Expenditures, Public

The Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota

Charles M. Ziebach, acting superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, reports on the past, present, and future of the park. He particularly focuses on the history of the land surrounding what is now the park, including Native American activity in the area. He provides information about the boundaries and natural features of the park and notes that the park needs federal funding to be maintained and gain popularity.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1917

Report on Sullys Hill Park

Secretary of the Interior Lane reports on the conditions at Sullys Hill National Park. The park has the potential to attract visitors, but no improvements have been made because it has never received any appropriation from Congress.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1913

Report on Sullys Hill Park

A report on the boundaries and conditions at the newly-created Sullys Hill National Park. The park is visited by many North Dakotans, but acting superintendent Charles L. Davis requests a $6,000 appropriation to make recommended improvements.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1904-1909

Report on Sullys Hill Park

Secretary of the Interior Lane reports on the conditions at Sullys Hill National Park in North Dakota. Very little has been done to improve the park because of a lack of appropriated funds to it, leading very few people to visit. An appropriation of $10,000 from Congress would allow improvements to the park that would make it a successful resort in the area.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1915

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to Franklin K. Lane

Charles M. Ziebach, superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, submits an estimate of the financial needs of the park for the coming fiscal year.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1913-07-29

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to Gladys Truax

Charles M. Ziebach, superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, is unable to send printed material about the park to Gladys Truax. Due to a lack of federal appropriation, no printed information has ever been made.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1912-03-20

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to Walter L. Fisher

Charles M. Ziebach, superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, submits a report on the conditions and management of the park since June 1911. The roads are impassable and very few visitors come. The park has never received any federal appropriation, and so improvements cannot be made to facilities or roads. Ziebach does not believe visitation will increase until improvements are made.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1912-09-17

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to Richard Achilles Ballinger

Superintendent Charles M. Ziebach provides an annual report on Sullys Hill National Park for Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. Given that no appropriations have been made to improve the park, conditions are the same as last year. With no money for improvements, very few visitors come to the park. Ziebach is requesting a $3,000 appropriation for repairs and improvements.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1909-08-17

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to Walter L. Fisher

Superintendent Charles M. Ziebach submits the annual report on Sullys Hill National Park to Secretary of the Interior Fisher. Because Congress did not appropriate any money to the park, conditions there have not changed. The roads are in very bad repair and money is needed to make improvements that will encourage people to come to the park. If an appropriation is not provided this year, Ziebach suggests that the land be turned into a forest reserve.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1911-11-14

Letter from Charles M. Ziebach to James Rudolph Garfield

Superintendent Charles M. Ziebach submits his annual report on Sullys Hill National Park to Secretary of the Interior Garfield. No money has been appropriated for the park, so no improvements have been made. Visitors numbers are low and will remain so without any appropriations to allow for improvements.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1908-12-07

Letter from Charles L. Davis to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Acting Superintendent Charles L. Davis acknowledges the new executive order requiring the eight-hour law to be observed by contractors or other public workers. He points out that no money has been appropriated for maintenance or improvement in Sullys Hill National Park, and so no public work is being done there.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1906-10-08

Letter from Charles L. Davis to Henry M. Gray

Charles L. Davis, acting superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, responds to Henry M. Gray’s request for information about how to secure an appropriation for the park. Davis believes that it is too late in the current session of Congress to do anything through members of North Dakota’s delegation, but suggests that Gray appeal to Senator Henry Clay Hansbrough. The only thing to do locally is show public interest in the development in the park.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1906-03-15

Letter from Charles L. Davis to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Charles L. Davis gives Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock the requested report on the use and operation of Sullys Hill National Park for 1906. Davis’s duties at the Devils Lake Agency made it impossible for him to closely monitor visitors to the park. He notes the lack of appropriations from Congress, which have made it impossible to improve or develop the park. Davis recommends that if the Department of the Interior does not intend to provide funding for the park, the land be returned to the public domain and sold so that the funds can benefit the Native American tribes who originally occupied the land.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1906-08-06

Letter from Bo Sweeney to David Franklin Houston

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Sweeney confirms receipt of the letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston stating that officers of the Forest Service have been directed to continue maintaining the lands within the boundaries of the newly created Lassen Volcanic National Park until the Department of the Interior can assume their maintenance, and thanks him for the action taken in this matter. He hopes Congress will appropriate funds allowing the Department of the Interior to take control over the park before the present session adjourns.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1916-08-21

Report on Lassen Volcanic National Park

Representative Raker submits a report recommending a small change to the wording of the bill H.R. 5588, which aims to repeal section 5 of the act entitled “An act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes.” The bill was referred to the Department of the Interior, which recommended that the bill be favorably reported due to the increasing costs associated with developing Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-02-21

H.R. 5589. A bill for the protection and improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and for other purposes.

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $20,000 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1921-04-30

H.R. 145. A bill for the protection and improvement of the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and for other purposes.

Representative Raker introduced a bill to appropriate $22,500 for the protection and improvement of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The bill also directs that all proceeds and revenues connected with the park will be expended for the administration and improvement of the park, and allows the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land, buildings, money, or other property which can be used to better the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1923-12-05

H.R. 5588. A Bill to repeal section 5 of an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1916

This bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Raker, repeals section 5 of the act establishing Lassen Volcanic National Park, which restricted the amount of money able to be appropriated for the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1922-02-21

Resolution of Susanville Chamber of Commerce against the abolishment of Lassen Volcanic National Park

The Susanville Chamber of Commerce issues a resolution opposing the “abandonment and discontinuance of the Peter Lassen National Park as a National Park, and the return of the lands embraced therein to the Forest Service.” It also encourages the United States Congress to make the necessary appropriations to allow for improvement of the park.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-17

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Alexander J. Forbes

Director of the National Park Service Mather regrets that the service is not currently in a position to do much with Lassen Volcanic National Park because no appropriations for funding have been made for it. He hopes that Congress will appropriate funds for the park after the war, which will allow for development of the area.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1918-06-28