Author: Jay M. Price
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816522873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Arizona is home to some of the region's most stunning national parks and monuments and has had a long tradition of strong federal agenciesÑalong with effective local governmentsÑdeveloping and managing parklands. Before World War II, protecting sites from development seemed counterproductive to a state government dominated by extractive industries. By the late 1950s this state that prided itself on being a tourist destination found its lack of state parks to be an embarrassment. Gateways to the Southwest is a history of the creation of state parks in Arizona, examining the ways in which different types of parks were created in the face of changing social values. Jay Price tells how Arizona's parks emerged from the recreation and tourism boom of the 1950s and 1960s, were shaped by the environmental movement of the 1970s and 1980s, and have been affected by the financial challenges that arose in the 1990s. He also explains how changing political realities led to different methods of creating parks like Catalina, Homol'ovi Ruins, and Kartchner Caverns. In addition, places that did not become state parks have as much to tell us as those that did. By the time the need for state parks was recognized in Arizona, most choice sites had already been developed, and Price reveals how acquiring land often proved difficult and expensive. State parks were of necessity developed in cooperation with the federal government, other state agencies, community leaders, and private organizations. As a result, parks born from land exchanges, partnerships, conservation easements, and other cooperative ventures are more complicated entities than the "state park" designation might suggest. Price's study shows that the key issue for parks has not been who owns a place but who manages it, and today Arizona's state parks are a network of lake-based recreation, historic sites, and environmental education areas reflecting issues just as complex as those of the region's better-known national parks. Gateways to the Southwest is a case study of resource stewardship in the Intermountain West that offers new insights into environmental history as it illustrates the challenges and opportunities facing public lands all over America.
The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest
Author: Robin Cole-Jett
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625846282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
The Red River's dramatic bend in southwestern Arkansas is the most distinctive characteristic along its 1,300 miles of eastern flow through plains, prairies and swamplands. This stretch of river valley has defined the culture, commerce and history of the region since the prehistoric days of the Caddo inhabitants. Centuries later, as the plantation South gave way to westward expansion, people found refuge and adventure along the area's trading paths, military roads, riverbanks, rail lines and highways. This rich heritage is why the Red River in Arkansas remains a true gateway to the Southwest. Author Robin Cole-Jett deftly navigates the history and legacy of one of the Natural State's most precious treasures.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625846282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
The Red River's dramatic bend in southwestern Arkansas is the most distinctive characteristic along its 1,300 miles of eastern flow through plains, prairies and swamplands. This stretch of river valley has defined the culture, commerce and history of the region since the prehistoric days of the Caddo inhabitants. Centuries later, as the plantation South gave way to westward expansion, people found refuge and adventure along the area's trading paths, military roads, riverbanks, rail lines and highways. This rich heritage is why the Red River in Arkansas remains a true gateway to the Southwest. Author Robin Cole-Jett deftly navigates the history and legacy of one of the Natural State's most precious treasures.
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state.
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state.
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
Author: D. J. Price
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Speed-up
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Category : Newark (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Category : Newark (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Pages : 1056
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Pages : 1056
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Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act
Author: Herbert Confield Lust
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
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Gateway
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Pages : 272
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Pages : 272
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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 1196
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Pages : 1196
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The Gateway
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Pages : 420
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Pages : 420
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Index-digest-analysis of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Act
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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