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  2. Douglas Tompkins - Wikipedia

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    The proposed park, which would total 700,000 hectares, would be the largest national park in Argentina and home to hundreds of bird species, giant anteaters, and macaw parrots. It would provide safe habitat for a range of native species, and encourage a transition from "an exploitative economy" to "an economy of conservation and ecotourism".

  3. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable - Wikipedia

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    Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]

  4. Stephen Mather - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930) [3] was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service.As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire.

  5. Naomi Sewell Richardson - Wikipedia

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    Richardson was the last surviving founder of Delta Sigma Theta when she passed in 1993 at the age of 100, a centenarian. [8] A biography of her life was written by her sorority sisters in 1995 titled A Life of Quiet Dignity: Naomi Sewell Richardson. [9] The Naomi Sewell Richardson Park was built on the site of her original home in 2019. [9]

  6. James Larkin White - Wikipedia

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    James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service.He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

  7. History of the National Park Service - Wikipedia

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    The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service. Walterville Oregon: Trine Day Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-63424-126-7. Burns, Ken. The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Washington DC: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009. EVERHARDT, William C. The National Park Service. New York: Praeger, 1972.

  8. Charles Goethe - Wikipedia

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    Goethe founded California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State College at the time), which in turn treated Goethe with the reverence of a founding father, appointed him chairman of the university's advisory board, dedicated the Goethe Arboretum to him in 1961, and organized an elaborate gala and 'national recognition day' to mark his 90th birthday in 1965, when he received letters of ...

  9. William Blaxton - Wikipedia

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    An 1889 conjectural drawing of Blaxton's house in Boston, built between 1630 and 1635). William Blaxton was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. [2] [better source needed] He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge as a sizar in 1614 and received an MA in 1621. [3]