Franklin Knight Lane (1864–1921) was a Canadian-American Democratic politician who served as United States Secretary of the Interior under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1920. The accomplishments of his tenure include the formation of the National Park Service. He was interested in the Interior Department's internal welfare and formed the Home Club to promote fellowship and teamwork. The Department headquarters was moved from the Patent Office building to its own building.
Lane was born July 15, 1864 in DeSable, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Lane died May 18, 1921 in Rochester, Minnesota and his ashes were scattered over Yosemite. He became better known posthumously by being quoted in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire.
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- Biographical vignette from the U.S. National Park Service
- The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989)
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