EARTHSC 1105 Lecture 25: Lecture 25 - Mount Rainier National Park
28 Nov 2017
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Native american history on mount rainier: by 4,000 years ago native americans were hunting and gathering food on the slopes of. 1857 first recorded attempt to summit rainier. 1870 - first known successful summit of rainier. 1893 formation of the pacific forest reserve, which included mount rainier. 1899 - established as a national park (5th park). 1907 rangers began construction of the park"s trail system. 1915 trail crews finally completed the trail around mount rainier. 1920 the trail surrounding the mountain was named the wonderland trail. 1932-1934 mount rainier"s fire lookouts were constructed. 1988 preservation of the 97% of the park that is wilderness under the national wilderness. Preservation system, as the clearwater wilderness and the mount rainier wilderness. 1992 designated part of the decade volcano initiative of the united nations to better utilize science and emergency management to reduce the severity of natural disasters.
