The Missile Plains: Frontline of America's Cold War
Engel JA, Mead & Hunt, Inc., Slattery C, Ebeling M, Pogany E, Squitieri AR. 2003. The Missile Plains: Frontline of America's Cold War. Historic Resource Study. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. South Dakota
The purpose of this study is to bring to light the history and context of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. In 1999 President Bill Clinton signed into law (Public Law 106-115) an Act of Congress providing for Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Congress stated the purpose of the new park as follows: To preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the structures associated with the Minuteman II missile defense system; to interpret the historical role of the Minuteman II missile defense system— a. as a key component of America's strategic commitment to preserve world peace; and b. in the broader context of the Cold War; and to complement the interpretive programs relating to the Minuteman II missile defense system offered by the South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base. To accomplish this purpose, the Secretary of the Interior was empowered to administer the site in accordance with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the establishing act of the National Park Service, approved 25 August 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the National Historic Sites Act of 21 August 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Engel, Jeffrey; Mead & Hunt, Inc.; Slattery, Christina; Ebeling, Mary; Pogany, Erin; Squitieri, Amy
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , MIMI , MWR
- Keywords
- Alternatives, ehistory, Geology, History, implications, Landscape, Management, Military, Missile, National Historic Site, Plan, Planning, Preservation