Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
State Parks
Author: State Parks
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Everyone's Country Estate
Author: Roy Willard MeyerPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873512664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In 1891 Minnesota established its first state park at Lake Itasca, the headwaters of the Mississippi River. In the century that followed, Minnesotans and tourists from other states have enjoyed hiking, picnicking, fishing, camping, canoeing, and skiing at Itasca and Minnesota's 64 other state parks. This helpful guide to the past in the parks will be welcomed by people who regularly visit a favorite Minnesota park, people who have set out to visit every park, and people who are newly discovering the parks' wonders.
Dispatches from Pluto
Author: Richard GrantPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476709645
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
New Yorkers Grant and his girlfriend Mariah decided on a whim to buy an old plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. This is their journey of discovery to a remote, isolated strip of land, three miles beyond the tiny community of Pluto. They learn to hunt, grow their own food, and fend off alligators, snakes, and varmints galore. They befriend an array of unforgettable local characters, capture the rich, extraordinary culture of the Delta, and delve deeply into the Delta's lingering racial tensions. As the nomadic Grant learns to settle down, he falls not just for his girlfriend but for the beguiling place they now call home.
State Park Statistics
Author: Discovering Tennessee State Parks
Author: J. L. and Lin SteppPublisher:
ISBN: 9780998506326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Tennessee is one of America's most beautiful and popular travel destinations and this unique guide book introduces readers to the fifty-six state parks scattered from the East Tennessee mountains to the Mississippi River on the state's western border. It offers a complete recreation guide to the opportunities available in Tennessee parks and is the perfect guidebook for families, tourists, hikers, nature lovers, campers, anglers, history buffs, golfers, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress
Author: Complete National Parks of the United States
Author: Mel WhitePublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426216920
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
From New England to Alaska, this 544 page resource is filled with helpful advice, historical background, and practical facts on how to reach scores of park system properties, when to go, and what to do there.
The Soils of Mississippi
Author: Delaney JohnsonPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031362357
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book capitalizes on data collected by the Natural Resources Conservation Service & other organizations over the past 100+ years & offers the first comprehensive treatment of Mississippi soils. Main topics include the history of soil studies; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, & endangered soils; land use; key environmental issues; & yield potential of Mississippi soils. The book contains over 100 photographs of soils, vegetation, & land use & should be of interest to planners & students interested in soil science & allied disciplines.
1938 Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description