The Father of Glacier National Park: Discoveries and Explorations In His Own Words

by George Bird Grinell, Hugh Grinnell (Compiler), John Taliaferro (Foreword by)

Overview

George Bird Grinnell was a prolific writer and record-keeper. After a long day's hunt or exploration, he diligently made time in camp for meticulous journal entries. With his small group of explorers, he discovered and named forty geological features east of the Continental Divide and west of the Blackfeet Reservation. As a result, he wrote a series of articles about his trips from 1885 to 1898 for publication in Forest and Stream. In 1891, he began advocating to protect the area as a national park and led that charge for nearly two decades until successful. His discoveries, publications and leadership led to the creation of Glacier National Park. Cousin Hugh Grinnell compiles first-person narratives from unpublished journal entries, personal correspondence and dozens of articles to tell the early story of Glacier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467143240
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/02/2020
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	619,676
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Hugh Grinnell received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Arizona. As a member of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society, Hugh was invited to present "Saving the Great American West" (the life of George Bird Grinnell, a distant cousin) to its 2010 annual convention, in Glacier National Park, on the park's 100th anniversary. While president (2005-10) of the Grinnell Family Association of America, he also wrote and produced a DVD program that profiles twelve important Grinnells in American history. George Bird Grinnell is foremost among these.

Table of Contents

Foreword John Taliaferro 5

Author's Notes 9

Introduction 11

1 1885: Hunting and Fishing in the St. Mary's Lakes 13

2 1886: Meanwhile, Back in New York 42

3 1887: Exploring the Glacier 51

4 1888: Honoring Piegan Friends 85

5 1889: Goat Expedition in British Columbia 105

6 1890: More Mapping and Discovery 111

7 1891: Yale Men Can't Shoot 116

8 1895: Agreement to Purchase Blackfeet Mountain Land 138

9 1897: Over the Garden Wall 143

10 1898: Who Is the Biggest Man? 146

11 1901: Crown of the Continent, September 150

12 190 7-1910: The Legislative Process 157

13 1910-1915: Park Improvements 161

14 1923: Visit to the Park with Elizabeth 176

15 1925: Theodore Roosevelt Medal for Distinguished Service 180

16 1926: Last Visit 184

17 1927-1938: Last Years 189

Appendix. Geological Features Named George Bird Grinnell 192-193

Acknowledgements 195

Notes 197

Index 203

About the Author 207