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J. Horace McFarland: A Thorn for Beauty

J. Horace McFarland: A Thorn for Beauty

Morrison, Ernest

Hardcover

Historical Figures19th Century United States HistoryRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0892710632
ISBN13: 9780892710638
Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Published: Dec 23 2016
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was one of the first Americans to sound the call for environmental and scenic protection. He helped defend Niagara Falls from power company interests, fought together with John Muir and others to preserve the Hetch Hetchy Valley at Yosemite, and after that defeat rose again to be hailed as the father of the National Park Service. Esteemed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft, McFarland advised secretaries of the interior for a period spanning forty years. A lifelong resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he played a key role in developing a reform package calling for the cleanup of the city and its river, and the creation of a splendid municipal park system. A noted writer, photographer, and astute businessman who owned a successful printing company, he was also an acclaimed gardener and the preeminent rosarian in America.

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