Committee Report on Western Military Forts

Committee to Review Western Forts' Interpretive Development Programs. 1965. Committee Report on Western Military Forts

Assistant Director for Operations Howard W. Baker, by memorandum to the Regional Directors, Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest Regions, July 15, 1965, announced the ~tablishment of a committee to undertake a survey of 7 western military forts in the National Park System. This survey was to include a review of the following major aspects of the interpretive plans: Restoration plans Reconstruction plans Furnishing plans Visitor Center locations and interpretive plans State of current master planning and interpretive prospectuses The 7 western forts studied: Fort Laramie NHS, Wyoming Fort Larned NHS (proposed and authorized), Kansas Bent's Old Fort NHS, Colorado Fort Union NM, New Mexico Fort BOI-lie NBS (proposed and authorized), Arizona Fort Davis NBS, Texas Fort Smith N'.rIS, Arkansas

Type
Published Report
Authors
Committee to Review Western Forts' Interpretive Development Programs
Date of Issue
1965-11
Units
HIST
Keywords
Bent's Old Fort, Development, ehistory, Fort Bowie, Fort Davis, Fort Laramie, Fort Larned, Fort Smith, Fort Union, History, interpretive

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