The National Parks: America's Best Idea: History Episode 3 Page 1. Add to Scrapbook. Construction of the O'Shaughnessy Dam, Hetch Hetchy Valley, Yosemite National Park, 1. By the time the park idea turned 5. While the departments of War, Interior, and Agriculture each claimed responsibility for the parks, the truth was that no one was in charge. Many of the nation's most spectacular landscapes remained unprotected and vulnerable. The building of a dam in Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley stood as a terrible testimony to this fact. In 1. 91. 4, John Muir had died after losing the battle to save the beautiful valley, but his efforts were not in vain. An unlikely alliance of railroad barons, adventurers, and some of the nation's wealthiest men would emerge to take up his cause and follow in his spirit. Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists It all started on March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie, a player on the Ottawa.A new leader would promote the parks as never before and embark on a crusade to bring them under a single management. With his own intensely personal reasons for supporting the parks, charismatic businessman Stephen Mather would use his wealth and connections to bring about change. Stephen Mather: the Right Man at the Right Time. In 1. 91. 4, self- made millionaire Stephen Mather visited Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks and was disgusted by what he saw. The hiking trails were in poor condition, cattle grazed in the meadows, and speculators had plans to log the majestic sequoia trees. Mather dashed off an angry letter to Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, who happened to be an old college schoolmate. The 1919 Stanley Cup Final ice hockey play-off series to determine the 1919 Stanley Cup champion ended with no champion decided, being suspended after five games had. We hope you will be able to come to one or more of our events this year. They are a great way to get to know more about Sacramento Valley Teen. Her First Kiss (1919) Distribution Company: Fox Film Corp. Production Company: Sunshine Comedies. Producer: Hampton Del Ruth. Director: Frank Griffin. The WEEI Fantasy Football Challenge is back! Simply CLICK HERE to sign-up and compete in a weekly challenge for great prizes. This is your chance to win tickets to. Lane tersely replied that if Mather was unhappy with the way the parks were being administered, he should come to Washington and run them himself. Mather accepted the challenge. He showed up in Lane's office and agreed to oversee the national parks, but only for a year. As sales manager for the Pacific Coast Borax Company, he produced a flood of publicity by glamorizing the company's beginnings in California's Death Valley and branding its product as Twenty Mule Team Borax. Sales skyrocketed. Mather started a competing borax company and by age 4. For most ballplayers of any and all ages, getting a chance to join the New York Yankees organization is a career highlight. Oftentimes the younger players coming into. Challenge gives veterans chance to interact with fellow veterans as a team. Prone to bouts of depression, Mather had discovered that time in the great outdoors served as a tonic to calm his nerves and revive his energy. He had joined the Sierra Club and counted meeting the legendary John Muir as one of the highlights of his life. With the national parks under his care, Mather now had the chance to promote and protect the places that Muir had taught him to love. Mather's Power of Persuasion. To help him with the task, Mather was assigned a young legal assistant named Horace Albright, who had arrived in Washington from California a year earlier, so poor he wore a borrowed suit and lived at the local YMCA. Albright had also been inspired by a personal encounter with John Muir and was enthusiastic about the national parks. However, much of his work at the Interior Department had been spent responding to angry letters protesting the decision to flood the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Discouraged, Albright intended to return to California until Mather entered his life and persuaded him to stay for one more year. Christian Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Center. Our mission is to assist teens and adults in gaining freedom from chemical addictions and other life controlling problems by addressing their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We offer effective and affordable programs throughout Minnesota with campuses in Minneapolis, Brainerd, Duluth, Rochester and Buffalo. 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