Events
1872
Ulysses S. Grant
declares
Yellowstone the
1st National Park
in the states of
Wyoming, Idaho
& Montana.1903
President
Theodore Roosevelt
camps with Jon Muir
in Yosemite and seeks
to have parks placed
under federal control1906
Congress passes the
Antiquities Act. This
means that the
president can set
aside Historic
Landmarks that
already exist
in public lands.
Example:
Devil's Tower in
Wyoming becomes
the 1st National
Monument.1916
President Woodrow
Wilson creates the
National Park Service
with 2 goals in mind:
1. Conserve the
Parks for the
Future.
2. Allow the
Public to enjoy
them.1933
President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
consolidates the
park system with
Executive Order 6166.
This put all Parks,
Monuments, Memorials
and Cemeteries into
a single Park
System.1964-1965
President
Lyndon B.
Johnson signs
the Wilderness
Act-which
brings parks
into urban
areas.
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