i was reminded when i read my itinerary of a poem by steven vincent canetti called "american names." snakes and -- snakeskin title, mining claims. deadwood. >> the names were las vegas, whiskeytown, and tacoma. salt lake city, great falls, and billings. laramie and cheyenne. grand forks and duluth and ashland. ♪ for the beginning, a dedication ceremony at milford, pennsylvania. , thelace is great towers ancestral home of gifford conservationist and first chief of the forest service. built by his father james, the property now is given to the forest service by the pinchot family. president kennedy arrives to dedicate the property as a national center for national resource education. the property, an 83-year-old french mansion and its 100 acres of ground, is presented by dr. gifford pinchot, son of the conservationist. president kennedy describes as a trainedot scientist, gift administrator, articulate publicist, and governor of pennsylvania. but as a man who would prefer to be remembered as a forrester and conservationist. for milford, a flight of 1000 miles to duluth. by helicopter o