Rock Creek Park A to Z
Author: David Swerdloff
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Published: 2016-03-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780692594087
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This colorful guide to Rock Creek Park reveals the surprising natural wonders in the wild woodland in the heart of the Nation's Capital...and its rich history as a Presidential playground, Native American campground and Civil War battleground.Illustrated with more than 250 images, Rock Creek Park A to Z answers questions that arise with every twist and turn of the valley:*How did the rocks get into Rock Creek?*In whose footsteps might you be walking each time you visit?*How can the Park be preserved in the face of major threats to its environment?*Where was Abe Lincoln nearly shot down bya Confederate sniper?The alphabetical account begins with A is for Animals: from newly arrived coyotes to non-native black squirrels introduced more than a century ago.Along the way, F is for Fords: where horses - and until 1994, autos - could splash through the creek. M is for Mills: featuring the technology that made Rock Creek Valley a high-tech corridor for 19th century Washington. Q is for Quotations: what naturalists, poets, politicians and songwriters have to say about Rock Creek Park. U is for US Presidents: including hiking, rock-climbing, skinny-dipping and trespassing Teddy Roosevelt. Y is for You Gotta Be Kidding: a rundown of serious proposals that, happily, were never enacted - like damming the creek to turn the valley into a reservoir. And anyone who has visited Washington's lions and tigers and (panda) bears - oh my! - knows that Z is for Zoo.Enjoy this entertaining account of one of America's pioneering urban parks - established in 1890, when America had only two other National Parks.From A to Z, get to know Rock Creek Park: it's where Washington insiders go when they go outside!
