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National Parks exploration series. America's national treasures

National Parks exploration series. America's national treasures

DVD 2010

In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America's significant pieces of history. Now viewers can take a journey through the ecology, geology, and beauty of the Great Plains, the geologic West, and the historic South in an adventure never to be forgotten.

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Geology United States
Great Plains
National monuments United States
Natural history United States
Northwest, Pacific
Southern States
United States Description and travel
United States History
West (U.S.)
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Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 420 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Other Title:
America's national treasures [DVD]
National Parks explore the nation [DVD]
Notes:
Title from container
Special features: Directions to monuments; Plains national monuments by date founded; Plains national monuments by state; Plains national monuments by president with biographies and pictures
Presented by Bo Svenson and Jordan Murphy
DVD
For private home use only
Contents:
Disc 1. Legacy of the Great Plains. Geologic wonders of the Northern Plains
Sioux Indian wars
Manifest destiny
The Southern Plains
The historic South. Prehistoric native Americans
Southern Spanish colonies
Slavery and the plantation system
Civil War and the Confederacy
Disc 2. The geologic West. Fossil treasures of the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest's Ring of Fire
The historic Pacific Northwest
The great biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest
Control Number:
971570
UPC:
683904891303
Other Authors:
Mill Creek Entertainment
Murphy, Jordan
Svenson, Bo, 1944-
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