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vii Illustrations and Maps Illustrations Following page 46 Figure 1. Hartzog in military uniform Figure 2. Hartzogs depart for their honeymoon Figure 3. Hartzog family at Vanderbilt Mansion Figure 4. Assistant superintendent Hartzog at Rocky Mountain National Park Figure 5. Superintendent Hartzog pointing out features on architectural model of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Figure 6. Surveying the construction site at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial with architect Eero Saarinen Figure 7. Associate director Hartzog at his desk Figure 8. Swearing in of Hartzog as director Following page 226 Figure 9. Hartzog shakes hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson, while Lady Bird Johnson looks on Figure 10. Hartzog with former National Park Service directors Figure 11. Hartzog during one of his show-me tours Figure 12. Hartzog testing out an alternative form of park transportation Figure 13. Hartzog at Jefferson Memorial wreath-laying ceremony Figure 14. Hartzog running a small group meeting Figure 15. Robert Stanton, the Park Service’s first black superintendent Figure 16. Hartzog and others unveiling the new women’s uniforms Figure 17. Hartzog addressing a crowd during the country’s first Earth Day celebration Figure 18. Hartzog with secretary Hickel and Representative Hansen viii Figure 19. Hartzog and Pat Nixon during a Summer in the Parks event Figure 20. George and Helen Hartzog on horseback in Glacier National Park Figure 21. Members of the advisory board visiting Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Figure 22. Lady Bird Johnson receives honorary ranger certificate Figure 23. Hartzog floating down the Current River at Ozark National Scenic Riverways Figure 24. Hartzog meeting with tribal members at Nez Perce National Historical Park Figure 25. Christening of the Rockefeller Memorial Parkway Figure 26. Hartzog and Udall trying to influence President Johnson to use his Antiquities Act powers Figure 27. Hartzog and Pat Nixon at inaugural ceremonies for Volunteers-in-Parks program Figure 28. Hartzog at Cumberland Island National Seashore Figure 29. Hartzog with soon-to-be director Ronald Walker Following page 243 Figure 30. Hartzog fishing after leaving the directorate Figure 31. Hartzog at Founders Day event in 1989 Figure 32. Hartzog in characteristic hat and bollo Figure 33. Inscribed picture of Stewart Udall Figure 34. George and Helen Hartzog at their home in McLean, Virginia Maps Map 1. National park units added during the Hartzog directorate ii Map 2. New Alaska parklands added in 1980 297 ...

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