Author: Jay M. Price
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081653439X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Arizona is home to some of the region's most stunning national parks and monuments and has had a long tradition of strong federal agencies—along with effective local governments—developing and managing parklands. Before World War II, protecting sites from development seemed counterproductive to a state government dominated by extractive industries. By the late 1950s this state that prided itself on being a tourist destination found its lack of state parks to be an embarrassment. Gateways to the Southwest is a history of the creation of state parks in Arizona, examining the ways in which different types of parks were created in the face of changing social values. Jay Price tells how Arizona's parks emerged from the recreation and tourism boom of the 1950s and 1960s, were shaped by the environmental movement of the 1970s and 1980s, and have been affected by the financial challenges that arose in the 1990s. He also explains how changing political realities led to different methods of creating parks like Catalina, Homol'ovi Ruins, and Kartchner Caverns. In addition, places that did not become state parks have as much to tell us as those that did. By the time the need for state parks was recognized in Arizona, most choice sites had already been developed, and Price reveals how acquiring land often proved difficult and expensive. State parks were of necessity developed in cooperation with the federal government, other state agencies, community leaders, and private organizations. As a result, parks born from land exchanges, partnerships, conservation easements, and other cooperative ventures are more complicated entities than the "state park" designation might suggest. Price's study shows that the key issue for parks has not been who owns a place but who manages it, and today Arizona's state parks are a network of lake-based recreation, historic sites, and environmental education areas reflecting issues just as complex as those of the region's better-known national parks. Gateways to the Southwest is a case study of resource stewardship in the Intermountain West that offers new insights into environmental history as it illustrates the challenges and opportunities facing public lands all over America.
Author: D. J. Price
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Robin Cole-Jett
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625846282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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The Red River's dramatic bend in southwestern Arkansas is the most distinctive characteristic along its 1,300 miles of eastern flow through plains, prairies and swamplands. This stretch of river valley has defined the culture, commerce and history of the region since the prehistoric days of the Caddo inhabitants. Centuries later, as the plantation South gave way to westward expansion, people found refuge and adventure along the area's trading paths, military roads, riverbanks, rail lines and highways. This rich heritage is why the Red River in Arkansas remains a true gateway to the Southwest. Author Robin Cole-Jett deftly navigates the history and legacy of one of the Natural State's most precious treasures.
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state.
Author: D J Price
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781296707460
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Author: D J Price
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781342194381
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Languages : en
Pages : 242
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Author: D. J. Price
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ISBN: 9781332619580
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Excerpt from The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest Starting originally from St. Louis, it was pushed mile by mile through the virgin forest; it climbed the hills by easy grades, and threw across the streams and rivers its arches of stone and steel and iron. The rough log causeway became the firm and rigid road-bed; the treacherous rope ferries were replaced by massive bridges; the and whoa, and haw of the teamster were drowned in the shriek of the locomotive and the whiz and whir Of the express train. Year by year the work Of the first engineers has been supplemented by the never - ending improvements which are continually being made in roadway, track and bridges, and' which modern railway management deems necessary in order to furnish the traveling public with the facilities for quiet, safe and comfortable transportation demanded by the present generation of intelligent travelers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Nelson Greene
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Category : Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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Pages : 1174
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