Domesticating Wilderness By lgoulet 1769 Alexander von Humboldt born 1801 George Perkins Marsh born 1801 Thomas Cole born 1825 Thomas Cole in Catskills, first HRS paintings 1826 Frederic Edwin Church born 1830 Albert Bierstadt born 1844 FE Church begins as Thomas Cole's first student Period: 1845 to 1862 Humboldt publishes Cosmos 1847 NYC authorizes construction of street-level rail 1848 Thomas Cole dies 1853 Writer Henry David Thoreau calls for “national preserves" 1857 Church Andes fame 1857 FE Church, Niagara 1858 New York City begins construction of Central Park 1859 Alexander von Humboldt dies 1859 Darwin publishes Origin of Species 1859 FE Church, Heart of the Andes 1861 FE Church, Icebergs 1862 FE Church, Cotopaxi 1864 Carl Akeley born 1864 GP Marsh publishes Man and Nature 1872 Yellowstone park established 1882 George Perkins Marsh dies 1885 Akeley stuffs P.T. Barnum elephant Period: 1887 to 1969 Francis Lee Jaques 1889 Akeley creates first diorama (muskrats) 1896 Akeley's first expedition (where? why?) 1900 Frederic Edwin Church dies, Met Museum holds a retrospective of his work 1902 Albert Bierstadt dies 1907 Rachel Carson born 1907 AMNH begins Africa expeditions Period: 1910 to 1934 Rader Cain "golden era" dioramas 1911 AMNH Elephant expedition w Akeley 1912 Arne Naess born Period: 1920 to 1959 Quinn "golden era" dioramas 1924 NY Transit Commission rules to destroy street-level rail 1926 Carl Akeley dies 1931 Freight High Line begins construction 1934 Freight High Line opens 1942 Hall of North American Mammals opens with ten complete dioramas 1949 Leopold, A Sand County Almanac 1954 Hall of North American Mammals is complete 1955 NPS Mission 66 begins 1960 Freight High Line begin decommission 1963 NPS Leopold Report 1964 Rachel Carson dies 1966 Resurgence scholarly interest FE Church 1973 Naess, Deep Ecology 1979 Lovelock, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth 1980 Freight High Line closes 1999 Friends of the High Line established 2009 Arne Naess dies 2009 Park High Line opens
