Agate Fossil Beds Administrative History

Endnotes

1. Chester C. Brown, Regional Chief of Recreation Resource Planning, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 5 August 1960, box 22, Cook Papers.

2. Russell L. McKown, Acting Regional Chief of Recreation Resource Planning, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 12 October 1960, box 39, Cook Papers.

3. Lawrence F. Knowles, Regional Chief of Proposed Park Studies, to Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Cook, letter, 29 November 1960, box 36, Cook Papers.

4. Harold J. Cook to Howard W. Baker, letter, 16 January 1961, box 18, Cook Papers.

5. "Preliminary Study of the Agate Springs Fossil Quarries Area, Sioux County, Nebraska," prepared by Region II, National Park Service, 14 April 1961, p. 5, H2215.

6. Ibid., p. 1.

7. Ibid., p. 3.

8. Ibid., p. 4.

9. Ibid., p. 5.

10. Ibid., p. 6.

11. Ibid.

12. Ibid., p. 7.

13. Ibid., pp. 7-8.

14. Merrill J. Mattes, letter to author, 20 July 1985, Littleton, Colorado.

15. Howard W. Baker, interview with author, 13 May 1986, Omaha, Nebraska, transcript, p. 5.

16. "Actions of Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments, Agate Springs Fossil Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska," Status Report No. 1, August 1961, D18.

17. Midwest Regional Director Howard Baker, to Dr. Harold J. Cook, letter, 7 June 1961, box 18, Cook Papers.

18. Baker to Cook, letter, 29 June 1961, box 18, Cook Papers.

19. Notes in file, H18.

20. John D. McDermott, Acting Superintendent, Fort Laramie National Monument, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 26 July 1961, box 39, Cook Papers.

21. Gary Hoffman to Cooks, letter, 26 July 1961, and Margaret Cook to Gary Hoffman, letter, 28 July 1961, box 12, Cook Papers.

22. Harold J. Cook to Howard W. Baker, letter, 5 March 1962, box 18, Cook Papers.

23. Ibid.

24. Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, p. 7.

25. Ibid.

26. Ibid.

27. Ibid.

28. Margaret Cook to Regional Director Howard Baker, letter, 7 October 1962, box 18, Cook Papers.

29. Howard W. Baker, interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 13 May 1986, transcript, p. 5.

30. Last Will and Testament, Harold J. Cook, 24 October 1949, D6215.

31. Mrs. Grayson E. Meade to Mr. [?] Rummel, Editor, Western Sky, letter, no date [circa fall 1969], L1425. (See also Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, pp. 7-8.

32. Ibid.

33. Superintendent Bob Jones to Regional Director Baker, 6 June 1963, A2615.

34. Margaret Cook to Dr. Malcolm C. McKenna, letter, 7 November 1962, box 39; and Chester Brown to Margaret Cook, letter, undated [15 November 1962?], box 22, Cook Papers.

35. Superintendent Jones to Regional Director Baker, 23 November 1962, D6223.

36. Superintendent Jones to Regional Director Baker, 30 November 1962, D6223.

37. Ibid.

38. Regional Director Baker to Superintendent Jones, 25 January 1963, D6223.

39. Superintendent Jones to Regional Director Baker, 6 June 1963, A2615.

40. Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor to Regional Director, Midwest Region, 21 February 1963, D6223.

41. Superintendent Jones to Regional Director Baker, 4 March 1963, D6223.

42. Agreement Between the National Park Service and Margaret C. Cook, 4 March 1963, D18.

43. Newell F. Joyner to Regional Director Baker, trip report, 20 May 1963, A5427, SCBL.

44. Superintendent Jones to Margaret Cook, letter, 17 May 1963, D6223.

45. Ibid.

46. Honorable Roman L. Hruska (former U.S. Senator from Nebraska), interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 26 June 1986, transcript, p. 1, 4, 6.

47. Howard Baker to Margaret Cook, letter, 15 January 1963, box 18, Cook Papers.

48. Ibid., Margaret Cook to Howard Baker, 21 January 1963.

49. Superintendent Jones to Regional Director Baker, 6 June 1963, A2615.

50. "Agate Fossil Beds May Become National Park," Omaha World-Herald (15 March 1963), box 63, Scrapbooks 1962 to October 1964, Book 1963 Volume 1, Papers of U.S. Senator Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska State Historical Society. (Hereinafter cited as "Hruska papers.")

51. Ibid., "The Agate Fossil Beds," Omaha World-Herald (21 April 1963), Volume 2.

52. Ibid., "National Fossil Monument," Lincoln Journal (7 May 1963).

53. Summary Statement for a Proposed Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska (Omaha: Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, (15 April 1963), Midwest Regional Office Library.

54. John C. Oster, "Hruska Pledges to Sponsor Agate Bill At Very Early Date," Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald (18 April 1963), p. 1, D6215.

55. Ibid.

56. W.E. Mumby (Harrison, Nebraska attorney for George Hoffman) to Senator Roman L. Hruska, letter, 4 June 1963; and Robert Simmons to Senator Hruska, letter, 8 June 1963, Box 192: Departmental Correspondence, 90th Congress, last Session, folder—Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1967, Papers of Senator Roman L. Hruska, Nebraska State Historical Society.

57. Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, p. 9; and Mrs. Meade to Robert G. Simmons, Jr., letter, 4 June 1968, L1425.

58. Honorable Roman L. Hruska (former U.S. Senator from Nebraska), interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 26 June 1986, transcript, p. 6.

59. Margaret Cook to Dorothy and Grayson Meade, letter, 24 April 1963, box 10, Cook Papers.

60. Ibid.

61. Superintendent Jones to Margaret Cook, letter, 26 April 1963, D6223.

62. Acting Superintendent Louise Ridge to Regional Director, annual report Fiscal Year 1963, 27 May 1963, A2621, SCBL.

63. Robert Simmons to Senator Roman L. Hruska, letter, 8 June 1963, Box 192 Departmental Correspondence, 90th Congress, 1st session, folder—Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1967 (misfiled), Hruska papers, Nebraska State Historical Society.

64. Superintendent Miller to Regional Director Baker, monthly report for July 1963, 1 August 1963, A2615.

65. Ibid.

66. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: A Proposal (Omaha: Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, August 1963), p. 38, Midwest Regional Office Library.

67. Ibid., p. 46.

68. "Fossil Beds Bill to Pass," Omaha World-Herald (8 February 1964), K3415.

69. "Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Nearer to Reality; Holiday Hearings," Mitchell Index (20 February 1964), p. 1, K3415; and Harold R. Jones to Margaret C. Cook, letter, 2 March 1964, D6215.

70. Margaret Cook to Eileen and Reid Macdonald, letter, 4 March 1964, box 38, Cook Papers.

71. Margaret Cook to Lemuel A. Garrison, letter, 11 March 1964, box 29, Cook Papers.

72. Superintendent Miller to Regional Director Garrison, 29 March 1964, A2615.

73. "Monument Association Organized at Agate Friday," The Harrison Sun (23 April 1964), p. 1, K3415.

74. Office of the Secretary of State, Corporation Division, Clerk Cheryl Kobza, to Management Assistant Roy W. Weaver, 24 January 1972, A42.

75. Mrs. Dorothy C. Meade to Senator Roman L. Hruska, letter, 28 May 1968, Box 196 Departmental Correspondence, 90th Congress, 2nd session, folder— Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1968, Hruska papers, Nebraska State Historical Society; and Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, p. 10.

76. "NU Students Boost Agate Fossil Beds," Lincoln Journal (11 April 1964), K3415.

77. Senator Roman Hruska to Mrs. Harold J. Cook, letter, 20 May 1964, Box 22 Correspondence Alphabetical, 88-89th Congress, folder 23, Hruska papers, Nebraska State Historical Society.

78. "Agate Springs Monument Bill Approved by Senate," The Mitchell Index (6 August 1964), p. 1, K3415.

79. Honorable Roman L. Hruska (former U.S. Senator from Nebraska), interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 26 June 1986, transcript, pp. 2-3.

80. Lemuel A. Garrison to Governor Frank B. Morrison, letter, 8 July 1964, Box 127 Federal File 5A-13, folder F-13 Department of Interior, Papers of Frank B. Morrison, Governor of Nebraska 1961-1965, State of Nebraska Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society.

81. Ibid., Wayne N. Aspinall, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to Governor Frank Morrison, letter, 3 September 1964.

82. Ibid., Governor Frank Morrison to Father Robert O'Neill, letter, 24 September 1964.

83. Miller to Regional Director, 30 September 1964, A2615, and M. M. Van Kirk, "Prospects for Agate Bill Are Excellent, Says Sen. Hruska," Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald (4 September 1964), p. 1, K3415.

84. Ira B. Lykes to Mrs. Grayson E. Meade, letter, 13 August 1964, box 37, Cook Papers.

85. Margaret Cook to Dave Martin, letter, 20 August 1964, box 38, Cook Papers.

86. Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, Interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, p. 9.

87. Miller to Regional Director, 2 November 1964, A2615.

88. Miller to Regional Director, 1 December 1964, A2615.

89. Miller to Regional Director, 4 January 1965, A2615.