Beschreibung:
Every park and historic site in the nation has a story to tell, none more compelling than creation of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. This effort, spanning more than a century, and still robust, has conserved thousands of acres in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan region.
Foreword by Barnabas McHenry | ixForeword by Joshua Laird | xi1 A Dynamite Park | 12 The Commission | 53 Upriver | 224 Harriman | 365 Legend and War | 516 Welch | 607 Bear Mountain | 718 Perkins | 919 Jolliffe | 11110 Trail and Bridge | 12811 Uncle Bennie | 14312 Black Thursday | 15613 The Compact | 17314 The Palisades Parkway | 19515 Storm King | 22016 Minnewaska | 24817 Sterling Forest | 28218 Honor and Electronics | 332AppendixesA. Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites | 351B. The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest | 353Acknowledgments | 355Sources | 357Index | 387