The Centennial
The Centennial

Author: David Kroese

Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 1627876588

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Sparked by the opportunity to explore his personal passions, David Kroese turns away from a rewarding yet languishing career and begins the adventure of a lifetime. What happens next evolves into a tour of all four hundred-plus units in America's National Park System -- a perfect way to celebrate the 2016 National Park Service centennial. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System details David's compelling centennial explorations to 387 parks in 360 days. The story continues through December 2017, when he becomes one of fewer than fifty people known to have visited all 417 national parks. His personal expedition is a poignant exploration into quintessential America as told through its historical and natural wonders. Delve into diverse locations from Hawaii to the Rockies, New England to the Caribbean, Charleston to the California desert, Alaska to American Samoa. Join David and experience the inherent marvels within America's unique landscape and fascinating history, revealed in engaging context, poetic descriptions, and heartfelt appreciation. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System is an odyssey of self discovery and fulfillment through the nation's soul.

The Missions of Northern Sonora
The Missions of Northern Sonora

Author: Buford Pickens

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1993-05

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780816513567

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The Spanish missions founded by Padre Eusebio Kino in Sonora, Mexico, during the 1690s and early 1700s are historical as well as architectural marvels. Once self-supporting villages with central churches, the missions stand today as monuments to perseverance in the face of a hostile New World. These "Kino Missions" were surveyed in 1935 by the National Park Service to prepare for the restoration of the mission at Tumacacori, Arizona, then a National Historic Monument. That report, which was never published, provided insights into the missions' history and architecture that remain of lasting relevance. Perhaps more important, it documented these structures in photographs and drawings—the latter including floor plans and sketches of architectural detail—that today are of historic as well as aesthetic interest. This volume reproduces that 1935 report in its entirety, focusing on sixteen missions and including two maps, 52 drawings, and 76 photographs. With a new introduction and appendixes that place the original study in context, The Missions of Northern Sonora is an invaluable reference for scholars and mission visitors alike.

Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori National Historical Park

Author: Susan Lamb

Publisher: Western National Parks Association

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 1877856371

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Chronicles the tumultuous human history of the Santa Cruz River Valley in what is now southern Arizona. Jesuit missionaries arrived in the late seventeenth century to convert the O'odham people, but Apache raiders and political upheavals continually frustrated their efforts. Photos by Jack Dykinga, George H. H. Huey, and Edward McCain.