The Department of Everything Else

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Origins

Getting Organized

Western Emphasis

Nationwide Concerns

Early Problems

The Conservation Movement

Parks and the Park Service

The Geological Survey

Managing the Public Domain

Fish and Wildlife

Indians and the BIA

Territorial Affairs

20th Century Highlights

An Imperfect Anthology

Notes

Appendix

Secretaries

THE DEPARTMENT OF EVERYTHING ELSE Contents

Contents

FOREWORD

ORIGINS

GETTING ORGANIZED

WESTERN EMPHASIS

NATIONWIDE CONCERNS

EARLY PROBLEMS AND PERSONALITIES

THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT

PARKS AND THE PARK SERVICE

INTERIOR'S LAND LABORATORY: THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MINING, GRAZING, AND MANAGING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

FISH AND WILDLIFE

INDIANS AND THE BIA

TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS

TWENTIETH CENTURY HEADLINERS AND HIGHLIGHTS

AN IMPERFECT ANTHOLOGY

NOTES

APPENDIX

SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR

Cover photo: Lewis and Clark Expedition: Bas-relief by Heinz Warneke in the Interior Auditorium, 1939.

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