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OLYMPIC
Guidebook 1940 |
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Arno B. Cammerer, Director
CONTENTS
Cover (Olympic Mountains (Asahel Curtis Photo))
"Rain Forests"The Olympic Mountains
Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildflowers
Lakes and Streams
Roads and Trails
Administration
How to Reach the Park
Accommodations
Historic Events
| 1774 | Juan Perez, roving Spanish sea captain, first white man to sight Olympic Mountains, which he named Santa Rosalia. |
| 1788 | John Mears, British captain, named the highest peak Mount Olympus. |
| 1880 | Earliest explorations made. |
| 1904 | Bill to establish national park introduced in congress, but failed of passage. |
| 1909 | President Theodore Roosevelt by proclamation established Mount Olympus National Monument of 620,000 acres. |
| 1912-1929 | Area of monument reduced to 322,000 acres through withdrawals by Presidential proclamations. |
| 1938 | Olympic National Park of 648,000 acres established June 29 by Act of Congress. |
| 1940 | January 2. Area of park increased 187,411 acres through Presidential proclamation. |
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