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Chronological itinerary of the 1913 hike by the Seattle Mountaineers through the Olympic Mountains, noting the different distances hiked, elevations attained, and camps established.
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View of Mount Olympus from the Dodwell-Rixon pass in the Olympic Mountain range.
1913-08-08
View of Mount Olympus’s east peak, taken from the center peak.
1913-08-10
Bulletin of the Mountaineers society. Contains an itinerary of the 1913 outing to the Olympic Mountains and the summiting of Mount Olympus, a report on a gift of Alpine seeds that has been gifted to the society, and notices of upcoming meetings and walks sponsored by the society.
1913-09
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recently signed the bill establishing the Olympic National Park, protecting the trees, glaciers, and wilderness on Washington state’s Olympic peninsula. Although the area of Mount Olympus National Monument, which President Theodore Roosevelt had previously proclaimed, had dwindled over the years, proclaiming it a National Park restores and enlarges the protected area.
1938-06-29
A chronology tracing the creation of the Olympic National Park, beginning from when the lands were first ceded to the United States Government by Native American groups, and continuing through the various proclamations, legislative bills, and other events impacting the location.
Includes a list of cited references.
Stephen Tyng Mather, Director of the National Parks Service, responds to Madison Grant’s inquiry regarding whether there had ever been attempt to establish a national park on Washington state’s Olympic peninsula. Mather reviews the history of the establishment of a National Monument, the proposed bills that would previously have established a National Park, as well as some of the present difficulties surrounding the establishment of such a park.
1928-10-26
Charles J. Kelly pushes back on Assistant Secretary of the Interior Sweeney’s concerns associated with reducing the size of the Mount Olympus National Monument. Area removed from the monument will nevertheless still be part of Olympic National Forest. Kelly offers to answer any questions Sweeney may still have regarding their argument for the abolition of the national monument and return of all land to the national forest.
1915-04-24
Department of the Interior Solicitor Preston C. West sends Secretary of the Interior Lane his opinion regarding Mount Olympus National Monument, and raises the question whether the Department of the Interior rightfully has anything to do with monuments in National Forests.
1915-04-20
Acting Forester E. E. Carter thanks National Park Service director Mather for both his letter, as well as the enclosed letter to Madison Grant. The Forest Service “purposes to give every consideration to a proper development of the recreational resource” in administering the Olympic National Forest, but does not plan to build highways into the higher section of the area.
1928-10-29
Representative Hill issues a report on the bill proposing to establish the Mount Olympus National Park. The bill will abolish the existing Mount Olympus National Monument and establish a larger unit containing nearby forests and game habitats which need to be appropriately protected.
1937-08-16
Map of Potential Boundaries of Olympic National Park, based on two pieces of legislation introduced by Senator Monrad C. Wallgren of Washington.
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An acrostic poem celebrating the various elements of Washington’s Mount Olympus and Olympic National Park.
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Congressman Monrad C. Wallgren has proposed legislation to establish a national park on the Olympic Peninsula, superseding and expanding the present Olympic National Monument. The Emergency Conservation Committee urges its readers to send letters in support of this measure to Congress.
1935-06