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President Roosevelt writes Washington Governor Albert E. Mead with his concerns over the use of the Olympic National Forest. He intends to have Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, incoming Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield and newly appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office Richard Achilles Ballinger make a thorough report on the reserve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-03
Arthur W. Vollmer, retired Army Major and secretary-treasurer of the Mount Olympus National Park Association, sends President Franklin D. Roosevelt a memorandum in the form of a scroll suggesting the creation of an Olympic National Monument overlapping with the present Olympic National Forest, and recommending that the two be thereafter joined as Olympic National Park.
1938-02-01
A history of the Olympic National Forest boundary, noting the presidents involved with the creation and alteration of the boundaries of the National Forest, National Monument, and National Park.
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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.
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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
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Herbert A. Meyer requests that the department notify Albert F. Potter of the Forest Service when the matter concerning the elimination of certain lands from the Mount Olympus National Forest is presented to Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane.
1915-04-16
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
This chronological record traces the efforts to establish Olympic National park from 1904 through 1943, highlighting the various legislative bills that were advanced and the congressmen who were involved, as well as the varying size of the area protected by the government.
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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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Legislation abolishing the former Mount Olympus National Monument and establishing a newly designated Olympic National Park. A map outlining the boundaries of the park accompanies the legislation
1938-06-29
A thorough history chronicling the establishment of Olympic National Park, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the park. The narrative follows the early expeditions into the Olympic Mountains, the efforts by Theodore Roosevelt and his administration to preserve the area through its designation as a national monument and forest reserve, and later legislative and local efforts to establish it as a national park
1988-05-16
The Emergency Conservation Committee highlights the importance of the Olympic Peninsula as a habitat for wildlife species and forests, including Roosevelt Elk and Douglas fir trees. It urges the expansion of the Olympic Peninsula National Monument to encompass all the terrain originally reserved for it, prior to President Woodrow Wilson reducing its size, and hopes that this expansion may serve as a prelude to further protections and the establishment of a national park.
1934-06
A rich vein of ore has recently been discovered in the Olympic National Monument, leading to an effort to convert the area into a regular forest reserve, which would allow prospectors to mine the vein–something they are currently prohibited from doing. Theodore Roosevelt reserved the area while president, but President William H. Taft supports the effort to allow mining. The area in Canada nearest to Washington is home to some very productive mines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-25