Mather's love of the parks was highly personal: he had found that time in nature helped him ward off the bouts of depression to which he was prone. Stephen ... erected bronze plaques in every ...

24, National Public Lands Day, replanting trees and unveiling a bronze memorial plaque recognizing Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. Free cave tours will also be ...

Albright, as much as his boss and mentor Stephen Mather, was responsible for molding the national parks into a unified system after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. Stephen ...