The History of Badlands National Monument and the White River (Big) Badlands of South Dakota — John Shaqi
The History of Badlands National Monument and the White River (Big) Badlands of South DakotaMattison, Ray H.
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The History of Badlands National Monument and the White River (Big) Badlands of South Dakota
Mattison, Ray H.
Badlands National Park (S.D.) -- History
Note: Not only were Norbeck and Millard linked together by their
common interest in the Badlands, but also through the marriage of
Mr. Norbeck’s daughter to Mrs. Clara (Millard) Jennings’ son
(information from Nelsons, February 9, 1968).
[116]Memorandum, G.A. Moskey, Chief Counsel, NPS, to NPS Regional
Director, Region Two, May 20, 1941; Receipt signed by B.H. Millard
and S.N. Millard dated October 24, 1946; Superintendent’s Monthly
Narrative Report for March 1955.
[117]Program, “Millard Ridge Dedication,” Badlands National Monument,
Interior, South Dakota, June 28, 1957.
[118]Information from E.N. (Curley) and Ilo Nelson, February 9, 1968;
Gratton, op. cit.; Superintendent’s Monthly Narrative Report for
October 1950.
[119]Schell, op. cit., p. 277.
[120]Ibid., p. 282.
[121]Memorandum, NPS Director Cammerer to the Secretary of the Interior,
November 28, 1934.
[122]Ibid.
[123]Rogers, op. cit., Executive Order of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
November 21, 1934.
[124]Letter, Fred Bess, FERA, to Tilford E. Dudley, The Land Program,
FERA, January 1, 1935; Lewis Meriam, Relief and Social Security
(Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1946), p. 283.
[125]Final Report on the “Badlands National Monument Extension, South
Dakota—R-1,” Third District Office, Branch of Planning, NPS,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, submitted April 2, 1935, cover letter and
pp. 30-45, 79; Letter, NPS Assistant Director Wirth to Sixth
Regional Officer, NPS, August 1, 1935.
[126]Letter, T.A. Walters, Acting Secretary of the Interior, to Harry L.
Hopkins, Administrator, FERA, April 15, 1935.
[127]Ibid.
[128]Ibid.; Letter, Director J.S. Lansill, The Land Program, to T.E.
Dudley, The Land Program, FERA, April 17, 1935.
[129]Meriam, op. cit., pp. 286, 287.
[130]Letter, Senator Norbeck to NPS Assistant Director Wirth, February
13, 1935.
[131]Ibid.
[132]Letter, Senator Norbeck to Herbert Evison, NPS Acting Assistant
Director March 8, 1935.
[133]Letter, Mrs. Eva Stevens Roberts, Imlay, S.D., to NPS Assistant
Director Wirth, September 2, 1935.
[134]Letter, George Gibbs, Regional Officer, Region VI, NPS, to M.C.
Huppuch, Recreational Demonstration Projects, September 18, 1935.
[135]Letter, Senator Norbeck to R.G. Tugwell, Administrator,
Resettlement Administration, November 25, 1935.
[136]Thomas A. Sullivan, Laws Relating to the National Park Service,
Supp. I (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944), p. 149.
[137]Various correspondence pertaining to the establishment of Badlands
National Monument.
[138]Letter, Governor Tom Berry to Secretary of the Interior Ickes,
February 26, 1935; Letter, NPS Superintendent Harry J. Liek to C.
Irvin Krumm, Executive Manager, Greater South Dakota Association,
November 20, 1953.
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