The National Parks

On the way to Crater Lake 1953

A few years ago, we bought the book The National Parks - America's Best Idea.  It is a big rather intimidating book with some wonderful pictures, that has remained on the shelf waiting for a rainy day.

The story of  the preservation of these lands is fascinating.  Never before had lands been set aside in this way for the enjoyment of the "public".

It is my goal for 2019 to read it all and to share some of the the many family pictures I have of the National Parks  dating from my grandparents trip from Minnesota to the west coast in 1929 to the present.

The National Parks - America's Best Idea -  The Film
The National Parks - America's Best Idea -  The Book
Records of the National Parks - NARA
Mapping the National Parks - LOC