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Window to the Past; Descendant of the Family That Built Mansion Wants It Restored
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Marshall Hall, an 18th-century plantation mansion overlooking the
Potomac River, is just a burned-out shell now. Its four charred and
crumbling brick walls house rotted wood and bits of peeling
whitewash, but there are no ceilings, floors or windows.
This is the house of Peggy Marshall's dreams.
Marshall, a descendant of the Colonial Maryland family that built
the Charles County mansion about 1730, will devote the next 25 years
of her life, if that's what it takes, to getting the National Park
Service, which now owns Marshall Hall, to rebuild her "baby" and turn
it into a visitors center. And ...
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Park Service Rejects Full Rebuilding Of Mansion; Agency to Fix Damage Only From Truck Crash
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...the historic Marshall Hall mansion Sunday...partially. National Park Service officials said...owner who built Marshall Hall on the Potomac...said Peggy Marshall, a Fairfax County...Marshall's brother. But Park Service officials consider...
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Financial Picture At Park Service Is Shaded as a Forest
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; The National Park Service seems to take better care of evergreens than it does greenbacks. The Park Service's financial statements are neither accurate...yesterday. Bad data and math errors led the Park Service to list a $150 vacuum cleaner as worth...
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Friends Cry Foul on Hesitation Over Park Service Official's Promotion
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Only a few months ago, the National Park Service was celebrating Patricia A. Hooks. The director of the Park Service, Fran P. Mainella, went to Atlanta...manager, was the new head of the Park Service's southeast region. "We engaged in...
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Future of National Park Service sites could come under scrutiny of commission.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...similar commission for the National Park Service _ an independent group that would decide...the size and cost of the money-losing Park Service system. The bill recently won majority...the bill merely attempts to make the Park Service more cost-efficient by directing its...
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For National Park Service, a Troubled Look Into the Future; As Agency Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary, 600 at Symposium Try to Map Route Through Forest of Problems
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...of the revered but troubled National Park Service gathered here last week to peer inward...the result of its own successes, the Park Service sat down with its critics and friends...Organic Act of 1916. That law commands the Park Service both to "conserve the scenery and the...
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$330,000 Outhouse? Hill Critics View It As a Matter of Waste; Park Service's Pricey Facilities Come Under Bipartisan Attack
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...two-hole outhouse that the National Park Service built for more than $330,000. Yesterday...Appropriations subcommittee that oversees Park Service spending also heard the Interior Department...Accounting Office experts criticize the Park Service for building high-cost homes for ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Voyageurs plan rekindles snowmobile-use debate; After complaints that public meetings this month may not be enough for citizens to review the Park Service's proposed partial ban, the agency has added a hearing and delayed the date for a final decision.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...timing is everything, then the National Park Service blew it this week by proposing to close...four weeks. That conflicted with the Park Service's plan to hold two public meetings on...more time to review the proposal. The Park Service agreed to hold a third public meeting...
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Good News and Bad For Park Service; Acquiring Presidio Raises Opportunities, Costs
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...cannot afford to heat, the National Park Service is struggling to cope with an extraordinary...National Recreation Area in California, the Park Service in 1995 will take title to what is arguably...Presidio Army base be transferred to the Park Service if it ever became surplus ...
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MURKOWSKI-YOUNG-STEVENS MOVE AGAINST PARK SERVICE PIRATES INTRODUCE GLACIER BAY BILLS SEEKING DAMAGES FOR CRABBERS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...MURKOWSKI-YOUNG-STEVENS MOVE AGAINST PARK SERVICE PIRATES INTRODUCE GLACIER BAY BILLS...Saying they were outraged by the National Park Service' s actions last week to remove tanner...fishermen injured by recent irresponsible Park Service actions. In a separate letter, Senator...
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DUNES BILL WINS ENDORSEMENT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AGREES WITH VISCLOSKY'S ADDITIONS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. The National Park Service on Tuesday unexpectedly embraced a proposal...Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The Park Service, for the first time, endorsed the spirit...is home to many butterflies. But the Park Service said while it would like to acquire...
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