Embattled Katmai: A history of Katmai National Monument
Hussey JA. 1971. Embattled Katmai: A history of Katmai National Monument. Historic Resource Study. Office of History and Historic Architecture, National Park Service. San Francisco, CA
This report contains a history of Katmai National Monument and is intended primarily as an administrative aid to be used by National Park Service personnel, who may be presumed to be familiar with the broad history of the conservation movement in the United States, with the development of the National Park System, and with the origins of other national parks and monuments in Alaska. Katmai National Monument, lying at the base of the Alaska Peninsula, is a magnificent wilderness area preserving scientific, scenic, and historic values. Originally set aside to protect the physical evidence of one of the world's greatest recorded volcanic upheavals, the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912, it is now even more famed as one of the earth's most important wildlife refuges. It did not become a national monument by accident nor has it maintained that status without contest. The history of Katmai National Monument is one of the basic data studies required for the drafting of a new park master plan. It was prepared in accordance with Historical Resource Study Proposal. The report is intended to be a reference work, providing park planners, administrators, and interpreters with the essential facts relating to human use of the monument from about 4000 B.C. to A.D. 1918, when the reserve was established. It gathers together and presents in a single narrative as much of the widely scattered historical data as time and reasonably available source materials would permit.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hussey, John
- Date of Issue
- 1971-08
- Publisher
- Office of History and Historic Architecture, National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , KATM
- Keywords
- Administration, Alaska, Conservation, Cultural Resources, ehistory, historic values, History, Katmai National Monument, Park Management, volcanic upheavals