Padre Island National Park: Corpus Christi, Texas. December 14, 1959. 149 pU.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 221 pages |
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American Aransas area on Padre beach areas Brownsville Cameron County Cape Hatteras causeway Chairman Chamber of Commerce citizens coastal CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Congressman Young Corpus Christi county judge D.C. DEAR December 14 dunes endorsing enjoy favoring the establishment Federal Government gulf coast Gulf of Mexico hearing heritage Houston Insular Affairs Committee interest Interior and Insular Island National Seashore Kenedy County Kleberg County Laguna Madre land legislation mainland ment miles minerals National Park Service national seashore area national seashore recreation national shoreline park natural beauty Navy Nueces County Padre Beach Padre Island National park on Padre Parks Board Port Isabel portion of Padre present preserve private development proposed RALPH YARBOROUGH record represent resolution Resolved seashore recreation area Senator Moss Senator Yarborough shore shoreline area shoreline park south Texas statement Texas Garden Clubs Thank tion tourist U.S. Senate United unspoiled Whereas Padre Island wildlife Willacy County
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Page 62 - Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
Page 45 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 59 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 134 - Mexico, in the event the public has acquired a right of use or easement to or over such area by prescription, dedication, or has retained a right by virtue of continuous right in the public.
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Page 62 - There is just one hope of repulsing the tyrannical ambition of civilization to conquer every niche on the whole earth. That hope is the organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom of the wilderness.
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