TRAVEL: 1925 trip to Mesa Verde N.P. Superintendent Conference HARBOR TIMES AR HARSOR, MAINE, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 23, 1925 FIVE CENTS A COPY THE WESCOTT LEASES SUPT. DORR LEAVES POSTPONED EDEN S FROM DAYTONA HOTELS FOR CONFERENCE is Invite Public Well-Known Bar Harbor Hotel Man Will Represent Lafayette at Super- WEEK USUA hers at High Takes Leases of Osceola-Grama- intendents Conference Mesa Iding tan and Prince George at Verde, Colorado Florida Resort Rain Fails to Dampen Enthus? evinced in the held at the High Chester A. Wescott of the Newport Superintendent George B. Dorr of Lafayette National Park leaves Wednes- ment or Crowds and Thirty day evening. In Hotel, Bar Harbor, and the Osceola- Gramatan of Daytona, Florida, has just day night, the 23rd, for Boston, on his teen 8 and 9 the Fair Enjoyed by all Fri the High and the returned from a week's business trip to way to Mesa Verde National Park, in Mancos, Colorado, where he will attend Saturday separate places Florida where he was in conference with ially, the parents W. V. Lawrence, owner of the Osceola- the conference of superintendents to be held there under the direction of Ste- is. At 9 o'clock Gramatan from whom Mr. Wescott Eden Fair, after postponement of two Lorraine phen T. Mather, Director of the National begins in the has just taken a three-year lease of this days because of rain, took place on Fri- and Mrs. splendid Florida Hotel. Park Service, beginning October and day and Saturday, with the races and affair is being the prize. the High School While in Florida, Mr. Lawrence and lasting one week. Mr. Dorr expects to baby show the outstanding features of The jud be back in Bar Harbor within three interest. nd his faculty Mr. Wescott looked at the Prince set for th George, another well-known Daytona weeks from the time of leaving. Supt. ry large number There was a very good attendance on loveliest b Dorr will be the only eastern man at will encourage hotel with the idea of buying it. Mr. both days and the display of fruits, been impo. Lawrence has since bought the Prince the big conference. Lafayette National of the students vegetables, canned goods, and fancy weight, siz first social affair George and Mr. Wescott has taken a Park is the only eastern representative of work, was excellent. The races drew to make de lease of that as well as of the Osceola- the Nation's great system of recreational Principal West the usual crowd of veteran horsemen of was, as alw areas. Already Washington has re- the Island and there was some/ hot excite- High school as Gramatan, which, with the Newport There W quested Supt. Dorr to be prepared to ment over the close finishes of the various rs of the faculty Hotel at Bar Harbor, make three large farm mach houses which the Bar Harbor hotel man tell the gathering something about this yone a cordial contests for purses. models and absolutely unique area on Mount Desert on which is for has under lease. The Friday races were won by Fox attracted a ols of the town Mr. Wescott is most enthusiastic in Island, the only park with sea frontage, Trot, owned by Freddy/ York, in the favorable c. regard to the outlook for Florida this the only park which has been the nation's 2.30 class; with Earl Jr., owned by Asa The pou. winter and will leave here the first of wholly by free gift, and the only park Grant, second: and Ruth S., owned by good. The STS TO with colonial history. next week to arrange for the early A. W. McKusick, 3d This purse was Sawyer Pc $150. CENTENNIAL opening of the Prince George and later Blacks, Giu DEAN BEEKMAN TALKS TO In the 2.24 class Ambassador owned for the opening of the Osceola-Gramatan. worth: Dc LEGION AND FRIENDS 2 of Hancock (Continued on page 4) by E. S. Grindle took first money, with White Plym intregational Madam Arlington, owned by Freddy Walter K Head of American Church in Paris nisters in York, second: and with Little Wonder, Rocks, hen Week TEACHERST TO MEET Tells of Work of American Le- owned by Chaney Sadler and Nanny White Legh gion in France Silk, owned by Alec Gray, splitting for 1st and 2d: third. Seeting of the HERE TUESDAY rei and pull Dean F. W. Beekman, Departmental The Saturday paces were the 2.01 and Congregational Rhode Islan Chaplain of the American Legion in the Free-for All. In the 2.21 Double C will be held Sawyer Po and Church in France, spoke to 2 group of George owned by Will Penneroy took first and Black Leg! Hancock County Association Con- Edwin Kirk Post members and a few Madam Arlington 24 with Little Won- y and Wednes Black Min vention in Bar Harbor, State The Cen friends at the Legion Post headquarters der and Service Flag. the latter owned Rhode Islan Sup't. Thomas Coming of on Sunday evening. The meeting was by Alec Gray, splitting for third. 1). J. Mek arranged for by Mrs. A. Murray Young, In the Free-for-Ali, E. S. Grindle's of chicks, Geor The Hancock County Teachers Miss F. M. Cottenet and Miss MacC Tena Lakeview won 1st and Am- Geese, C. F. convertion will be held in Bar Harbor loch Miller and it was one which takes bassador owned by Mr. Griddle King. 1st: at the High whool building on Tuesday, its place among the most interesting also took second. with Will Harrington's Reginald Kin the Res September 29. beginning at 9.30 in the gatherings that have ever taken place Prince Dell in third place. The new The forention and closing in the afternoon at Kirk Post headquarters. The dean There were three classes in the Baby herd of five Dr. Augustus (1) Thomas, State Com- was introduced by Commander Norman Show and Christine Lorraine Thompson. were four missioner of Education at Augusta, will Shaw of Kirk Post. A feature of great daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley follows: Will be the principal speaker. Chief Ranger interest. too, was the presentation by Thompson took the first prize in the Russell. 2d: Benjamin 1. Hailey of Lafayette Na- Miss Miller of a silver heart. a French Class A. habjus, 3 months to 6 months Rain and tronal Park will tell the teachers about votive offering, from Dr. Robert Abbe, In Class B. 7 to 10 months, Harriet Downs, Charl the only eastern representative of the a beloved member of the Post. This was Hodgkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. winner on th (II) nation great recreational areas. a gift to the Doctor from a friend who Dallas Hodgkins, took the prize. shire Downs ar The program is as follows: church in In Class C. 10 months to 13 months 8/30/2021 CBD inpshistory.com/centennial/0916/photo35.jpg 1/1 G.B.D. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH CONFIRINCE NATIONAL PARE Background - Spruce Tree once, Mesa Verde park Resca.ic fro: Left to Right BACK ROW, STANDING:- Nathan V. lorgan; Charles J. Kraebel; F. W. Schmoe, Jesse L. Nusbaum: R. T. Evens; D. H. Lutfell; C. P. Russell; J. Ross Eskin; Roger it. Toll; Dr. Joseoh Bolten; Colonel J. R. White, Ansel hall; H. B. Hommon, B. Cannerer; Stephen T. Mather; Rolln D. Clopp; Geo. B. Dorr; Dr. L. I. Heves. # FRONT ROW, KNEELING:- O. Tomlinson; W. I. Hawlins; Jose h Joffe; Thos. C. Vint; Forest L. Carter; Roy siszell; Fronk Finkley; W. B. Levis; Deric Nusbaun; Dan R. Hull; Horace 11. Albright; 0. G. Thorson. Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Historic Photo Collection Page 1 of 1 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Harpers Ferry Center NPS Photos > Search the Collection > Photo Search Results > Photo Record Detail NPS Historic Photograph Collection Cataloging Data Image Description Catalog Number: HPC- 001098 Approximate Year: 1925 Other NPS Image Numbers: Park: Mesa Verde National Park W.O. 73 Photographer: Cammerer, Arno B. Theme: Events, NPS Personnel Description: Glimpses of Superintendents at conference. Eminent Photographer: Arno B. Cammerer (1860-1940) Additional Comments: All individuals can be identified - information provided upon request. Reuse of this image should Most image descriptions have been furnished by the original credit: National Park Service photographer. Place names or geographic references may Historic Photograph have changed since the original photo was taken. Text which Collection. appears in (parentheses) has been added by the HFC Photo Archivist. If you have questions about use policies or reuse permissions, please read about Copyright of Archival Collections. If you have questions or information about this photograph, contact HFC Photo Archivist Tom DuRant (Telephone: 304-535-6707). Author: Harpers Ferry Center Date: 10/25/2004 waw nps.gov /hFc / npsphoto 2.cfm http://data2.ite.nps.gov/hafe/hfc/npsphoto4h.cfm?CatalogNo=hpc%2D001098 10/25/2004 - 9 - the superint endents should know about. Superintendents Urged to Know Other Parks "I want the superintendents to know other areas and not only their own parks, and a knowledge of the scenery that lies outside the parks. There is a world of scenery outside tying in between our parks, and I hope the superintendents will be able to take in other sections than you did coming out here, in order that you may get 2 better idea of this wonderful country from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. "I think one of the things which should be pushed is to show the reilroad people that they must continue to keep up their share of the trevel to the parks by advertising whole sections. Mr. Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times has been putting up a proposition to the people in Portland to advertise the whole Coast, and not by individual sections. The railroads have become in- terested in the proposition and will probably carry on some of their advertising with it. It is one of the biggest propositions which has been planned for publicity for the whole West. "Never before have I found so much interest by people in the cities in park problems. I was very much impressed by the spirit shown at a meeting held by the Oakland Forum in San Francisco, From there I went up to Stockton and I realized through work done by Elmer Reynolds, and his Stockton Record, that his work has helped to educate people of Stockton in a most narvelous way. He has really done a great work in making that a sort of national park town, and with Elmer Reynolds present here, I want to pay him that tribute for the great work he is doing. Rosenthal with the Oakland Tribune is trying to do the same thing. Perhaps very big cities do not get it the same way, but cities like Stockton seem to have a little time for looking into things that are really worth while and count so much in this life of ours. The Problem of Automobile Fees "One thing I want you all to be thinking about is the question of automobile fees. I have been discussing the question of fees with members of automobile clubs of California, I have discussed it with Lr. Crawton and a little bit with one or two of you. I believe that if we are going to continue the fees we have got to be in a position to frankly defend them and have logical arguments for them. I am beginning to think that when we have 3 road across the country, an absolutely necessary highway across the country as will be the - 58 - Giant Forest Conditions In speaking of conditions in Giant Forest COLONEL WHITE told how it had become necessary to close certain areas to travel in order to pre- serve the natural conditions, and that in congested areas, it is going to be necessary to assign some men to the task of restoring native conditions, and added: "We early recognized that the Giant Forest community, like Topsy, just growed. It is impossible to handle large numbers of people around the big trees without doing harm. At the General Shermur tree I put over three or four feet of dirt around it. The automobiles have been pounding around the trees. We have posted logs there CO keep the automobiles away and we have restored dirt so that the growth is coming up fine again." Colonel White said that he had been trying to get his rangers to study ferns, and with regard to the removal of camps in his park he stated, that he believed it was going to be necessary to have the camps in a non-scenic, or non-wooded area, and that if he could develop smaller areas with native vegetation between it would be preferable. Lafayette Park Educational Work MR. DORR made it known that in Lafayette Park the nature work has been done independently of the Government. He described the Marine Biological Station there. When asked about the Sequoia trees in his park Mr. Dorr stated that they were doing very well and, that they are grown under glass in winter. He said that one thing he did wish to do in his park is to pick out certain exceptional lly favorable areas and bring into them the plants they have lost, and make them wild gardens represent- ing the native flora of a large region. ROCKI Mountain Park Educational Work In speaking about the educational work in Rocky Mountain Park R. TOLL said: "The educational work there began three years 230 with the em- ployment of a ranger naturalist for a three months period. This has been continued for the past two years, What we need now to make the work successful is to have a lecture hall where the talks can be given directly in a Covernment building under Government suspices. As it is now there is one large hotel, and three smaller ones that are operating under franchise. Then just outside the park boundary I 92 - MR. MATHER stated that the worst situation in this respect would be in California where the climate is warm, and he cited specific instances where people came into the parks, and stayed for a considerable time but caused no difficulties. He said that he did not believe we were following a bad policy by letting a man stay around a park, but that we do want to be on the lookout for the automobile hobo who comes to the park and stays, and becomes a charge on the Park or his fellow campers. Housekeeping Cabins With regard to housekeeping cabins MR. EAKIN stated that practic- ally all municipal campgrounds, and other campgrounds along the highways provide cabins, in which are a bed and some crude cooking utensils, that people coming to the Grand Canyon expect to find similar conditions there, but that it has been necessary to tell them that they are not available. MR. ALBRIGHT stated that the park utilities should be made to put in such cabins and that this practice was already being followed in the Yellowstone, the utilities making the installation. MR. LEWIS expressed the belief that it is a proposition that should be handled entirely by the park utilities. MR. LATHER stated that this was a problem for each superintendent to handle, that they should take the matter up with their own operators, and have them provide this kind of accommodation. He also asked assistant Landscape Engineer Vint to look over this type of accommodation, and work out something from the National Park Service point of view, as he believed that the cabin idea or something similar to it will have to be developed in the national park campgrounds. Campgrounds in Lafayette Park MR. MATHER then explained the condition of the canpgrounds in Lafayette Park, telling how M.R. DORR was utilizing for campgrounds places CBT. away from the absolutely scenic areas and how he is thereby solving his future problems when great crowds begin to come. Cooperation With Forest Service MR. LEVIS and MR. ALBRIGHT told of conditions on approach roads to their parks where cooperation with the Forest Service has resulted in elini-- nating promiscuous concessions, gasoline stations, unsightly buildings, etc. - 136 Zion Park Superintendent SUPERINT INDENT EVANS of Zion National Park, accompanied by Mrs. Evans, drove a new Dodge Touring Car. The trip from Zion to Price, Utah was made without any other cars but at Price he joined lir. ilbright's car- avan and continued with it to Mesa Verde Park. His itinerary and comments follow: Sept. 28 Zion Park to Richfield, Utah 183 miles 29 Richfield to Price, Utah. 151 30 Price to Monticello, Utah 195 Oct. 1 Monticello to liesa Verde Park 115 6 Hesa Verde to Ouray, Colo 146 7 Ouray to Cisco, Utah 170 8 Cisco to Castledale, Utah 163 9 Castledale to Cedar City, Utah 219 10 Cedar City to Zion Park 65 Total Mileage 1,385 miles. "Personally I consider my trip a liberal education and a privi- lege. Geographical knowledge can never be too great as it permits one to answer intelligently various questions burled at National Park offi- ciels daily. Ey route lay through colorful southern Utah with the flaming sandstones between Price and Loab, the walls near Hoab where the Colorado River enters the Grand Canyon formation, the natural bridges and windows south of Moab; and returning through the mountains of southvestern Colorado where perhaps I saw the finest mountains in height, shape and color that are not included in a national park. The real reason, of course, for the detour through Silverton and Ouray was the Million Dollar Highway which displayed the fine points of the really modern mountain highway to the park superintendent who is watch- ing the building of roads in his own park. "The conference established acqueintanceship between the park offi ciels and their Taried problems, begot 2 feeling of help from others and a real inspiration from the leaders that national park affairs are in very casable Lands indeed. I wish to repeat that it was a priv- ilege to be present. There is neither time nor space here to properly describe Mesa Verde Park and its charming superintendent and wife." Wind Cave Park Superintendent SUPERINTENDENT BRAZELL ent from Wind Cave Nat. Park to Denver by train, t'Lence to liesa Verde Park with Superintendent Toll of Rocky Mountain Parl. On the return trip be truveled entirely by train. Platt Pirl Superintendent SUPERINTENDENT CERTER made the trio from Platt Park to Mesa Verde Park, 2nd return, by train. Lafayette Park Superintendent SUPERINTEND IN DORD made the trip from Icfayette Park to liesa Verde Park, and return, by train. G.B.D. MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, AND NATIONAL PARKS Toward a New Genealogy of Public History DENISE D. MERINGOLO 8/30/2021 The National Park Service: A Brief History National Park Service History eLibrary The National Park Service: A Brief History Barry Mackintosh 1999 G.B.D; Stephen T. Mather, Superintendent's Conference, October 1925, Mesa Verde National Park. (NPS) Any account of the National Park Service must begin with the parks that preceded it and prompted its creation. The national park concept is generally credited to the artist George Catlin. On a trip to the Dakotas in 1832, he worried about the impact of America's westward expansion on Indian civilization, wildlife, and wilderness. They might be preserved, he wrote, "by some great protecting policy of government in a magnificent park A nation's park, containing man and beast, in all the wild and freshness of their nature's beauty!" Catlin's vision was partly realized in 1864, when Congress donated Yosemite Valley to California for preservation as a state park. Eight years later, in 1872, Congress reserved the spectacular Yellowstone country in the Wyoming and Montana territories "as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people." With no state government there yet to receive and manage it, Yellowstone remained in the custody of the U.S. Department of the Interior as a national park-the world's first area SO designated. Congress followed the Yellowstone precedent with other national parks in the 1890s and early 1900s, including Sequoia, Yosemite (to which California returned Yosemite Valley), Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, and Glacier. The idealistic impulse to preserve nature was often joined by the pragmatic desire to promote tourism: western railroads lobbied for many of the early parks and built grand rustic hotels in them to boost their passenger business. The late nineteenth century also saw growing interest in preserving prehistoric Indian ruins and artifacts on the public lands. Congress first moved to protect such a feature, Arizona's Casa Grande Ruin, in 1889. In 1906 it created Mesa Verde National Park, containing dramatic cliff dwellings in southwestern Colorado, and passed the Antiquities Act inpshistory.com/publications/brief_history/index.htm 1/6