Harvey Benjamin Broome was an American lawyer, writer and conservationist.
13 Facts About Harvey Broome
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Harvey Broome clerked for federal district court judge Xen Hicks from 1930 to 1949, and for Judge Robert L Taylor from 1958 to 1968.
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In October 1934, while attending a forestry conference in the Smokies, Harvey Broome met fellow conservationists Bob Marshall, Benton MacKaye and Bernard Frank, all of whom shared a common interest in the need for an organization to protect America's wilderness areas.
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Three months later, The Wilderness Society was created; Harvey Broome would be heavily involved in the Society for the remainder of his life.
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Harvey Broome was present among other conservationists when President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill into law on September 3,1964.
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Harvey Broome wrote a letter detailing his predictions of the future of forest preservation, which is to be opened by the President of the United States on October 24,1964.
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Harvey Broome wanted the park strictly preserved as a wilderness, with access provided via hiking trails.
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In 1954, Harvey Broome was one of several conservationists to hike the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath in protest of plans to convert the towpath into a road.
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Harvey Broome published his first article, "Great Smoky Mountain Trails," in Mountain magazine in 1928.
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Harvey Broome served as president of the East Tennessee Historical Society from 1945 to 1947.
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Harvey Broome provided three chapters for the book detailing the history of Knox County's government.
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Harvey Broome married his wife Anna, who shared his love of the outdoors, in 1937.
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Harvey Broome died of a heart attack on March 8,1968, while building a birdhouse out of a hollow log.