langford in 1870 tells the story of Mors berg party felt of Yosemite.
-FALSE
True or False. Good Poetry about national parks by pros is easy to find?
-False
True/False: The Washington Monument was named one of the 7 Wonders by civil engineers.
-False
Who did Olmstead bring with him to Biltmore?
-Gifford Pinchot
Who was NOT associated with Yellowstone National Park?
-Gifford Pinchot
Who had idea to set Yellowstone National Park aside as a National Park?
-Hedges
Who wrote Old Yellowstone Days 1936?
-Owen Winston
Who was the forrester brought to Biltmore Estate by Olmstead?
-Pinchot
Grand Canyon: Powell went down it Physiographic province: Colorado plateau
1869
How many acres were they supposed to be given if living off of irrigation?
80
"Those ashes come spring..." "Prairie clovers, great scab of bark from roadside..." "The particular oak...sand hill...stump that I measured has a diameter of 30 inches..." "These things I ponder...I will return to the foot of the orchard" "We come upon a great slab of bark freshly torn" "These I ponder as the kettle sings"
ALDO LEOPOLD
A Sand County Almanac, "February" - Good Oak
ALDO LEOPOLD
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
ANNIE DILLARD
"Muskrat went under bridge..." "I have learned that the only way to approach a feeding muskrat for a good look is to commit myself to a procedure so ridiculous that only a total unselfconsciousness will permit me to live with myself" "Muskrats are bread and butter of the carnivorous food chain...so do otters" "Stalking is a game played in the actual present" "He was 8 inches in the body and six in the tall"
ANNIE DILLARD "MUSKRAT"
Muskrats Tinker Creek is in Virginia's Blue Ridge Physiographic Providence
ANNIE DILLARD—"Stalking"/"Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"
Who Wrote/composed the song "Symphony no. 9, From the New World"?
Antonan Dvorak
Paul Riviere Battle of Lexington and Concord Minute Man National Historic Park **Concord Hymn in commemoration of Shot Heard Around the World and Battle of Lexington/Concord
April 19, 1775-
The Concord Hym Commerates
April 19th 1775, short heard around the world, and The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First discovered/introduced by Harriet Monroe Wrote in Free Verse "Many Hats" is about dedicating the Grand Canyon to man, because "each man sees himself in the canyon"
CARL SANDBURG: SCRAPERS OF THE DEEP WINDS
Arthur a part of Chicago Literary Renaissance-
Carl Sandburg
Who used free verse?
Carl Sandburg Promoted by Harriot Monroe who established Poet Magazine
Who had the first idea of a national park ?
Catlin (he was also an Indian painter)
What physiological province is Niagara falls in?
Central Lowland
What happens to be a physiographic province?
Central lowland, coastal plain
What physiographic province is Baton Rouge in?
Coastal Plains
National Park idea: there are few places whose qualities are so outstanding that they are worth preserving from undue human intervention because through our act of self restraint, these places realize their capacity to enlighten us about ourselves. It is a compound of idealism and commercialism. Muir and Burrows = Nature Writers
DAVID HARMON: Edited MIRROR OF AMERICA
Father of Landscape Architecture Designed Central Park Associated with Chicago California governor appointed Olmsted as head of commission First superintendent of New York City's National Park Management of Yosemite The report by Fredrick Law Olmsted about National Parks has not shaped new parks since then because it wasn't available and could not be used He was NOT associated with Adirondack!
FREDRICK LAW OLMSTEAD- PRESERVATION FOR ALL
"The establishment by the government of great public ground for the free enjoyment of the people under certain circumstances is this justified and enforced as a political duty" "This duty of preservation is the first which falls upon the state under the Act of Congress, because the millions who are hereafter to benefit by the Act have the largest interest in it, and the largest interest should be first and most strenuously guarded" "The main duty with which the commissioner should be charged should be to give every advantage practical by that which is peculiar to this ground...this peculiarity exists only in this ..." (talking of Yosemite) "Caused congress to treat it differently...natural scenery"
FREDRICK LAW OLMSTED KEY WORDS:"Commision, Preservation, Yosemite"
True or False. Lee's Ferry is on the Colorado River upstream.
False
Wilderness Act protects the "forever wild"
False (New York State Constitution does)
True or False. Powell lost his arm in the Battle of Gettysburg?
False (Shiloh)
True or False: Frederick Law Olmsted's arrangement of Yellowstone National Park has shaped all managements of national parks?
False (Yosemite)
What month is in the San County Almanac
February subtitle: the good oak
Gettysburg National Military Park- Harmon
First national park acquired through use of taking land by government
Who was Aldo Leopold?
Forrester that taught at Wisconsin, in Kila National Forrest that proposed primitive areas
Who was John Muir?
Found the Sierra Club, set land aside in the Antiquities Act
Who headed commission of Yosemite?
Fredrick Law Olmsted
First painted portraits of American Indian Life First person to envision the idea of a national park "I would ask no other monument in my memory nor other enrollment with the famous dead then to be known as the founder of such an institution" -George Catlin, Nation's Park "Amoungst the famous dead..." -George Catlin
GEORGE CATLIN—"A Nation's Park"
Recognized the talent of others including: Rupert Brooke, Hart Crane, Robinson Jeffers, Marianne Moore, and Stephen Spender (*Carl Sandburg = free verse, Chicago Renaissance)
HARRIET MONROE—Two Poems: "Cataracts"[Yosemite's Waterfalls] & "The Hetch-Hetchy"[Valley]
Independence National Historic Park James believed Philadelphia was supreme in culture and society compared to other cities, which was the perfect setting for history
HENRY JAMES—"Reflected Distinction"
Why should Philadelphia have so many historical events?
Harry James
What is the expedition that came 1 year after Washburn?
Hayden Expedition of 1871
Who did Rineheart traveled to the Rockies with?
Howard Eaton
"It was quite worthwhile to go down into the canyon on mule-back if only to fall in love with a mile, and to learn what a sure-footed, careful, and docile creature, when he is on his good behavior, a mule can be." "On the second day we made the descent into the canon on mule back" "We're not to be ridiculed out of going down" "But we were not to be dissuaded or ridiculed out of the adventure. There is always satisfaction in going to the bottom of things."
JOHN BURROWS anything about going "Down"
The Atchafalaya
JOHN MCFEE
Muir wrote a letter to Emerson inviting him with all his 'earnestness' to stay and see Yosemite with him Muir described Emerson as 'serene as a sequoia' After Emerson visited Yosemite for 5 days, Muir followed him to see the Mariposa Grove - Accompanied by many famous people including Robert Underwood, Johnson, Burrows, and Theodore Roosevelt
JOHN MUIR: A MEETING IN THE VALLEY
Which of the following is associated with Yellowstone?
Jackson
Ride the Rockies and Save Your Soul
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Cities call, I have heard them. But there is no voice in all the world so insistent to me as the wordless call of the Rockies I shall go back."
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Rockies
Traveled with Howard Eaton (False) Main message: National parks are diverse enough to be places of self discovery for everyone
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART: RIDE THE ROCKIES AND SAVE YOUR SOUL
Yellowstone National Park Signed by Grant 1st National Park
March 1, 1872
What river do you hunt Beavers?
Missouri
Who were the nature writers according to David Harmon?
Muir and Burrows
What is the Andericks Reserve protected by?
New York State Constitution
Old Yellowstone Days, The Virginian
OWEN WISTER
Recalled what the old Yellowstone park was like in its earlier years Established formulas and phrases that are now pure American (like gun fights and stuff) Created the old western genre Also wrote the Quintessential novel/movie called "The Virginian" There was a town named after Owen Wister bc he was on railroad board and they name towns after these members
OWEN WISTER: OLD YELLOWSTONE DAYS
Which of the following is NOT used to define a physiographic province?
Political Boundary
Good Poetry is difficult to find about national parks
Professionals shied away
The Shot Heard Round the World
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Composed "Concord Hymn" inscribed on the base of the "Minute Men" statue—now part of Minute Man National Park
RALPH WALDO EMERSON—"The Shot Heard Round the World"
On Tour through the Yellowstone
RUDYARD KIPLING
Who is the main character in Ride the Rockies and Save Your Soul?
Rinehart is the main character; Howard Eden leads the vacation into Rockies
What are the 4 sections of the Rocky Mountains?
Southern, Wyoming, Middle, and Nothern
Gulping the Great West
THOMAS WOLFE
Great Parks Trip" led by Wolf, who was accompanied by Ray Conway and Edward M Miller Their plan: 10 National Parks and 4632 road miles in 13 days
THOMAS WOLFE: GULPING THE GREAT WEST
True or False. Judge Hedges is associated with a member of Henry Washburns expedition that went to Yellowstone in 1870.
True
The Marks of Human Passage
WALLACE STEGNER
Which expedition is Cornelius Hedges part of?
Washburn Expedition in 1870 which created 1st national park (Yellowstone)
Where did Muir and Emerson meet?
Yosemite
"Surrounded by the horrors of the Civil War, the president action can be regarded as recognition that no matter how difficult our straits as a society, we can turn to our native landscape for peace, beaut, and hope." This quote describes what landscape?
Yosemite, President Lincoln
-1964 -Abe Lincoln signed legislation establishing Yosemite grant for "Preservation both of the Yosemite Valley and the Big Tree Groove" -Frederick Law Olmstead took first steps in federal land preservation
Yosimite: First Scenic Reserve Created by Federal Action
