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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical ParkA grove of vibrant green butternut trees. Photo by Christina Marts.
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America's Best Idea

The National Parks America's Best Idea - Advance Preview

Join a park ranger for a one-hour multi-media journey through the heart of America`s national parks including an advance peek at Ken Burn`s new film The National Parks America`s Best Idea which premieres fall 2009. Experience the untold stories and human drama associated with the birth of our national parks and the breathtaking magnificence of their splendor.


Dates: 9/5/2009, 9/19/2009, 10/3/2009, 10/17/2009
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Forest Center

Contact: 802/457-3368 ext 22
Black and white Carleton Watkins photograph, showing Yosemite's massive granite Cathedral Rock. Billings Family Archives.  

Did You Know?
In the early 1860s Vermonter Frederick Billings, then living in California, purchased and sent photographs of Yosemite Valley to influential eastern friends to make the case for its preservation. You can see these photographs, and paintings of Yosemite, at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP.

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Last Updated: September 03, 2009 at 14:08 EST