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Yellowstone anniversary marks Harding era park protection policy
Article recalls President Harding's official pledge to preserve the national park system from commercial exploitation, highlighting Yellowstone's 50th anniversary opening, its vast landscape, geysers, canyons, and the president's visit. It surveys long battles over irrigation and power projects, reform efforts, and the park system’s defense by national groups.
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John Dickinson Sherman
National Parks
Warren G. Harding
Yellowstone
Brat National Park
America
Congress
John Wesley Hill
Lincoln Memorial University
Harding
Yellowstone Park
University
Friends of
Park
Damato
Dent
National Park System
Doctor Hill
Sixty Sixth Congress
Bencit
Tuyo
National Organization of Defense
House
Senate
Water Power Commission
Walsh
Montana
Yellowstone Lake
Sec
Retury
The
Interior Fall
United States ‘Reclamation Service
Scott Leavitt
Jerome Locke
Sixty Seventh Congress
Walsh Dem
Bixty
Fail
Mescalero Indian Reservation
New
Mexfco
New Mexico
Fall
Public Lands Committee
Franklin K. Lane
National Parke
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Bret
Francisco
Yosemite
Uni
Fght