Enos Millls Citizen of Nature~Alexander Drummond~1995~First Edition~First Printing ~Rare Find~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping

Enos Millls Citizen of Nature~Alexander Drummond~1995~First Edition~First Printing ~Rare Find~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping.

This rare find first edition copy of Enos Mills is in very good to fine condition. Minor rubbing on the dust cover. No markings or inscriptions. Tight binding. A comprehensive biography of a major early figure in conservation. Published by the University Press of Colorado. This would make a great collectible gift!

Included in the sale is a great article on the book and author from a 1996 Rocky Mountain News paper. See photos.

Enos Abijah Mills (April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, author and homesteader. He was the main figure behind the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park.

He moved to Colorado in 1884 at the age of 14. He suffered from an unidentifiable illness which he later discovered to be an allergy to wheat.

At age 15, he made his first ascent of Longs Peak. Over the course of his life, he made the trip 40 times by himself and nearly 300 additional times as a guide. He built his homestead near Longs Peak and the town of Estes Park, Colorado at the age of 15, completing it at 16.

In the winter of 1887 he moved to Butte, Montana. There he lived and worked intermittently until 1902, spending some of his summers traveling the West Coast of the United States, Alaska, and Europe. In 1889, he had a chance encounter with famed naturalist John Muir on a San Francisco beach, and from that point on Mills dedicated his life to conservation activism, lecturing, and writing.

Mills led the fight to preserve the area around Longs Peak as a national park, and used his speeches, his writing, and photography to lobby for the park. He wanted a park of about 1,000 square miles that would cover the area from Wyoming to Pikes Peak. Mills was aided by the Sierra Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, American Civic Association, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and especially, Freelan Oscar Stanley, founder of the Stanley Hotel.[citation needed] President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the bill that made the Rocky Mountain National Park the tenth national park on January 26, 1915. It was 352.5 square miles. He was called the “Father of Rocky Mountain National Park” by the Denver Post. - From Wikipedia

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