Bringing Nature into Focus: The Travertine Nature Center at Platt National Park

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Article describes the process undertaken to bring the Travertine Nature Center to Platt National Park during the 1960s.

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Savage, Cynthia Winter 2011.

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  • Main Title: Bringing Nature into Focus: The Travertine Nature Center at Platt National Park
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Article describes the process undertaken to bring the Travertine Nature Center to Platt National Park during the 1960s.

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28 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Incorporated into the National Park Service in the early twentieth century, Platt National Park was a popular destination for visitors from the surrounding region. Because of its popularity, the National Park Service added the Travertine Nature Center to the park in the 1960s. Cynthia Savage describes the process undertaken to bring the center to Platt National Park.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 89(4), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2011, pp. 444-471

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 89
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 444
  • Page End: 471

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Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 89 starts on page 512.

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Savage, Cynthia. Bringing Nature into Focus: The Travertine Nature Center at Platt National Park, article, Winter 2011; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016987/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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