Door County's Emerald Treasure: A History of Peninsula State Park (Wisconsin Land and Life)

ISBN: 0299220745

Author: Tishler, William H.

Condition: New

With its magnificent forests, bluffs, and shoreline and its breathtaking views of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, Door Countys Peninsula State Park is one of the Midwests most popular attractions. Established in 1909, it was Wisconsins second state park and a key to pioneering efforts to build a state park system that would be the envy of the nation.Door Countys Emerald Treasure explores the rich history of the park land, from its importance to Native Americans and early European settlers through the twentieth century. Bill Tishler engagingly relates the role of conservationists and progressives in establishing the state park, its growing popularity for tourism and recreation, and efforts to protect the parks resources from a variety of threats. Tishler also tells a larger story of Americans intimate relationship with the land around them and the challenge to create accessible public spaces that preserve the natural environment.