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Challenge of the Big Trees
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Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE: The Natural World of the Southern Sierra CHAPTER TWO: The Native Americans and the Land CHAPTER THREE: Exploration and Exploitation (1850-1885) CHAPTER FOUR: Parks and Forests: Protection Begins (1885-1916) CHAPTER FIVE: Selling Sequoia: The Early Park Service Years (1916-1931) CHAPTER SIX: Colonel John White and Preservation in Sequoia National Park (1931-1947) CHAPTER SEVEN: Two Battles For Kings Canyon (1931-1947) CHAPTER EIGHT: Controlling Development: How Much is Too Much? (1947-1972) CHAPTER NINE: New Directions and A Second Century (1972-1990) APPENDIX A: Visitation Statistics, 1891-1988 APPENDIX B: Superintendents of Sequoia, General Grant, and Kings Canyon National Parks INDEX (omitted from online edition) List of Maps 2. Important Place Names of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 3. Physical Features of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 4. Natural Vegetation Zones of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 5. Topographic Cross Sections of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 6. Regional Distribution of Native American Groups Circa 1700 7. Pioneer Trails of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 8. Explorations of the California Geological Survey, 1864 9. Mining-Related Development in the Mineral King Area, 1870—1890 10. The Kaweah Colony, 1886—1892 11. Senator John E Miller's 1881 National Park Proposal 12. Sequoia and General Grant National Parks as Established in 1890 13. Sequoia and General Grant National Parks Circa 1910 14. Federal Land Acquisition in Giant Forest, 1916—1921 15. Reproduction of Early National Park Service Proposal to Enlarge Sequoia National Park 16. Sequoia National Park as Enlarged in 1926 17. Sequoia National Park, Major Roads and Trails Circa 1930 18. Giant Forest Development Area, Early 1930s 19. Civilian Conservation Corps Camps, Sequoia National Park, 1933—1942 20. Giant Forest and Vicinity, Late 1930s 21. Highways: Actual and Proposed, 1930s 22. Reproduction of 1920 Los Angeles Proposal for Kings Canyon Hydroelectric Development 23. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks after Act of March 4, 1940 and Presidential Proclamation of June 21, 1940 24. Reproduction of 1947 National Park Service Alternatives for Copper Creek Development 25. Development Proposals for Kings Canyon, 1953 26. Giant Forest Development Area, 1972 27. Wilderness Proposals of 1966 and 1971 28. Proposed Mineral King Ski Resort, 1965—1978 29. Giant Forest/Lodgepole Development Concept Plan, Approved 1980 30. 1976 Development Plan for Kings Canyon 31. National Park Land Acquisition in the Grant Grove Area, 1890—1984 32. Sequoia and Kings Canyon Wilderness as Enacted September 28, 1984 List of Photographs 2. Early Protection of the General Grant Tree 3. Early Sierra Club Group 4. Cavalry Troops at General Sherman Tree 5. Early Ranger-Guided Nature Walk 6. The First Giant Forest Village 7. Parks Superintendent John Roberts White 8. Opening the Potwisha Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 9. Bear Feeding at Bear Hill 10. Concessions Manager George Mauger 11. Congestion at Giant Forest Village 12. Biologist Lowell Sumner 13. Backcountry Stock Use 14. Park Service Officials in Backcountry 15. Proposed Mineral King Ski Resort Village (omitted from the online edition)
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