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Harold Hickey's Impact on National Parks

Harold Hickeys, a Chicago lawyer, worked closely with Roosevelt on New Deal policies, advocating for national parks and challenging Jim Crow laws. Despite ambitious ideas like making Mount Rushmore a national park, many proposals were rejected, and budget cuts during WWII significantly impacted park visitation. Roosevelt's actions regarding national parks sparked conflict, particularly in Wyoming, but ultimately led to the establishment of Jackson Hole National Monument as an official national park.

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Harold Hickey's Impact on National Parks

Harold Hickeys, a Chicago lawyer, worked closely with Roosevelt on New Deal policies, advocating for national parks and challenging Jim Crow laws. Despite ambitious ideas like making Mount Rushmore a national park, many proposals were rejected, and budget cuts during WWII significantly impacted park visitation. Roosevelt's actions regarding national parks sparked conflict, particularly in Wyoming, but ultimately led to the establishment of Jackson Hole National Monument as an official national park.

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Episode 5, PT.

Harold Hickeys:
- Chicago lawyer
- New deal policies
- Roosevelt associated
- Told Local Parks to ignore Jim Crow laws
- wanted to put all national parks under the same control
- First secretary who believed you could save a place if you had aspirations on it
- Known to be over ambitious

Roosevelt and Hickey had another level of trust


- had ideas to make Mount Rushmore a national park
- was turned down immediately
- many jobs at stake

June 29, 1939: Olympic National Park


- Very far from the forest service

Holy Mountain:
- Japanese citizens organized an adventure group of these parks and mountain
- used movie cameras and journals to log their journey

Sierra Nevada, the John Murr Trail:


- First book of landscape
- Hickey should Roosevelt
- Addams became the most influential photographer for national parks
- Art and writing had a real effect

Roosevelt signed a law for Kings Canyon National Park, which he was never able to see

Budgets were cut as most men working on the parks went to fight in WWII
Hickey made many efforts to preserve the parks during the war
- in 1941, 21 million people visited these parks, but the following year, dropped to 9
million
National parks became a place for soldiers to rest and recover
Or Army recreation camps

In 1943, millions of soldiers ound rest in the national parks

The presidents actions led to a huge uproar and conflict throughout America
Wyoming went to court about the battle between what they wanted for the parks,
vs. Roosevelt’s ideas
- Economy had been strengthened by the touring

Jackson Hole National Monument became an official national park

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