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Jane Marguerite Lindsley (later Marguerite Lindsley Arnold; October 2, 1901 – May 18, 1952) was the first woman to be appointed to a year-round park ranger position in the United States National Park Service. Lindsley had a ten-year career as a ranger and as a ranger-naturalist starting in 1921.
The park ranger position in the federal government began as a series of specialized positions in the miscellaneous series. In 1959, the official park ranger position (GS-0025 Park Ranger) was established throughout the federal government. [4] along with its companion series the park technician (GS-0026). The park ranger position was designated ...
The early colonial records of Maryland describe the area as a hunting ground for Native Americans. In 1693, rangers in the King's service from a nearby garrison patrolled the area calling the land Soldiers Delight. In the 18th century, King George II made gifts of land grants upon Maryland's earliest settlers in what was then Soldiers Delight ...
The Birth of the National Park Service. Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1985. Albright, Horace M, and Marian Albright Schenck. Creating the National Park Service: The Missing Years. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Berkowitz, Paul D. The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service. Walterville Oregon: Trine ...
The northern portion of the park was transferred to the National Park Service on November 14, 1936, and renamed and reorganized on July 12, 1954, with the southern 5,000 acres (20 km 2) transferred to Maryland as Cunningham Falls State Park. Catoctin Mountain vista Cunningham Falls at Catoctin Mountain Park
An Interview with Robert M. Utley on the History of Historic Preservation in the National Park Service—1947-1980 Robert Utley presented personal stories, at the Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield symposium in 2001, about life as a seasonal ranger at then Custer Battlefield National Monument from 1947-1952.
The National Park Service is effectively prohibiting uniformed employees from marching in public events that “could be construed as agency support for a particular issue, position, or political ...
Parkway in Virginia and Washington, DC; the short Clara Barton Parkway section connects to Glen Echo Park and the Clara Barton National Historic Site in Maryland 1930 [6] Glen Echo Park: Montgomery County: Park was first established in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly; later it became an amusement park, which closed in 1968. 1971 [14 ...