The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the founding of the National Park Service
By: Horace Marden Albright, Marian Albright Schenck, William C. Tweed
Contributors: Schenck, Marian Albright, 1921- author; Tweed, William C., author
Publisher: The Sequoia Natural History Association
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Three Rivers, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781878441409
Subjects: History; Biography; Officials and employees; Pictorial works; United States. National Park Service; United States
Description: "In 1915 a group of influential men crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains through Sequoia National Park. This trek is considered to have led to the creation of the National Park Service. This is a direct account by participants on this trip including actual photographs. Stephen Mather became the Park Service's first director"--
Notes: Previous title: The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 : A full account of the adventures of Stephen T. Mather.

"Original text by Horace Marden Albright and Marian Albright Schenck. Updated Chapters by William C. Tweed."

Revised and expanded edition of original 1990 publication, now out of print.