Book about the N tional REVISED EDITION BY HORACE M. ALBRIGHT AND
FRANK J. TAYLOR ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH TAYLOR DODD, MEAD COMPANY NEW
YORK 1946 HARRY YOUNT, OF YELLOWSTONE, THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK
RANGER COPYRIGHT 1928, 1929, 1934, 1946 BY HORACE M. ALBRIGHT AND
FRANK J. TAYLOR All Rights Reserved Published May 1934 Second
printing August 1934 Third printing November 1934 Fourth printing
May 19 3 y Fifth printing March 1936 Sixth printing April 1937
Seventh printing January 1939 Eighth printing February 1941 Ninth
printing March 1946 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE
VAILBALLQU PRESS, INC., BIHCHAMTON, N, T. DEDICATED TO THE RANGERS
AND THEIR BELOVED FIRST CHIEF STEPHEN TYNG MATHER iL l 35 PREFACE
TO THE FOURTH EDITION 1946 THE satisfaction and pleasure we have
had in the continu ing acceptance of this book by visitors to the
national parks and related preserves, both scenic and historic,
have prompted us to attempt a thorough revision for those who will
travel about our country in the post war era. Since the revision in
the early thirties, the growth of interest in the conservation of
natural resources, including national park features, has been
phenomenal. There have been important extensions of park
reservations, and many new ones have been added to the system. Thus
the editing we have undertaken has had to be extensive. The new
book, therefore, contains much information not included in earlier
editions, and the arrangement of factual data has been changed to
make it more easily available to those who would use the volume for
reference purposes in planning trips. This has been done we hope
without sacrificing in any respect the prime objective of Oh,
Ranger I to preservefor the traveler some of the atmosphere of the
wild places, the old places, the frontiers which have long beckoned
so many folks to the parks for their summer va cations. We
appreciate the many understanding friends the book has made for the
National Park Service and for us. We hope this new work which our
publishers have produced will bring equally gratifying results. H.
M. A. FJ. T. vii A WORD OF INTRODUCTION From the first edition of
Oh, Ranger To me no picture of the national parks is complete
upless it includes the rangers, the Dudes, the Sage brushers, and
the Savages. I like to picture the thou sands of people gathered
about the park campfires, asking questions of the rangers. In fact,
I like to be at the camp fire myself, and listen to the thousands
of questions asked about the parks and their wild life. Especially
am I in terested in the replies of the rangers. These men have be
come keen students of human nature. In their brief, in formal
talks, they have learned to anticipate many of the questions of the
visitors. I like the idea of this book, Oh, Ranger It tells the
story of the parks in the simple, informal style of the rangers. It
gives the rangers the credit due them for their fine work in
guarding the national parks and preserving them in their primeval
beauty. It breathes the spirit of the people who belong to the
parks, who make possible the parks as they are today. They are a
fine, earnest, intelligent, and public-spirited body of men, the
rangers. Though small in number, their influence is large. Many and
long are the duties heaped upon their shoulders. If a trail is to
be blazed, it is send a ranger. If an animal is floundering in the
snow, a ranger is sent to pullhim out if a bear is in the hotel, if
a fire threatens a forest, if someone is to be saved, it is send a
ranger. If a Dude wants to know the why of Natures ix x OH, RANGER
ways, If a Sagebrusher is puzzled about a road, his first thought
is, ask a ranger. Everything the ranger knows, he will tell you,
except about himself. Now Oh, Ranger tells you about him. The
national parks are more than the storehouses of Natures rarest
treasures. They are the playlands of the people, wonderlands easily
accessible to the rich and the humble alike...
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