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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
People: Individuals

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.
For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:

ϑ NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
ϑ NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features

 Native American People and Colonial American People (under Collections: Archeology)

 

INDIVIDUALS

Artist's Perspective (Penny Ross) (under Stories: Language and the Arts

VIP treatment (STG: Spring 1997 Vol. 19, No. 1) A summer as a park volunteer in historic preservation. By Volunteer David Tipson.

Park Profiles: Philosopher Charles Peirce (1839-1914) (STG: Fall 2000 Vol. 22 No. 3) Mathematician and pragmatist philosopher Charles Peirce lived at Arisbe, a historic home now within the recreation area. By park ranger Megan O'Malley.
Additional Material
ϑ A Biography of Charles S. Peirce. By Keri A. Jean

Park Profiles: Archeologist Herbert Kraft (1927-2000) (STG: Spring 2001 Vol. 23 No. 1) Two remembrances of Professor Kraft, a specialist in Lenape (Delaware) culture, by park archeologist John R. Wright and by David Orr, National Park Service Mid-Atlantic Region's Archeologist.

Park Profiles: Metalworker and craft artist Marie Zimmermann (1879-1972) (STG: Spring 2002 Vol. 24 No. 1) The artist in her retirement years at her farm near Milford PA.
Additional material
ϑ Photo Gallery: Works of Marie Zimmermann
ϑ Photo Gallery: Marie Zimmermann House and Farm

Shall We Dance? Partnering with the National Park Service (Jean Zipser) (under People: Forming & Managing the Park)

Living Treasure Interview: A Life along the River
Ruth Jones (STG: Winter 2004/2005 Vol. 26, No. 2) A conversation with the owner of Kittatinny Canoes and founder of the Delaware River Clean-up. (Below)

The On and Under the Delaware River Clean-up (under People: Groups)

Living Treasure Interview: A Life in this Valley
Nancy Shukaitis (STG: Summer/Fall 2005 Vol. 27 No. 1) The founder of the Delaware Valley Conservation Association, a local activist group against the Tocks Island Dam project.
Additional Material
ϑ Photo Gallery: In her own words ... Nancy Shukaitis. Landscapes from her life and her part in the struggle against the Tocks Island Dam.
ϑ Photo Gallery: The Flood of 1955 Snapshots from the park's collection

Employee Spotlight: Sue Grove (STG: Summer/Fall 2005 Vol. 27 No. 1) Park ranger and interpreter at many Millbrook Days.
Additional Material:
ϑ Photo Gallery: Children (and Adults) as Demonstrators at an early Millbrook Days

Visiting Treasures:
Clyde and Nikki Butcher (STG:  Summer/Fall 2006 Vol. 28 No. 1) Photographers who visited the park. By Superintendent John Donahue.

Employee Spotlight: Deputy Superintendent Doyle Nelson Retires(STG:  Summer/Fall 2006 Vol. 28 No. 1) Former Grand Teton andYosemiteranger. By Management Assistant Bill Halainen

Living Treasures: A Life in History
Len Peck (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) The 97-year-old preservationist and park volunteer. By Superintendent John Donahue.

Employee Spotlight: Warren Dean (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) A talk with the 30 year veteran of the park.

 
View of the sky through hemlock treetops  

Did You Know?
... that hemlock groves in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are threatened by a non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Hemlocks provide shade for spectacular rhodondenron, for trout streams, and for native wildflowers. As hemlocks weaken and die, they are cut down for your safety.
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Last Updated: February 14, 2008 at 12:36 EST