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Frontier Pathways
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Segment 5: A Country Home of Their Own
Standards-Based Themes: Human-Environmental Interaction, Science and Technology
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Summary
As Pueblo prospered, many residents could afford the luxury of owning a car. With the beautiful Wet Mountains nearby, people looked forward to a Sunday drive in the clear, fresh air. Arthur Carhart saw an opportunity to make the beauty of the area accessible to all. He planned roads that displayed the scenic vistas and created the first planned campground on national forest land.
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Vocabulary
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| Campers, early 1900s |
Courtesy, San Isabel National Forest
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Pre-Viewing Focus
The Sunday Drive
- Why would the workers of Pueblo want to go to the mountains on Sunday?
- What new invention made travel to the mountains possible?
Arthur Carhart
- Who was Arthur Carhart and what new idea did he have?
- How was the road to Squirrel Creek different from other roads that had been built?
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Post-Viewing Discussion
The American Dream
- Why was Arthur Carhart’s vision of public lands being used for camping, fishing, and hiking so unusual in 1919?
- How do you explain the idea that many Americans now had a country home of their own?
- How does the idea of recreation for all people relate to the American Dream?
- How are Arthur Carhart’s ideas still alive today?
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Arthur Carhart
Courtesy, Denver Public Library, Western History Department
1919
U.S. Forest Service hires Arthur Carhart as its first recreational planner for San Isabel National Forest.
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Hawk
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The San Isabel National Forest is home to an abundance of wildlife including elk, deer, bighorn sheep, bear, antelope, bobcat and many species of birds.
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“There are portions of natural scenic beauty which are God-made, and which of a right should be the property of all people.”
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Squirrel Creek Campground, San Isabel National Forest
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Squirrel Creek Campground serves as a model for Carhart’s vision of public lands being used for recreation. Squirrel Creek Campground, with its covered shelters for picnics, fireplaces for grilling and pumps for fresh water, becomes the prototype of the American campground. |
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