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Creating the National Park Service The Missing Years

Horace M. Albright

Albright (1890-1987) and his daughter reveal the previously untold story of how he secretly served as acting director of the Service in 1917 and 1918 while the official director, Stephan T. Mather, was disabled by manic depression. The two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history...

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Albright's memoir was mentioned as the source where he recorded Stephen Mather's pitch to influential politicians and businessmen during the Mather Mountain Party outing.

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Albright recorded Mather's words in his memoir, Creating the National Park Service.

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Albright's memoir was mentioned as the source where he recorded Stephen Mather's pitch to influential politicians and businessmen during the Mather Mountain Party outing.

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Albright recorded Mather's words in his memoir, Creating the National Park Service.

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