
27, 1970, file D30, ASIS interviewwith Thomas F. East Coast asof Summer 1970," prepared for the Chief Scientist, National ParkService, copy in Resource Preservation Division files, NPSMid≺tlantic Regional Office.Ģ0Letter, Donald J. Godfrey,"A Report on the Status of National Seashores on the U.S. 5, 1971, meeting of JointExecutiveLegislative Committee on Assateague Island, in"Supplement, Report to the Governor by the JointExecutiveLegislative Committee on Assateague Island," March 1972,copy in Interpretation and Visitor Services Division file, NPSMid≺tlantic Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pa. Darlington Denit, DAC, toRoberts, June 30, 1969, file D18, ASIS Mary Corddry, "Assateague PlanBacked," The Sun, Baltimore, July 4, 1969, clipping in file D18,ASIS 115 Congressional Record 26322.ġ9National Park Service, "Statement forManagement and Planning, Assateague Island National Seashore," 1972, p.2 Thomas F. Bill to Secretary of theInterior, July 9, 1969, WASO-170.ġ8Letter, W. Joseph to Director, June 24, 1969, file A4415, ASIS memorandum, Acting Director Harthon L. (hereinafter citedas WASO≱70).ġ7Memorandum, Acting Assistant DirectorStanley C. Bill to Secretary of the Interior, July 9,1969, in NPS Office of Legislation, Washington, D.C. (hereinafter cited as WASO file_, WNRC).ġ6Letter, Associate Director Edward A.Hummel to Tydings, June 17, 1969, WASO file L1425, WNRC memorandum,Acting Director Harthon L. 12, 1969, file A22, ASIS.ġ4"Master Plan for Assateague IslandNational Seashore," March 1969, file A22, ASIS.ġ5Letter, Tydings to Hickel, May 9, 1969,in NPS Washington Office file L1425, Washington National Records Center,Suitland, Md. 13,1969, file A22, ASIS memorandum, Roberts to Superintendent, PadreIsland National Seashore, Feb. 30, 1970, file D18, ASIS.ġ3Letter, Roberts to Smith, Mar. 24), file D18, ASIS memorandum, Roberts to RegionalDirector, Northeast Region, Jan.

Baker, NPS, and Director John S.Gottschalk, BSFW, to Secretary of the Interior, Jan. 7, 1967, file D18, ASIS memorandum, Acting Director Howard W. 17, 1968, file D18, ASIS.ġ2Memorandum, Roberts to RegionalDirector, National Capital Region, Dec. 10, 1967, file D18, ASIS.ĨCain to Director, BSFW, and Director,NPS, file A4415, ASIS.ĩMemorandum, Roberts to Regional Director,Northeast Region, June 1, 1967, file D18, ASIS.ġ0Memorandum, Roberts to RegionalDirector, Northeast Region, May 12,1969, file D18, ASIS.ġ1Letter, Roberts to Anthony Higgins,Dec. Freeman, Chief, NewArea Studies and Master Planning, to Chief, Office of Resource Planning,WSC, Jan. Peetz, Chief, Office of Resource Planning,WSC, to Chief, Division of New Area Studies and Master Planning, Dec.30, 1966, file D18, ASIS memorandum, Raymond L. 8, 1966, file D18,ASIS memorandum, Edward S. 26, 1966, file D18,ASIS.ħMemorandum, Roberts to Chief, Office ofResource Planning, Washington Service Center, Nov. (Administrative titles hereinafter may bepresumed to identify NPS officials unless otherwise noted.)ĥCain to Director, BSFW, and Director,NPS, file A4415, ASIS.ĦMemorandum, Hartzog to AssistantSecretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Dec. 29, 1966, file A4415,ASIS memorandum, Roberts to Regional Director, Northeast Region, NPS,Aug. 6, 1965, file A4415,ASIS memorandum, Roberts to Director, NPS, Mar. Gottschalk, BSFW, toSecretary of the Interior, June 17, 1966, signed as approved by UdallJune 28, 1966, file D18, ASIS.ĤMemorandum, Gottschalk to Director, NPS,and Director, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Oct. 31,1966, file D18, Assateague Island National Seashore headquarters(hereinafter cited as ASIS) interview with Gottschalk, Jinterview with Hartzog, June 2, 1982.ģLetter, Robertson to Udall, May 31, 1966,file D18, ASIS memorandum, Director John S. The population of the villages had declined by about 1922.PLANNING FOR ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE, 1966≱976ĢMemorandum, Udall to Hartzog, Aug. This village was partially isolated and villagers were able to till ground for vegetables, and kept horses, sheep, hogs, chickens, and ducks. In 1890 the county constructed a one-room school and hired a single teacher for grades one through six.

Assateague Village located below the lighthouse, was the largest community on the island. The village of Green Run had a resort hotel which provided livelihood for many. It was then combined with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard. The USLSS was comprised of four stations on Assateague from 1875 until 1915. The majority of residents in these small villages supported themselves working as watermen or for the United States Life-Saving Service. Of these, the most notable were Green Run, located in the present day Maryland district, and Assateague Village, located in the present day Virginia district. Prior to this split of land, beginning in about the late 1850’s, there had been a few small but not permanent communities.
