Our Public Lands, Volumes 26-28U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1976 |
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... Later dis- coveries in Colorado , Idaho , Montana and other western states brought their own influx of miners , and together they made a significant contribution to the settlement of the West . Those were fabulous days . H. A. W. Tabor ...
... Later dis- coveries in Colorado , Idaho , Montana and other western states brought their own influx of miners , and together they made a significant contribution to the settlement of the West . Those were fabulous days . H. A. W. Tabor ...
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... later served as the detonating agent for the first atomic bomb and brought a dramatic end to World War II . When the war was over , the Na- tion became caught up in enthu- siasm over the possibilities of us- ing atomic power for ...
... later served as the detonating agent for the first atomic bomb and brought a dramatic end to World War II . When the war was over , the Na- tion became caught up in enthu- siasm over the possibilities of us- ing atomic power for ...
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... later were surrounded in a ravine about 50 miles from the fort . When the commanding officer of the troops asked them to surrender , the Indians fired on the troops . In the ensuing battle all but a few of the Indians were killed . In ...
... later were surrounded in a ravine about 50 miles from the fort . When the commanding officer of the troops asked them to surrender , the Indians fired on the troops . In the ensuing battle all but a few of the Indians were killed . In ...
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... later wagons could get through the forest . At the mouth of Otter Creek , Boone and other settlers built a stockade that became the nucleus of the frontier town of Boones- borough . This site is near the present city of Lexington , Ken ...
... later wagons could get through the forest . At the mouth of Otter Creek , Boone and other settlers built a stockade that became the nucleus of the frontier town of Boones- borough . This site is near the present city of Lexington , Ken ...
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... later ( 1780 ) he persuaded Robertson to return to establish a settlement on a site on the Cumberland River they had examined together . Robertson enlisted the aid of Colonel John Donaldson . In Virginia Donaldson was counted a ...
... later ( 1780 ) he persuaded Robertson to return to establish a settlement on a site on the Cumberland River they had examined together . Robertson enlisted the aid of Colonel John Donaldson . In Virginia Donaldson was counted a ...
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Page 11 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 14 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 18 - And that we might go out with every help that could serve to make the result of our voyage entertaining to the generality of readers, as well as instructive to the sailor and scholar, Mr Webber was pitched upon, and engaged to embark with me, for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts...
Page 2 - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 14 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
Page 2 - US Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240...
Page 14 - An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions...
Page 4 - The department also has major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under...
Page 14 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 20 - West," suddenly arrived in the city, arrayed and equipped in all their classic beauty, — with shield and helmet, — with tunic and manteau, — tinted and tasselled off, exactly for the painter's palette...