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Encore: National Parks | Playgrounds of the People | 5

American History Tellers

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The National Parks Bureau

Stephen mather was a mining millionaire who became fascinated with the national parks. He wrote to his old college schoolmate franklin k lane, now the tary of the interior. Lane thought he would be perfect for the job and invited him to washington. Mather agreed but only on one condition: that he stay in Washington for a year. His assistant horace albright took to mather immediately - but had his own conditions too.

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