Name: Bill Wade: Protecting Shenandoah Resources by NPS Oral History: Centennial Voices
Duration: 6 min 1 s
Description: In this episode, Bill Wade describes how he had to bend the rules to safeguard resources when he was superintendent of Shenandoah National Park in the 1980s. The result? Some admonishments; a few accolades; and a sense of a job well done. Thanks to the Association of National Park Rangers for this oral history collaboration with the Park History Program.

In this segment of "Centennial Voices," we hear how a disciplined mentor and a balky horse teach a seasonal National Park Service ranger the importance of his image as well as his  duties.   

Ranger JD Swed, a flathat, and a horse

11-year old Jacob Barnes talks to Phyllis Brown, a Civil Rights activist and sister of Minnijean Brown Trickey, who was one of nine African-American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The high school is now a National Historic Site.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

In this episode, Bill Wade describes how he had to bend the rules to safeguard resources when he was superintendent of Shenandoah National Park in the 1980s. The result? Some admonishments; a few accolades; and a sense of a job well done. Thanks to the Association of National Park Rangers for this oral history collaboration with the Park History Program.

Bill Wade: Protecting Shenandoah Resources

Interested in what it's like to be born in the middle of a Yellowstone winter or raised in the heart of Yosemite Valley? Curious about the inner workings of parks or how people establish careers with the National Park Service? Hear firsthand accounts from former and current National Park Service employees that celebrate the history of our national parks and the role they've played in lives around the world. Thanks to the Association of National Park Rangers Oral History Project for making many of these interviews possible.

People's stories are among the most valuable resources that the National Park Service preserves and protects for future generations. Listen to people who have made the Park Service what it is today.

Bill Wade: Protecting Shenandoah Resources

NPS Oral History: Centennial Voices

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