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Mount Rainier rises 14,410 feet above sea level and can be seen on
any given day by over three million people and from over 100 miles
away. It is America's fifth national park, established in 1899. The
mountain is an active but currently dormant volcano. With 25 named
glaciers, 50 smaller unnamed glaciers, and numerous perennial
snowfields, Mount Rainier boasts the largest glacier system in the
continental United States. In addition to the glacier zone, the
park has alpine and subalpine forest and subtropical rain forest.
Each zone has its own unique ecology of plants and animals. The
vistas of and from the mountain are some of the most spectacular in
all of the park system.
Though Ross Youngs has been enshrined in the National Baseball Hall
of Fame since 1972, few have given his remarkable career its due.
Born in Shiner and raised in San Antonio, Youngs played his first
game as a professional at the age of sixteen, and just three years
later, his contract was purchased by the New York Giants, one of
baseball's elite teams in the early twentieth century. Tragically,
his promising career ended when he died from an illness at age
thirty in 1927. Join author David King in a journey to discover the
amazing Youngs as he was and the incredible legacy he left behind.
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