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Book/Printed Material The reservation of Niagara. An address delivered at the celebration of the opening of the Niagara reservation at Niagara Falls, July 15th, 1885,

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Title

  • The reservation of Niagara. An address delivered at the celebration of the opening of the Niagara reservation at Niagara Falls, July 15th, 1885,

Summary

  • The lengthy campaign to preserve the beauty of Niagara Falls through public ownership and restoration of the surrounding landscape was crowned with success when the New York State Reservation at Niagara opened on July 15, 1885. This speech, given on that occasion by an eminent New York attorney and legal scholar, sketches the Reservation's history and expounds a philosophy of public ownership of scenic wonders; its heavy emphasis on the spiritual importance of natural beauty demonstrates the close connection between the aesthetic and spiritual strands of conservationism in this era. American Memory.

Names

  • Carter, James C. (James Coolidge), 1827-1905

Created / Published

  • [n.p.] 1885.

Headings

  • -  Niagara Falls. [from old catalog]

Notes

  • -  Microfilm. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress.
  • -  LC copy replaced by microfilm.

Medium

  • 16 p. 29 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Microfilm 67052 F
  • F127.N8 C3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03028496

Online Format

  • image

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Carter, James C. The reservation of Niagara. An address delivered at the celebration of the opening of the Niagara reservation at Niagara Falls, July 15th. [N.P, 1885] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03028496/.

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Carter, J. C. (1885) The reservation of Niagara. An address delivered at the celebration of the opening of the Niagara reservation at Niagara Falls, July 15th. [N.P] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03028496/.

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Carter, James C. The reservation of Niagara. An address delivered at the celebration of the opening of the Niagara reservation at Niagara Falls, July 15th. [N.P, 1885] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03028496/>.