America's Lost National Park

Aidin Robbins June 14, 2025
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Explore how news stories are framed across the globe and political spectrum at https://ground.news/aidin. Use my link to get 40% off the Vantage Subscription for unlimited access! Sources/Further Reading: Robert W. Righter - The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: https://tinyurl.com/5hf86r2r Timothy Egan - The Big Burn: https://tinyurl.com/3c6c8cbn Yellowstone Act: https://tinyurl.com/598e5h9p Yosemite Grant: https://tinyurl.com/5n5bjte9 NPS - Hutchings: https://tinyurl.com/2s59ybad Hutchings' Journal: https://tinyurl.com/5n96tsdb Hutchings - Yosemite: https://tinyurl.com/bprpdn2 Hutchings' Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/m2w2uxx7 https://tinyurl.com/3yc8vx7s NPS - Muir: https://tinyurl.com/25569n5h Muir - The Yosemite: https://tinyurl.com/54am2xys NEH - Muir/Pinchot: https://tinyurl.com/4pktae3z Forest History Society - Pinchot: https://tinyurl.com/ye9ju8hn NMFSH - Forest Reserves: https://tinyurl.com/ycy8th3k Muir - Hetch Hetchy: https://tinyurl.com/ystvtjsp NPS - Hetch Hetchy Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/2uxckr7j SF Earthquake: https://tinyurl.com/yck26ake Freeman Report: https://tinyurl.com/e2yz9hu4 Raker Act: https://tinyurl.com/5bh2ha4h NPS Organic Act: https://tinyurl.com/27p95ww5 NPS - Olympic: https://tinyurl.com/yc77c97z NPS - Glacier: https://tinyurl.com/5n8suvd6 JSTOR Daily - Grand Canyon: https://tinyurl.com/3c2s298a Great Smoky Mountains: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41445620 https://tinyurl.com/43uyzexn Richard Preston - The Wild Trees: https://tinyurl.com/3zmvf2rr Illustrations: JR Browne: https://tinyurl.com/2uztajet LOC: https://tinyurl.com/4e73v8y7 USF: https://tinyurl.com/2m3bvpfz Harper's Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/255mxwch Muir's Sketches: https://tinyurl.com/mvrr84x5 https://tinyurl.com/39mtxcjs Yosemite Collection: https://tinyurl.com/57mv6k3c https://tinyurl.com/ecyfcerp Bierstadt - Looking Down Yosemite Valley Bierstadt - Study for The Hetch Hetchy Valley Bierstadt - Hetch Hetchy Canyon William Keith - Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon James Baker Pyne - The Aqueduct at Arricia, Near Rome Muir Cartoon: https://tinyurl.com/mttk4nxh Maps: David Rumsey: https://tinyurl.com/yc328289 https://tinyurl.com/3w5ufrzf https://tinyurl.com/5fum3eah LOC: https://tinyurl.com/yr8xjexb https://tinyurl.com/2psn9av9 https://tinyurl.com/2fsavcpy Lake Eleanor: https://tinyurl.com/3ceyypyc Photos: Sierra Club: https://tinyurl.com/3j5b227w LOC: https://tinyurl.com/55vy6f94 https://tinyurl.com/2sspekth https://tinyurl.com/5du9xsjt https://tinyurl.com/2er5nws4 https://tinyurl.com/yha66y83 https://tinyurl.com/6y8c3z7d USFS: https://tinyurl.com/4bxsef8d https://tinyurl.com/rfacuzm3 https://tinyurl.com/yrywbrj2 https://tinyurl.com/3hr3wz9m NPS: https://tinyurl.com/3etkvmy9 https://tinyurl.com/59tus3ey https://tinyurl.com/yy4bp5p5 https://tinyurl.com/49wexjm4 https://tinyurl.com/bdfupm3r https://tinyurl.com/5337pc52 https://tinyurl.com/42xybexm UOP: https://tinyurl.com/yzxh6mj9 National Archives: https://tinyurl.com/yck26ake UC: https://tinyurl.com/5fwtx5px https://tinyurl.com/3yecv5s9 https://tinyurl.com/34enyjcp https://tinyurl.com/5h5xbh7f https://tinyurl.com/2rfzc6b7 https://tinyurl.com/h4jujd37 https://tinyurl.com/yurphn9w https://tinyurl.com/ye93mf3j Documents: Sierra Club: https://www.loc.gov/item/03022601 Earthquake Report: https://tinyurl.com/4yt2phat Pamphlets: https://tinyurl.com/6339fmyv https://tinyurl.com/2sj7389j https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7268060 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7268075 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7268069 https://tinyurl.com/mpzr64sp https://www.loc.gov/item/tmp93000846/ Hearing: https://tinyurl.com/y45z7vds Articles: Gold: https://tinyurl.com/4ux6mbvy Muir: https://tinyurl.com/bch7yj2v https://tinyurl.com/mryuzs87 https://tinyurl.com/yruct8bz https://tinyurl.com/bdeewd63 https://tinyurl.com/2nef8n89 Spring Valley: https://tinyurl.com/4cwb4m7t https://tinyurl.com/5fy6cfjr https://tinyurl.com/4j6pfna8 https://tinyurl.com/mrybwy8h Legal Battle: https://tinyurl.com/5ek6az9p https://tinyurl.com/y2wzpkzs https://tinyurl.com/e36p9spv https://tinyurl.com/2p9uy72y https://tinyurl.com/ekapusck https://tinyurl.com/wepyttyw https://tinyurl.com/ypwruttw https://tinyurl.com/2m8xz7dx https://tinyurl.com/yb4228ef https://tinyurl.com/yc5pvd7v https://tinyurl.com/4jkdamba https://tinyurl.com/5brhb34f https://tinyurl.com/y43eyv6b https://tinyurl.com/4eczypsb Construction: https://tinyurl.com/ycxt3evh https://tinyurl.com/bdepmy8s https://tinyurl.com/3su6xwhd Elwha: https://tinyurl.com/5abt7cty Restoration: https://tinyurl.com/y9x4w986 https://tinyurl.com/23jw8baz https://tinyurl.com/yufanufn https://tinyurl.com/2uy7hfnz https://tinyurl.com/48xabjm5 0:00 Intro 0:30 1. GOLD 1:47 Yosemite 4:05 sponsor 6:06 Muir 9:05 Pinchot 11:19 San Francisco 13:44 Hetch Hetchy 15:32 2. WATER 16:24 The Disaster 17:09 The Legal Battle 20:07 The Big Red Book 21:26 The Desision 22:58 Muir/Pinchot - reprise 23:27 San Francisco - reprise 26:57 3. SPECIAL PLACES 30:41 Water - reprise 32:06 Hetch Hetchy - reprise

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