EARTHSC 1105 Lecture 31: Lecture 31 - Olympic National Park
28 Nov 2017
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A rocky coastline, glaciers, mountains, a temperate rain forest and an example of. Olympic history: 12,000 to recent - native americans lived in the area, hunted whales and fished, 1790-1793 first american, captain robert gray explored the northwest pacific coast. A series of american and british trading posts were established along the coast: 1885 first official exploration of the rugged mountains in the olympic peninsula by. U. s. army under lieutenant joseph o"neill: 1897 naturalist c. hart merriam named a new species of elk, the roosevelt elk (cervus canadensis roosevelti) after president theodore roosevelt. Olympic elk: 1897- president grover cleveland designated the olympic peninsula as the olympic. Eight tribes are associated with land now in olympic national park: lower elwha klallam. Jamestown s"klallam: port gamble s"klallam, skokomish, quinault, hoh, quileute, makah. Olympic history, cont: 1909 proclaimed a national monument by president theodore roosevelt, 1938 established as a national park by the hard work of president franklin d.
