A Homeland and a Hinterland: The Current and Jacks Fork Riverways, Historic Resource Study, Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Stevens DL and National Park Service - Midwest Region. 1991. A Homeland and a Hinterland: The Current and Jacks Fork Riverways, Historic Resource Study, Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Historic Resource Study. Omaha, NE
In 1964, the 2nd Session of the 88th Congress enacted and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law legislation establishing the Ozark National Scenic Riverways along 134 miles of the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in southeast Missouri, to be administered by the National Park Service (NPS) of the U. S. Department of the Interior. Proponents of the park, as well as NPS Director George B. Hartzog, Jr. , emphasized the recreation and wilderness value of the new area. Development and conservation interests wanted to boost the tourist trade and to preserve the free flow of the Current River and its natural resources. The cultural heritage of the Ozark upland and the many cultural resources of the area were little noticed until the new park began to inventory and to manage the properties. This Historic Resource Study interprets the settlement and development history of the region to aid in the management and interpretation of the cultural resources.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Stevens, Donald; National Park Service - Midwest Region
- Date of Issue
- 1991
- Units
- HIST , OZAR
- Keywords
- Architecture, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Hinterland, History, Homeland