Proposed John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park, Including a Summary of A Rival of the Yosemite...by John Muir
Washington, D.C. American Planning and Civic Association, [1939].
Softcover. Near fine. 9" x 6", 19 pp, with illustrations after original drawings by Charles D. Robinson, map ("Proposed John Muir National Park, California") on back cover. Small crease to front wrapper, light handling wear; near fine.
Offprint of an article first published in Planning and Civic Comment (Jan-March 1939) and including a condensed version of an article by John Muir (accompanied by Robinson's drawings) published in the Century Magazine in 1891 titled "A Rival of the Yosemite, the Canyon of the South Fork of King's River, California. " In addition to Muir's description of the beauty and natural features of Kings Canyon, the text supports the Gearhart Bill, which was introduced in Congress in February 1939. It proposed to establish John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park and "preserve for all time in the National Park System the superlative canyons of the King's River. . . together with the Evolution Basin and the high peaks of the finest parts of the Sierra Nevada. . . . General Grant National Park would become General Grant Grove in the new park, and the Big Trees of Redwood Canyon, now unprotected, would form another grove in the park. " The bill passed, and General Grant National Park was expanded and renamed Kings Canyon National Park in March, 1940.
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