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Mount Rainier National Park
Administrative History

WONDERLAND: 

An Administrative History of

Mount Rainier National Park by   Theodore Catton  May 1996

Mount Rainier National Park

Asahel Curtis photograph of Rainier Park Company President Henry Rhodes (front), Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent O.A. Tomlinson (middle), and National Park Service Director Stephen Mather (right), against a backdrop of Mount Rainier, 1928.
(Photo courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington)


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Mount Rainier summit with Mount Adams in the distance.  

Did You Know?
At 14,410 feet Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. From various locations around the park you can see four other Cascade volcanoes: Mount St. Helens, Mt Adams, Mt Baker, and Glacier Peak. On a clear day, you can see the tip of Mt Hood, in northern Oregon, from Paradise Meadows.

Last Updated: April 15, 2008 at 17:17 EST