• Geographical Setting
• Prehistoric Man in the Shiloh Area
• The Coming of the White Man
• Principal Events of the Colonial Period
• The American Period

THE NATIONAL PARK MOVEMENT LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AREA

• Inception of the Movement
• Leaders of the Movement to Establish the Park
• Organizations Aiding the Movement
• Legislative History
• Popular Attitude Toward the Movement

HISTORY OF SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT

• Organization of the Park Commission
• Land Aquisition and Boundary Changes
• Changes in Park Administration Following Organization of the Commission
• Removal of the Commission Offices to Shiloh
• Early Tourists, Guides and Interpreters
• Early Hotels and Their Keepers
• Principal Physical Developments Under the War Department
• The Cyclone of 1909
• Park Development, 1910-1933
• The Shiloh-Corinth Road
• Early Railroads
• Concession History Under the War Department
• Outstanding Dedications
• Dedications of State Monuments
• Other Important Celebrations
• Administrative Changes After 1933
• Physical Development Under the National Park Service
• The Ice Storm of January, 1951
• Washout at Pittsburg Landing
• Concession History Under the National Park Service

EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND USE POLICIES AFFECTING THE AREA

• War Department Administration
• National Park Service Administration
• The Shiloh Park Citizens Association
• Evolution of Policies Affecting the Interpretive Program

APPENDIX A

• The Shiloh National Cemetery

APPENDIX B

• List of Park Commissioners and Superintendents, with Dates Under the War Department
• Under the Department of the Interior
• List of National Park Service Rangers at Shiloh with Dates of Service
• National Park Service Principal Historical Personnel with Dates of Service

APPENDIX C

• Important Park Friends Now Living

APPENDIX D

• Act Establishing Shiloh National Military Park

• References
• Bibliography

 

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