Lake Chelan, Chelan National Forest : Health and Recreation, (1910)

Lake Chelan, Chelan National Forest : Health and Recreation, (1910)

Chelan, Lake (Wash.) -- Maps<br>Chelan National Forest (Wash.) -- Homesites.

Folded sheet, [1], 6, [1] p. : ill., map ; 23 x 42 cm. folded to 23 x 11 cm.<br>Map indicates the heights of mountain peaks, railroad tracks, and summer home tracts <br>This is the front and back covers of a brochure published by the US Forest Service. It was promoting the leasing of Forest Service land for the construction of summer homes. <br>The Lake Chelan area was first settled in approximately 1886, and is renowned for its beauty and for its relative inaccessibility. It was proposed for National Park status as early as 1892, though private interests (settling, recreation, logging, and mining) always derailed these efforts. Though mining failed due to the difficulties involved in getting ores out of the area, the area became enormously popular for recreation. Anti-logging efforts in the 1950s and 1960s led to the creation of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the North Cascades National Park (bordering the Lake Chelan NRA to the north) in 1968.

United States. Forest Service. Department of Agriculture

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[Washington, D.C.] : United States. Forest Service. Department of Agriculture

1910

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WSU 223<br>F897.C42 L35x 1910

United States--Washington (State)--Lake Chelan