Indiana Dunes A Signature of Time and Eternity: The Administrative History of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

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The Dunes are to the Midwest what Grand Canyon is to Arizona and Yosemite is to California. They constitute a signature of time and eternity. Once lost, the loss would be irrevocable.

Carl Sandburg

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COVER

DEDICATION

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART I: THE STRUGGLE TO ESTABLISH AN INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I: THE EARLY YEARS

• Settling the Dunes
• The Early Preservation Movement
• Stephen T. Mather and the Sand Dunes National Park
• "First Save the Country, Then Save the Dunes," 1917—1919
• Establishment and Development of the State Park
• Endnotes

CHAPTER II: TAKING AIM IN THE 1950s

• Dorothy Buell's Save the Dunes Council
• "Indiana's Third Senator" Takes the Dunes Battle to Congress
• The Great Lakes Survey
• Endnotes

CHAPTER III: PORT VERSUS PARK

• Three Years of Struggle, 1960—1962
• The Kennedy Compromise, 1963—1964
• Endnotes

CHAPTER IV: AUTHORIZATION OF AN INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE, 1965-1966

• Lyndon Johnson's Program
• Department of the Interior's Proposal
• A Legislative Miracle
• Endnotes

CHAPTER V: THE TUG OF WAR CONTINUES, 1967—1968

• A Park, But No Money
• The Marshaling Yard Controversy
• Support from the Great Lakes Area Field Office
• Birth of the Indiana Dunes Advisory Commission
• Endnotes

CHAPTER VI: A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PRESENCE AT INDIANA DUNES, 1969—1971

• The First Summer Visitor Season, 1969
• Land Acquisition
• J. R. Whitehouse Arrives
• The First Operations Evaluation
• The Nixon Administration's "Lukewarm Attitude"
• Collapse of Compromise: The Question of Lakeshore Expansion
• Endnotes

PART II: THE STRUGGLE TO ADMINISTER THE INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE

INTRODUCTION

• Endnotes

CHAPTER VII: POLITICS AND PARKS

• Operations, 1972
• Dedication/Establishment Day, September 8, 1972
• Endnotes

CHAPTER XI: CHAPTER VIII: GROWING PAINS, 1973—1976

• Operations, 1973—1976
• Nathaniel P. Reed Visits the Dunes
• Fiasco in Indianapolis: West Beach Development
• Campaign for Lakeshore Boundary Expansion Endnotes

CHAPTER IX: COMING OF AGE, 1977—1979

• Operations, 1977—1979
• West Beach Dedication
• Bailly I Nuclear Debate
• Dunes Expansion Hearings Continue
• Endnotes

CHAPTER X: THE GREAT TURNING POINT, 1980

• Operations, 1980
• A Future Course: The General Management, 1977—1980
• The Dunes Expansion Act of 1980
• Endnotes

CHAPTER XI: REAGANOMICS OR RETRENCHMENT?

• Operations 1981—1983
• Preservation of South Shore Railroad History
• Secretary Watt's "Hit List"
• Triumph of the Bailly Alliance
• Management Efficiency
• Endnotes

CHAPTER XII: THE SINGING SANDS OF INDIANA DUNES

• Operations, 1984—1987
• Expiration of the Advisory Commission
• Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education
• The 1986 Expansion Bill
• High Lake Levels and Shoreline Erosion
• Endnotes

CONCLUSION: TWO DECADES IN PERSPECTIVE

• Endnotes

PART III: BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENDNOTES

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The harbor bill came up in '65, the authorization passed, and as soon as it had passed, some of the compromise began to fall apart. Some of our opposition said, "Compromise? What compromise? I don't know anything about compromise." Really, when we talk about expansion bills now, we're merely trying to play catch—up with 1963.

Herbert Read, Engineering Committee Chairman, Save the Dunes Council, September 22, 1987

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PART IV: APPENDIXES

A. Historic and Contemporary Site Photographs
B. Legislation
C. Chronological List of National Park Service Employees
D. Annual Visitation Figures
E. Annual Budgetary Figures (ONPS)
F. Administrative Positions Charts
G. Area and Boundary Maps

PART V: INDEX (omitted from the on-line edition)