Developing the Pacific Northwest
Subtitle: the life and work of Asahel Curtis
By: William H. Wilson
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780874223316
Subjects: Ranchers; Conservationists; Mountaineers; Photographers; Environmental conditions; Roads; Civic leaders; Biography; History
Other titles: Life and work of Asahel Curtis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The contradictions of Asahel Curtis; title: Growing up, joining the gold rush, and returning; title: Photographing the Pacific Northwest; title: The Good Roads Movement : growing the Washington State Good Roads Association; title: The Good Roads Movement : battling Roland Hartley; title: The Good Roads Movement : nationalizing the highways; title: Mount Rainier : climbing the mountain, founding and leaving the mountaineers; title: Mount Rainier : founding and leading the Rainier Park Advisory Board; title: Mount Rainier : developing the park, dissolving the Rainier National Park Advisory Board; title: The Olympics : climbing the mountains, photographing the peninsula; title: The Olympics : battling against the Olympic National Park; title: Reclaiming the land, operating the "ranch"; title: Working and living : the later years.