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A seminal thematic map tracking the extermination of the in North America, compiled in the 1880s by Smithsonian taxidermist and pioneering conservationist William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937). It is well known that millions of bison once roamed North America, though less well known that their range extended from east of the Appalachians to northwestern Canada, central […]
Two extremely rare circulars printing proclamations by President Roosevelt establishing National Forests in Nevada. Ruby Mountains Forest Reserve (1906) encompassed more than 420,000 acres in northeastern Nevada, and Vegas National Forest (1907) some 185,000 acres in Lincoln County. Both have long since been absorbed into Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Each includes the text of the proclamation, signed in […]
An extremely rare circular printing a 1906 proclamation by President Roosevelt expanding the Wichita Forest Reserve in Oklahoma. Originally established in 1901 on just over 57,000 acres in southwestern Oklahoma, in 1905 Roosevelt designated the Reserve as the nation’s first big-game preserve. It became Wichita National Forest in 1907, when all Forest Reserves were reclassified […]
An archive of six extremely rare circulars printing proclamations by President Roosevelt establishing and expanding Utah National Forests. The circulars address the creation of the Beaver, La Sal, Vernon and Wasatch Forest Reserves (all in 1906), and the 1907 expansion of the Aquarius and Monticello National Forests in 1907. Each circular includes the text of […]
A seminal work on the extermination of the American bison, compiled in the 1880s by Smithsonian taxidermist and pioneering conservationist William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937). With the important thematic map illustrating the shrinking range of the bison. It is well known that millions of bison once roamed North America, though less well known that their range […]
An archive of extremely rare circulars printing proclamations by Theodore Roosevelt establishing the San Luis Obispo Forest Reserve (1906), and expanding the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve (1906) and the San Gabriel (1907), Trabuco Canyon (1907), San Bernadino (1908) and Monterey (1908) National Forests. Each circular includes the text of the proclamation, signed in type by […]