Civilian Conservation Corps In Letchworth State Park

Author : Thomas S. Cook
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651032

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth State Park by Thomas S. Cook Pdf

Letchworth State Park, located in the Genesee Valley of western New York State, is renowned for its natural beauty, scenic roads, trails, and recreational facilities. Created from the private estate of William Pryor Letchworth in 1907, the park quickly grew in size and popularity. A series of ambitious expansion and development plans were under way when the Great Depression struck, threatening the park’s future. That future was restored when President Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps brought hundreds of young men to the four CCC camps established in the park. From 1933 to 1941, they worked on cabins, roads, and other projects, while strengthening their bodies, minds, and futures. Their legacy is still enjoyed by thousands of park visitors today. The Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth State Park explores the stories of these camps, as well as the CCC “boys” and their legacy, through vintage photographs, camp and area newspapers, official reports, and the memories of CCC veterans.

Author : Thomas S. Cook
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1531674437

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Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth State Park by Thomas S. Cook Pdf

Letchworth State Park, located in the Genesee Valley of western New York State, is renowned for its natural beauty, scenic roads, trails, and recreational facilities. Created from the private estate of William Pryor Letchworth in 1907, the park quickly grew in size and popularity. A series of ambitious expansion and development plans were under way when the Great Depression struck, threatening the park's future. That future was restored when President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps brought hundreds of young men to the four CCC camps established in the park. From 1933 to 1941, they worked on cabins, roads, and other projects, while strengthening their bodies, minds, and futures. Their legacy is still enjoyed by thousands of park visitors today. The Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth State Park explores the stories of these camps, as well as the CCC "boys" and their legacy, through vintage photographs, camp and area newspapers, official reports, and the memories of CCC veterans.

Author : John C. Paige
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
ISBN : MINN:31951P00897430H

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The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942 by John C. Paige Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119546708

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To Make the Civilian Conservation Corps a Permanent Agency by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Labor Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Tulowiecki
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438489513

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The Letchworth State Park Atlas by Stephen J. Tulowiecki Pdf

Finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional Category With thundering waterfalls, towering cliffs, and vibrant autumn foliage, Letchworth State Park in New York is one of the most scenically spectacular parks in the eastern United States, attracting one million visitors per year. Modern tourists visit the park primarily to appreciate its scenery. However, the park has a long, complex, and sometimes contentious environmental and human history that spans back to Native American settlement. The Letchworth State Park Atlas includes over one-hundred pages of maps that shine new light on the nature, history, and tourism of the park. Maps feature the park's geology, ecological communities, weather and climate, water, Native American settlement, nineteenth-century settlement, tourist origins, and recreational opportunities. An ideal cartographic companion for a park visit, The Letchworth State Park Atlas is an educational resource for newcomers and those with a long-held interest in the park.

Author : Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Amusements
ISBN : MSU:31293101636698

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The Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Recreation by Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104230299

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : Thomas S. Cook,Russell A. Judkins,Thomas Cole Richens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738555487

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Letchworth State Park by Thomas S. Cook,Russell A. Judkins,Thomas Cole Richens Pdf

Letchworth State Park, now a century old, grew out of a generous donation made by William Pryor Letchworth to the State of New York. The park's remarkable history reaches back as far as the last ice age. From the Portage Gorge to the mighty highbanks at Mount Morris, Letchworth State Park follows the flow of the Genesee River, exploring the natural and human events that have shaped this inspiring landscape. Drawing on historical images and regional folklore from the collections of the authors, the park, and various local sources, the reader is invited into the past of a park that has been called the "Grand Canyon of the East."

Author : Linda Back McKay,Kate St. Vincent Vogl
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781476669465

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Iron Horse Cowgirls by Linda Back McKay,Kate St. Vincent Vogl Pdf

Before Louise Scherbyn founded the Women's International Motorcycle Association, she was simply a working girl who loved motorcycling--at a time when women weren't allowed to wear pants, roads weren't hard-topped, and handlebars could come apart while riding. The hardest part? Auxiliaries she looked to for support each proved to be the wrong fit--some uncomfortably, disastrously so. All Louise wanted was for women riders to have a proper space of their own. For that she would ultimately have to forge a new path. This book tells the fascinating story of Scherbyn's journey in forming the first stand-alone women-only motorcycle association. Chapters cover 225,000 miles and two decades' worth of community-building, hostilities, physical and professional attacks, recovery, sisterhood and more. Scherbyn paved the way for women motorcyclists across the world while facing a storm of threats and uncertainties, driving ahead with newfound friends and her singular, unifying vision for women who ride.

Author : Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000091972749

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Objectives and Results of the Civilian Conservation Corps Program by Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Thomas S. Cook
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738575054

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Nunda, Portage, and Genesee Falls by Thomas S. Cook Pdf

Over two centuries ago, surveyors laid out the town of Nunda along the American frontier of western New York State. Named for the Native American village that once stood within its borders, Nunda swelled with settlers seeking to build a better life for their families. The vast township was soon carved into several smaller towns, including Portage and Genesee Falls. Nunda, Portage, and Genesee Falls explores the history of these three towns through historical images and resources from the collections of the author, the Nunda Historical Society, town historians, and area residents. Vintage photographs also tell the stories of the Genesee Valley Canal, the great Portage Bridge, and Letchworth State Park.

Author : John S. Babbitt,Sue Babbitt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738597829

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Genesee River by John S. Babbitt,Sue Babbitt Pdf

Discover the history of the Genessee River in this interesting pictorial journey. One of the few rivers in the United States running south to north, the Genesee River was the result of the last great ice sheet that covered New York roughly 10,000 years ago. The Seneca Nation fished and hunted along the river, important to New York since the beginnings of time. In the early 1800s, it served as a source of waterpower for numerous industries. It provided water for early canals, and when the canals gave way to railroads, special sites along the river became popular destinations for entertainment. From the early 1800s, Ontario Beach Park was dubbed the Coney Island of the West, and in the late 1800s, trains brought scores of tourists to Letchworth for spectacular views of the canyon, falls, and wildlife. Today, a series of parks and hiking trails can be found up and down the river.

Author : United States. National Park Service. Region One
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : CHI:097906158

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The Regional Review by United States. National Park Service. Region One Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D00120519V

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The Conservationist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ney C. Landrum
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780826264442

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The State Park Movement in America by Ney C. Landrum Pdf

Essentially a phenomenon of the twentieth century, America’s pioneering state park movement has grown rapidly and innovatively to become one of the most important forces in the preservation of open spaces and the provision of public outdoor recreation in the country. During this time, the movement has been influenced and shaped by many factors—social, cultural, and economic—resulting in a wide variety of expressions. While everyone agrees that the state park movement has been a positive and beneficial force on the whole, there seems to be an increasing divergence of thought as to exactly what direction the movement should take in the future. In The State Park Movement in America, Ney Landrum, recipient of almost two dozen honors and awards for his service to state and national parks, places the movement for state parks in the context of the movements for urban and local parks on one side and for national parks on the other. He traces the evolution of the state park movement from its imprecise and largely unconnected origins to its present status as an essential and firmly established state government responsibility, nationwide in scope. Because the movement has taken a number of separate, but roughly parallel, paths and produced differing schools of thought concerning its purpose and direction, Landrum also analyzes the circumstances and events that have contributed to these disparate results and offers critical commentary based on his long tenure in the system. As the first study of its kind, The State Park Movement in America will fill a tremendous void in the literature on parks. Given that there are more than five thousand state parks in the United States, compared with fewer than five hundred national parks and historic sites, this history is long overdue. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with federal, state, or local parks, as well as to land resource managers generally.