As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department works to assure that nonrenewable resources are developed and used wisely, that park and recreational resources are conserved, and that renewable resources make their full contribution to the progress, prosperity, and security of the United States—now and in the future.
Related Areas
Included in the National Park System are these other areas commemorating phases of early western history: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Mo.; Homestead National Monument of America, Nebr.; Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebr.; Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebr.; Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyo.; Grand Teton National Park, Wyo.; Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont.; Big Hole National Battlefield, Mont.; Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Wash.; McLoughlin House National Historic Site, Oreg; and Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Oreg. The nearby city of Walla Walla has preserved the military cemetery of the U.S. Army Post, Fort Walla Walla.
Suggested Readings
Bagley, Clarence B. ed., Early Catholic Missions in Old Oregon. 2 vols. Lowman & Hanford Company, Seattle, 1932.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Oregon, 2 vols., (vol. 2, 1834-1848). The History Publishers, San Francisco, 1886.
Bischoff, William N., S.J., The Jesuits in Old Oregon, 1840-1940. Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1945.
Brosnan, Cornelius J., Jason Lee, Prophet of the New Oregon. The MacMillan Company, New York, 1932.
Drury, Clifford M., Marcus Whitman, M.D.: Pioneer and Martyr. Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1937.
Elliott, T. C., The Coming of the White Women. Oregon Historical Society, Portland, 1937.