Source of " Today " map: compiled by George Draffan from roadless area map in The Big Outside: A Descriptive Inventory of the Big Wilderness Areas of the United States, by Dave Foreman and Howie Wolke ( Harmony Books, 1992 ).

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

Located in the Mount Baker Wilderness, it is visible from much of Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver, and, to the south, from Seattle ( and on clear days Tacoma ) in Washington.

A number of religious utopian societies from Europe came to the United States from the 18th century throughout the 19th century, including the Society of the Woman in the Wilderness ( led by Johannes Kelpius ), the Ephrata Cloister, and the Harmony Society, among others.

* May 7 – American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years ( thus running from 2030 to 2057 ), includes " The Fire Balloons ", and replaces " Way in the Middle of the Air " ( a story less topical in 1997 than in 1950 ) with the 1952 short story " The Wilderness ", dated May 2034 ( equivalent to May 2003 in the earlier chronology ).

Cane-pole fishing is offered from the docks at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and Disney's Port Orleans Resort.

" Emerging from the Wilderness ( or, from Redwoods to Bananas ): Recent Environmental History in the United States and the Rest of the Americas ," Environment and History, 10 ( 2004 ), pp. 407 – 38

Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting to lure Lee into battle under more favorable conditions.

" Longstreet helped save the Confederate Army from defeat in his first battle back with Lee's army, the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, where he launched a powerful flanking attack along the Orange Plank Road against the Union II Corps and nearly drove it from the field.

Many prominent individuals opposed the construction of the dam at that time because of the damage it would do to Seneca lands, including Pennsylvania Congressman John P. Saylor of Johnstown, and Howard Zahniser, executive director of The Wilderness Society and native of Tionesta — a small settlement located along the Allegheny River several miles downstream from Warren.

The demo sessions of the songs from Seasons End with Fish vocals and lyrics can be found on the bonus disc of the remastered version of Clutching at Straws, while the lyrics found their way into various Fish solo albums such as his first solo album, Vigil In a Wilderness of Mirrors, some snippets on his second, Internal Exile and even a line or two found its way to his third album, Suits.

* Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links-A hand-indexed directory of thousands of Hiking, Backpacking, Walking, Trail and Wilderness Web Sites from around the world.

These trees will be protected from logging if the wilderness area, proposed by Friends of Allegheny Wilderness, is passed into law.

Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775 Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky.

As a young officer in the Civil War, Bingham rose from lieutenant to brigadier general ; he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Visitors can take State Route 203 from the town of Mammoth Lakes to the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, over Minaret Summit, then down to Devils Postpile National Monument, with access to the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

Hiking, biking and horse riding trails go from the city limits into the Three Sisters Wilderness.

Diamond Peak, a shield volcano located in nearby Diamond Peak Wilderness, can be seen from various spots in and around Oakridge.

Located near Mount Eaton is the historic James Akey Farm, also known as the " Stark Wilderness Center Pioneer Farm "; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The term " kybo " may have originated at the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Vermont where it came from the coffee cans ( Kybo brand coffee ) that held the lye or more often lime used to keep odor to a minimum.

* Wilderness Man: The Strange Story of Grey Owl by Lovat Dickson ( 1974 )

Among Green's other outdoor symphonic dramas are Faith of Our Fathers, Wilderness Road, The Lone Star, The Common Glory, The Founders, Trumpet in the Land, which tells the story of the American massacre of Native American Moravians in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, during the American Revolution, Cross and Sword, the state play of Florida, and The Stephen Foster Story which continues to be played each summer in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Morris Bridge Park, Trout Creek Wilderness Park, Hillsborough River State Park Lettuce Lake Park, Riverfront Park, Riverhills Park, Angel of Hope Park, Rogers Park, Sulphur Springs Water Tower, and Rivercrest Park are all are located along the Hillsborough River.

A folk music cover of the song by Alexandra Hope, was included on the 2007 Madonna tribute compilation Through the Wilderness.

For a comprehensive review of wilderness areas by country, reference A Handbook on International Wilderness Law and Policy ( Cyril F. Kormos, ed ).

For practical purposes, though, the original Virginians rarely ventured far inland to what was then known as " The Virginia Wilderness ", although the concept itself helped renew the interest of investors, and additional funds enabled an expanded effort, known as the Third Supply.

For example, in 2002 the Club was criticized for joining with the Wilderness Society in agreeing to a compromise that would allow logging in the Black Hills in South Dakota.

For the Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois, see Garden of the Gods Wilderness.

For example, the Wilderness Act states that wilderness must be roadless.

For a film based on it, see In Desert and Wilderness ( film ).

For example, in 2005 OFAC fined Voices in the Wilderness $ 20, 000 for gifting medicine and other humanitarian supplies to Iraqis.

Wilderness and the American Mind, third edition ( 1967 ; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982 ).

Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness.

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

* May 5 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Wilderness and the American Mind, ( 3rd ed.

* Hundreds of healthy American chestnuts have been found in the proposed Chestnut Ridge Wilderness Area in the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers.

In addition to various open programming opportunities, offerings included a full-week half-day COPE course, American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hunter Education course, and more.

Today the city of Ely is best known as a popular entry point for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ; and is home to the International Wolf Center and the North American Bear Center.

" Wilderness and the American Mind ," Univ.

In addition to the AHF, Blum ’ s not-for-profit endeavors include service as Trustee of The Carter Center ; former Co-Chairman of the The World Conference of Religions for Peace ; Member of Governing Council of The Wilderness Society ; member of the Board of Trustees of The Brookings Institution ; Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Cancer Society Foundation ; and the founder and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley.

Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers.

American pioneer Daniel Boone was hired by Henderson to establish the Wilderness Road going through the Cumberland Gap into central " Kentuckee ", where he founded Boonesborough, the designated capitol of the Transylvania colony.

* Simmons, Walter Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers ( Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006 )

* Wilderness and the American Mind-by Roderick Nash

Howe is author of a number of books of poetry, including Europe of Trusts: Selected Poems ( 1990 ), Frame Structures: Early Poems 1974-1979 ( 1996 ) and The Midnight ( 2003 ), and two books of criticism, The Birth-Mark: Unsettling the Wilderness in American Literary History ( 1993 ) and My Emily Dickinson ( 1985 ).

* The Birth-mark: Unsettling the Wilderness in American literary History ( 1993 )

" Unsettling the Wilderness: Susan Howe and American History ", Contemporary Literature, v. 37, n ° 4, 1996, pp. 586 – 601.

Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers, by Walter Simmons.

The American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville occurred there in May 1863, and the Battle of the Wilderness was fought nearby in May 1864.

Additionally, he is a member of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, the Wilderness Medical Society, the American Alpine Club, the Association of Space Explorers, the Experimental Aircraft Association, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.