Past and Present

1957
Everglades National Park Rangers - Naturalists
Nancy Larson and Nancy VanMeter

Warden Marcus "Barney" Parker with machete in hand and skiff hitched to truck ready to start for Shark River. Born in Kissimmee, he was National Audubon Society warden for years in the Everglades and has been called "the only law south of Tamiami Trail" for years before the park was established.

Engineer Frank Shomaker and Fire Control Aide William J. Gray on a boundary posting trip.
District Ranger Ralph Maxwell posting boundary sign.
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