Place Names of Glacier National Park
Title | Place Names of Glacier National Park PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Holterman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781931832687 |
The origin of hundreds of place names in Glacier National Park.
Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman
Title | Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman PDF eBook |
Author | Rich Aarstad |
Publisher | Montana Historical Society |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 097591961X |
Among Montana’s most enduring legacies are the names assigned to its geographic features and places found on the state map. As long as humans have inhabited Montana they have named places. While the past two centuries have changed the way people live in Montana, the names given to some rivers, mountain ranges, cities, and towns have persisted, while others have changed with time. Naming Montana explores the origins of more than 1,000 Montana place names, drawing upon the knowledge of Montana Historical Society historians and the expertise of local historians from across the state. This new publication includes both geographic features, selected historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, historic photographs, and maps. The authors’ extensive research illuminates the stories behind the names of places that we call home.
Yosemite Place Names
Title | Yosemite Place Names PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Browning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780944220191 |
In this book are the stories of how the names of Yosemite National Park came to be: the record of who named what and when, quotations from explorers, tourists, geographers, rangers, and soldiers, and often the peculiar, humorous, or moving events that gave rise to the names on the maps today.
Climb Glacier National Park, Volume Three
Title | Climb Glacier National Park, Volume Three PDF eBook |
Author | Blake Passmore |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | Glacier National Park (Mont.) |
ISBN | 9780988954908 |
Volume Three: The Northern Highline, Lake McDonald and Sperry Glacier Basin
100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas
Title | 100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Yogerst |
Publisher | 5,000 Ideas |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1426220103 |
"A guide to the best parks in the United States and Canada, including activity and accommodation information; information on nearby attractions; top ten lists; and information on local fare"--
Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States
Title | Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | United States Board on Geographic Names |
Publisher | |
Pages | 652 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Names, Geographical |
ISBN |
Night of the Grizzlies
Title | Night of the Grizzlies PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Olsen |
Publisher | Crime Rant Books |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
For more than half a century, grizzly bears roamed free in the national parks without causing a human fatality. Then in 1967, on a single August night, two campers were fatally mauled by enraged bears -- thus signaling the beginning of the end for America's greatest remaining land carnivore. Night of the Grizzlies, Olsen's brilliant account of another sad chapter in America's vanishing frontier, traces the causes of that tragic night: the rangers' careless disregard of established safety precautions and persistent warnings by seasoned campers that some of the bears were acting "funny"; the comforting belief that the great bears were not really dangerous -- would attack only when provoked. The popular sport that summer was to lure the bears with spotlights and leftover scraps -- in hopes of providing the tourists with a show, a close look at the great "teddy bears." Everyone came, some of the younger campers even making bold enough to sleep right in the path of the grizzlies' known route of arrival. This modern "bearbaiting" could have but one tragic result…