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Carl Parcher Russell
1894–1967
A longtime National Park Service naturalist and historian, he wrote with the eye of a field scientist and the curiosity of a storyteller. His books helped readers see the American frontier, wildlife, and national parks as living history.
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One Hundred Years in Yosemite: The Story of a Great Park and Its Friends
by Carl Parcher Russell
About the author
Born in Fall River, Wisconsin, in 1894, he built a career that linked science, history, and public education. He studied biology at Ripon College, later earned a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Michigan, and joined the National Park Service in the 1920s.
Over more than three decades with the Park Service, he served in roles that included Yosemite naturalist, superintendent, and historian. He became known for shaping museum and interpretive work in national parks and for bringing together careful research with a strong sense of place.
As an author, he wrote about the American West, frontier tools and firearms, wildlife, and Yosemite. His work remains valued for making specialized subjects readable and vivid, especially for readers interested in early western life and the history of the national parks.