Albright, Gus, 1915-2005
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gus Albright Scrapbooks: The Buffalo River
Collection
Identifier: MC 1295
Scope and Content Note
Gus Albright, one-time Arkansas Gazette sports columnist, created two scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, letters, maps, and other papers, pertaining to the controversy over development of the Buffalo River in the northern part of Arkansas. The attempts by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s and 1960s to dam the river at Gilbert and Lone Rock met with a strong opposition from the National Park Service, various organizations such as the...
Dates:
1957-1993
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- Subject: Nature conservation -- Arkansas -- Buffalo River -- Political aspects X