Preserving Nature in the National Parks
A History
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Photos
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Stephen T. Mather, first director of the
National Park Service, aboard the Northern Pacific Railroad's deluxe
North Coast Limited, mid-1920s. The photograph suggests the close ties
between the early national park movement and the railroad companies.
Principal lobbyists for many of the parks, the railroads also helped
develop them for tourism. (National Park Service Historic Photograph
Collections, Harpers Ferry Center; courtesy National Archives.)
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A park ranger, his faithful horse, and a
fashionable lady promote the Grand Canyon for the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company, 1910. Together with the Fred Harvey Company,
the Santa Fe built tourist accommodations along the south rim, where
views of the canyon are most accessible. (National Park Service Historic
Photograph Collections, Harpers Ferry Center; courtesy Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corporation.)
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