Curated Galleries

Peck is accepting Carhart's proposal to limit development around Trappers Lake. "I fully agree that features of superlative interest belongs to all the people and should be protected from selfish individual use; we have a real duty in this regard. I cannot say just how absolute we should make our rule re: Trapper's Lake as I haven't seen it, but feel we should take the safest course, and am willing to concur in your plan tentatively. A.S.P." [initials of A.S. Peck, then Regional Forester R-2, Denver]

Memorandum from Arthur Carhart to Aldo Leopold.

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

Arthur Carhart

Wildlife Research News Letter (announcement of Aldo Leopold's death)

Exhibit held September 3-November 2, 2014

Aldo Leopold

Murie is asking President Eisenhower to oppose the buiding of dams within Dinosaur National Monument.

Adams is asking President Eisenhower to oppose the buiding of dams within Dinosaur National Monument.

Dinosaur now has full park protection.

The fight to save Echo Park

First meeting of the Washington section of the Wilderness Society (minutes)

First meeting of the Washington section of the Wilderness Society (minutes)

Minutes of 1st meeting of the Organizing Committee to found the Wilderness Society.

The Wilderness Society founding

Case for Wilderness Preservation Legislation.

Howard Zahniser discussing the proposed National Wilderness Preservation System with Senator Lee Metcalf

Howard Zahniser Memorial Collection, Denver Public Library.

Zahniser, writer for wilderness

Howard Zahniser discussing the proposed National Wilderness Preservation System with Senator Lee Metcalf

Wilderness Act (draft February 28, 1956)

Wilderness Act (draft, March 19, 1956)

Drafting the Wilderness Act

Children's toys at Healy House

Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado

Exterior view of "Gargoyle" House, 302 West Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a two-story rock-faced stone residence with corner tower, turret, balustrade, and semi-elliptical double-arched porch.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Sandra Dallas

Outdoor portrait of a boy and his dog on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. The boy wears knickers and a wide-brimmed hat.

Outdoor portrait of men, women, girls, boys, and teenagers at a picnic in a Denver, Colorado park; costume includes a large hats with flowers. A man in military uniform eats a banana; a boy holds a a United States flag.

Outdoor portrait of a group of men near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Some of the men wear baseball uniforms that read: "[?]land".

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Charles Lillybridge

View of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and Colorado River from Rowe's Point, also called Hopi Point.

Partial view of Lily Lake near Marble, Colorado; shows lily pads and man fishing from row boat.

Divine Science Church, Fourteenth Avenue and Williams Street, Denver, Colorado, a Beaux-Arts style structure with a flat roof, curved entry with arches, and columns with corinthian columns.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Louis Charles McClure