The creation and establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore - The Great Depression through Mission 66
Binkley C. 2007. The creation and establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore - The Great Depression through Mission 66. Cultural Resource Division, National Park Service
In 1937, Congress authorized the creation and establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore- America’s first national seashore park. This authorization reflected a strong desire to preserve a significant portion of the unique and “primitive wilderness” of the Outer Banks, the chain of barrier islands that guard North Carolina’s mainland coast. This study is a narrative history about the creation and establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the major characters involved, and the key decisions they made. It follows a straightforward methodology. This history covers the origins of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the 1930s through its main period of development under “Mission 66”, a ten year program of development.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Binkley, Cameron
- Date of Issue
- 2007-08
- Publisher
- Cultural Resource Division, National Park Service
- Units
- CAHA , HIST
- Keywords
- Cape Hatteras, Cultural Resources, Development, ehistory, Establishment, Great Depression, History, Mission 66, National Park Service, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Preservation, seashore, World War II