Mount Rainier Administrative History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

PART ONE: THE CULTURAL SETTING

I. Historical Overview of Indians and Mount Rainier

II. American Settlement and Mount Rainier

PART TWO: FOUNDING YEARS, 1893-1915

III. Establishment of Mount Rainier National Park

IV. The New Pleasuring Ground

V. Rudiments of Administration

VI. Natural Resource Protection in the Early Years

PART THREE: YEARS OF PROMISE, 1915-1930

VII. Mission and Professionalism

VIII. The Park Under Construction

IX. The Rainier National Park Company

PART FOUR: DEPRESSION AND WAR YEARS, 1930-1945

X. Visitor Use in the Depression Era

XI. The Impact of the New Deal

XII. Research and Interpretation in the 1930s

XIII. National Park Values in Wartime

PART FIVE: CONTENTIOUS YEARS, 1945-1965

XIV. The Problem of Winter Use

XV. The Problem of the Park Concession

XVI. Mission 66 for Mount Rainier

XVII. Natural Resource Protection Marginalized

PART SIX: YEARS OF CONSOLIDATION, 1965-1995

XVIII. Administrative Development

XIX. Zoning the Park

XX. The Change in Resource Management

XXI. An Overview of Park Science

XXII. New Partnerships

Conclusion

Select Bibliography

Index (omitted from on-line edition)

APPENDICES

A. Key Personnel

B. Visitation

C. Legislation