Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870 (1905) (14785066345)

Identifier: diaryofwashburne00lang (find matches)
Title: Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Langford, Nathaniel Pitt, 1832-1911
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Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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tion at the hands of avaricious money-getters,and becoming a Den of Thieves. New York, July 25, 1905.Mr. N. P. Langford. Dear Sir: I am very glad that your diary is to be pub-lished. It is something that 1 have long hoped that wemight see. It is true, as you say, that 1 have for a good many yearsdone what I could toward protecting the game in the Yel-lowstone Park; but what seems to me more important thanthat is that Forest and Stream for a dozen ^ears carried on,almost single handed, a fight for the integrity of the NationalPark. If you remember, all through from 1881 or there-abouts to 1890 continued efforts were being made to gaincontrol of the park by one syndicate and another, or to runa railroad through it, or to put an elevator down the sideof the canon—in short, to use this public pleasure groundas a means for private gain. There were half a dozen of uswho, being very enthusiastic about the park, and, being in aposition to watch legislation at Washington, and also to o A O s
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