National Park Service Uniforms In Search of an Identity, 1872-1920

The first uniforms to grace the national park (NP) system were worn by soldiers, who started to protect Yellowstone Park in 1886. The Army took Sequoia & Yosemite NP under their wing in 1890. When the parks & forest reserves were separated in 1905 & the latter were given uniforms, the civilian scoutsÓ or park rangers gave serious thought to their own identity. The Interior Dept. began to develop a uniform for the NP rangers, which changed over the years & in various parks. This is the story of the struggle by these early rangers as they tried to convince the bureaucracy to let them establish their own identity. Numerous photos & drawings.Workman, R. Bryce is the author of 'National Park Service Uniforms In Search of an Identity, 1872-1920' with ISBN 9780788187919 and ISBN 0788187910.