Forest Park
Author: Caroline Loughlin
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForest Park is a large park that St. Louis residents have used for over a century.
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One City's Wilderness
Author: Marcy Cottrell Houle
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 2010-10-31
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780870715884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortland's Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world and the only city wilderness park in the United States. The park is home to hundreds of native plants and animals and offers more than eighty miles of trails-all within minutes of downtown Portland. This updated and expanded edition of One City's Wilderness provides directions to twenty-nine hikes of varying length, difficulty, and scenery, covering every trail within the 5,100-acre park. Marcy Houle shares the history of Forest Park, introduces the people who fought to preserve it, and explores the role stewards play today. She encourages people of all ages to take an "All Trails Challenge"-learning about the unique nature of the park by exploring every trail. Includes Full color trail maps for 29 hikes Fold-out color map of the entire park and its watersheds More than 80 color photographs of native plants and birds Park history, geology, watersheds, vegetation, and wildlife
Forest Park Highlands
Author: Doug Garner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007-10-31
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1439619018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForest Park Highlands was once St. Louiss largest and best-known amusement park. In its earliest years, the Highlands boasted a fine theater and one of the largest public swimming pools in the United States. After the 1904 worlds fair closed, several attractions found a new home at the Highlands; the large pagodaa re-creation of the temple of Nekko, Japanserved as the parks bandstand for several years. Roller coasters are the lifeline of every good amusement park, and the Highlands always had two. The end came for the Highlands in a spectacular fire that decimated almost the entire park on July 19, 1963. Only the Comet roller coaster, the Ferris wheel, the Dodgems, the carousel, and the Aero Jets survived. Forest Park Highlands covers other historic amusement parks in St. Louis as well, starting with the earliest, West End Heights, and ending with Holiday Hill, the last remaining park.
Forest Park
Author: Carolyn Mueller
Publisher:
Published: 2020-04
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781681062211
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Author: Don Corrigan and Holly Shanks
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467125806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of Forest Park, in St. Louis, Missouri, told mostly through archival pictures.
Park Forest
Author: Jerry Shnay
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738519500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLess than 60 years ago, Park Forest, Illinois, began as a vision of this country's post-World War II future. Located some 40 miles south of Chicago's Loop, Park Forest was the first privately financed, completely planned community ever built in the United States. It was hailed as a "G.I. Town"-a place where veterans could find affordable housing and put down roots. From the date Park Forest was incorporated as a Village in 1949, the community has created a distinguished history for itself, and to this day many of the original residents still take an active part in Village life. Park Forest: Dreams and Challenges brings to life the accomplishments of this inspiring community, which possesses two All-America City awards for its volunteer efforts in building for the future. Featured in the book are historic images of the first regional shopping center built in the nation after the War and the largest publicly-owned swimming complex in the state. Park Forest is also home to both the highly rated Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the Illinois Theatre Center, a nationally known repertory company.
Big Basin Redwood Forest: California's Oldest State Park
Author: Traci Bliss
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1467145041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe epic saga of Big Basin began in the late 1800s, when the surrounding communities saw their once "inexhaustible" redwood forests vanishing. Expanding railways demanded timber as they crisscrossed the nation, but the more redwoods that fell to the woodman's axe, the greater the effects on the local climate. California's groundbreaking environmental movement attracted individuals from every walk of life. From the adopted son of a robber baron to a bohemian woman winemaker to a Jesuit priest, resilient campaigners produced an unparalleled model of citizen action. Join author Traci Bliss as she reveals the untold story of a herculean effort to preserve the ancient redwoods for future generations.
Reading Group Choices
Author: Reading Group Choices
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780975974476
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Author: Sally J. Altman
Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Books
Published: 2007-11
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780979605413
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Author: Kenneth J. Knack
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738583266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeer, biers, and more beer . . . the name Forest Park will usually evoke images of taverns or cemeteries. While both have played an important role in the prosperity and growth of the community, there is so much more to this community once known as Harlem. Originally the site of a Potawatomi Indian village and burial ground, the town has also been home to an amusement park, a torpedo factory, a golf course, a racetrack, and a baseball stadium. The blue-collar sibling to neighbors Oak Park and River Forest has weathered many changes. Prohibition during the 1920s saw the closure of 39 taverns. The building of the Congress Expressway in the 1950s forced the relocation of over 3,500 graves, dozens of homes and businesses, destroyed landmarks, and severed the town. Through it all, Forest Park has persevered, though much of its past has disappeared.
