Title: The Mather Mountain Party of 1915 and the founding of the National Park Service
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"--
Subjects: History, Biography, Officials and employees, Pictorial works, United States. National Park Service, United States
Places: Sequoia National Park (Calif.)
People: Stephen Tyng Mather (1867-1930)