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Developing the Pacific Northwest : the life and work of Asahel Curtis
- Title
- Developing the Pacific Northwest : the life and work of Asahel Curtis / William H. Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935-
- Publication
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 321 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- Life and work of Asahel Curtis
- Subject
- Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941
- Photographers > Northwest, Pacific > Biography
- Mountaineers > Northwest, Pacific > Biography
- Conservationists > Washington (State) > Biography
- Roads > Environmental aspects > History. > Washington (State)
- Civic leaders > Washington (State) > Biography
- Ranchers > Washington (State) > Yakima River Valley > Biography
- Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) > History
- Olympic National Park (Wash.) > History
- Washington (State) > Environmental conditions > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The contradictions of Asahel Curtis -- Growing up, joining the gold rush, and returning -- Photographing the Pacific Northwest -- The Good Roads Movement : growing the Washington State Good Roads Association -- The Good Roads Movement : battling Roland Hartley -- The Good Roads Movement : nationalizing the highways -- Mount Rainier : climbing the mountain, founding and leaving the mountaineers -- Mount Rainier : founding and leading the Rainier Park Advisory Board -- Mount Rainier : developing the park, dissolving the Rainier National Park Advisory Board -- The Olympics : climbing the mountains, photographing the peninsula -- The Olympics : battling against the Olympic National Park -- Reclaiming the land, operating the "ranch" -- Working and living : the later years.
- Call Number
- MFX (Curtis) 15-1804
- ISBN
- 9780874223316
- 0874223318
- LCCN
- 2015011459
- OCLC
- 912045227
- Author
- Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- author.
- Title
- Developing the Pacific Northwest : the life and work of Asahel Curtis / William H. Wilson.
- Publisher
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFX (Curtis) 15-1804