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Wilderness
1998 "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater

1986 Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness

1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter

1967 Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47

1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

1935 Wilderness Society forms

1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City

1924 Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service

1920 Theo Marcuse, Washington, actor, Mara of Wilderness

1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act

1901 Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society

1887 Aldo Leopold, founder, Wilderness Society

1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)

1864 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)

1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness



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