Public Recreation Facilities, Svazek 35,Vydání 1–3American academy of political and social science, 1910 - Počet stran: 266 |
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Strana 218
... miles . The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is twenty miles in length and a thousand feet deep , and there are thousands of hot springs and hun- dreds of wild geysers . From the foot - hills and up the lower slopes of the mountains are ...
... miles . The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is twenty miles in length and a thousand feet deep , and there are thousands of hot springs and hun- dreds of wild geysers . From the foot - hills and up the lower slopes of the mountains are ...
Strana 219
... miles distant from San Francisco , is in the Sierra Nevada Range of California , and is thirty - six miles in length and forty - eight in breadth . It in- cludes generous samples of the wondrous treasures of the Sierras , and in its ...
... miles distant from San Francisco , is in the Sierra Nevada Range of California , and is thirty - six miles in length and forty - eight in breadth . It in- cludes generous samples of the wondrous treasures of the Sierras , and in its ...
Strana 223
... miles of beautiful bay shores , have already been purchased , and before the work is completed , the Wisconsin state parks will probably include at least one example of each type of its wonderfully beautiful natural scenery . The ...
... miles of beautiful bay shores , have already been purchased , and before the work is completed , the Wisconsin state parks will probably include at least one example of each type of its wonderfully beautiful natural scenery . The ...
Strana 224
... miles of river . banks , 8 miles of seashore , and 27 miles or more of boulevards and parkways . All these recreation grounds are now organized into a unified system which surpasses in extent not only anything which this country has ...
... miles of river . banks , 8 miles of seashore , and 27 miles or more of boulevards and parkways . All these recreation grounds are now organized into a unified system which surpasses in extent not only anything which this country has ...
Strana 234
... mile strip for protection of ruins ) . 175,360 Hot Springs Reservation , in Arkansas 911 Total 3,624,472 National Monuments Devil's Tower , Wyoming Acres . 1,152 Montezuma Castle , Arizona 160 Petrified Forest , Arizona 60.776 El Morro ...
... mile strip for protection of ruins ) . 175,360 Hot Springs Reservation , in Arkansas 911 Total 3,624,472 National Monuments Devil's Tower , Wyoming Acres . 1,152 Montezuma Castle , Arizona 160 Petrified Forest , Arizona 60.776 El Morro ...
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Strana 346 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Strana 420 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Strana 251 - The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Strana 267 - ... consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public * * * in such county," with "authority to make maps and plans of such spaces and to collect such other information in relation thereto as the said board may deem expedient;" and "as soon as conveniently may be," to "make a report in writing of a comprehensive plan for laying out, acquiring and maintaining such open spaces.
Strana 255 - The separation, for purposes of taxation, of the timber from the land on which it grows, so that the forest crop shall be taxed only when it is harvested, while the land shall be taxed every year.
Strana 231 - ... in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part...
Strana 224 - The Boston Metro2-45 politan Park Commission was organized in 1 892 with powers granted to it by some thirty-seven different local governments. Through the activity of this commission, Boston's park system came to contain 10,000 acres of parks and public reservations, 30 miles of river banks, 8 miles of seashore, and 27 miles of boulevards and parkways.101 Kansas City soon established a similar planning body on a smaller scale. George E. Kessler, a local landscape architect who directed the enterprise,...
Strana 217 - Exclusive devotion to work has the result that amusements cease to please; and when relaxation becomes imperative, life becomes dreary from lack of its sole interest — the interest in business.
Strana 218 - Monument; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section...
Strana 236 - Glacier National Park, west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains and south of the Canadian boundary line in Montana.