The technical name is a trophy panel. This one has elements from one by Robert Adam in the 1760s. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/...
Considering the creation of the parks was explicitly about expropriation and suppression of a minority the Republicans would be all for it. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/...
Who coined the term "America's best idea" first? James Bryce, Wallace Stegner, someone else? Look back on Alan MacEachern's thoughts on the topic here: niche-canada.org/2011/10/23/w...#envhist#parkhistory#nationalparks
Alan MacEachern delves into the backstory behind the label "America's Best Idea" used in Ken Burns' well-known national parks documentary series.
I et langt liv har jeg innbildt meg de er det samme. Du fikk meg til å sjekke. Closely related, men forskjellige. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/...
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And if you don't have time to read the full book right now, check out "Research, Recovery, and Reparations: Oral History and Community-Engaged Archaeology" from our Wood Buffalo Report series: niche-canada.org/2021/12/17/r...#envhist#cdnhist#indigenous#parkhistory#oralhistory
Trails, depressions and materials as well as two cemeteries indicate long-term Dené presence in the park.
The Mississippi River used to be a very dynamic & fluid system with shifting sand bars & shoals that made navigation difficult. To make navigation easier, rivers were artificially altered using wing dams & similar method to keep rivers in their place and make the deeper. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/...
"Park employees were told to inform Black and Chinese patrons “as nicely possible” that they could use the pools in the early morning or evening." - @lootina.bsky.socialniche-canada.org/2020/08/26/g...#BlackHistoryMonth#envhist#cdnhist#parkhistory
This post is part of an ongoing series called, “Whose Nature? Race and Canadian Environmental History” This series examines the intersections of race and environment in Canada’s past and asks how huma...