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Alexander von Humboldt born
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George Perkins Marsh born
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Thomas Cole born
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Thomas Cole in Catskills, first HRS paintings
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Frederic Edwin Church born
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Albert Bierstadt born
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FE Church begins as Thomas Cole's first student
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Humboldt publishes Cosmos
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NYC authorizes construction of street-level rail
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Thomas Cole dies
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Writer Henry David Thoreau calls for “national preserves"
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Church Andes fame
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FE Church, Niagara
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New York City begins construction of Central Park
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Alexander von Humboldt dies
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Darwin publishes Origin of Species
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FE Church, Heart of the Andes
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FE Church, Icebergs
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FE Church, Cotopaxi
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Carl Akeley born
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GP Marsh publishes Man and Nature
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Yellowstone park established
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George Perkins Marsh dies
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Akeley stuffs P.T. Barnum elephant
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Francis Lee Jaques
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Akeley creates first diorama (muskrats)
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Akeley's first expedition (where? why?)
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Frederic Edwin Church dies, Met Museum holds a retrospective of his work
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Albert Bierstadt dies
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Rachel Carson born
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AMNH begins Africa expeditions
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Rader Cain "golden era" dioramas
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AMNH Elephant expedition w Akeley
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Arne Naess born
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Quinn "golden era" dioramas
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NY Transit Commission rules to destroy street-level rail
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Carl Akeley dies
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Freight High Line begins construction
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Freight High Line opens
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Hall of North American Mammals opens with ten complete dioramas
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Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
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Hall of North American Mammals is complete
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NPS Mission 66 begins
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Freight High Line begin decommission
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NPS Leopold Report
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Rachel Carson dies
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Resurgence scholarly interest FE Church
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Naess, Deep Ecology
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Lovelock, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
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Freight High Line closes
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Friends of the High Line established
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Arne Naess dies
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Park High Line opens