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Shaping the System
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The National Parks: SHAPING THE SYSTEM |
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Interior Department Park Origins through 1916
1832 | |
| April 20 | Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas (redesignated Hot Springs NP 1921) |
1872 | |
| March 1 | Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho |
1889 | |
| March 2 | Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, Arizona (redesignated Casa Grande NM 1918; redesignated Casa Grande Ruins NM 1926) |
1890 | |
| Sept. 25 | Sequoia NP, California |
| Oct. 1 | General Grant NP, California (incorporated in Kings Canyon NP 1940) |
| Oct. 1 | Yosemite NP, California |
1899 | |
| March 2 | Mount Rainier NP, Washington |
1902 | |
| May 22 | Crater Lake NP, Oregon |
| July 1 | Sulphur Springs Reservation, Oklahoma (redesignated Platt NP 1906; incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976) |
1903 | |
| Jan. 9 | Wind Cave NP, South Dakota |
1904 | |
| April 27 | Sullys Hill NP, North Dakota (transferred to Agriculture Dept. as game preserve 1931) |
1906 | |
| June 8 | Antiquities Act |
| June 29 | Mesa Verde NP, Colorado |
| Sept. 24 | Devils Tower NM, Wyoming |
| Dec. 8 | El Morro NM, New Mexico |
| Dec. 8 | Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona |
| Dec. 8 | Petrified Forest NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1962) |
1907 | |
| March 11 | Chaco Canyon NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Chaco Culture NHP 1980) |
1908 | |
| Jan. 9 | Muir Woods NM, California |
| April 16 | Natural Bridges NM, Utah |
| May 11 | Lewis and Clark Cavern NM, Montana (abolished 1937) |
| Sept. 15 | Tumacacori NM, Arizona (incorporated in Tumacacori NHP 1990) |
1909 | |
| March 20 | Navajo NM, Arizona |
| July 31 | Mukuntuweap NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NP 1918) |
| Sept. 21 | Shoshone Cavern NM, Wyoming (abolished 1954) |
| Nov. 1 | Gran Quivira NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Salinas NM 1980) |
1910 | |
| March 23 | Sitka NM, Alaska (redesignated a NHP 1972) |
| May 11 | Glacier NP, Montana |
| May 30 | Rainbow Bridge NM, Utah |
| Dec. 12 | Pinnacles NM, California (date transferred from Agriculture Dept., where proclaimed 1908) |
1911 | |
| May 24 | Colorado NM, Colorado |
1914 | |
| Jan. 31 | Papago Saguaro NM, Arizona (abolished 1930) |
1915 | |
| Jan. 26 | Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado |
| Oct. 4 | Dinosaur NM, Colorado and Utah |
1916 | |
| July 8 | Sieur de Monts NM, Maine (redesignated Lafayette NP 1919; redesignated Acadia NP 1929) |
| Aug. 1 | Hawaii NP, Hawaii (split into Haleakala NP and Hawaii NP 1960; latter redesignated Hawaii Volcanoes NP 1961) |
| Aug. 9 | Capulin Mountain NM, New Mexico (redesignated Capulin Volcano NM 1987) |
| Aug. 9 | Lassen Volcanic NP, California (incorporated 1907 Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak NMs from Agriculture Dept.) |
| Aug. 25 | National Park Service Act |
Abbreviations Used in the Table
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NB National Battlefield NBP National Battlefield Park NBS National Battlefield Site NHP National Historical Park NHS National Historic Site NL National Lakeshore |
NM National Monument NMem National Memorial NMP National Military Park NP National Park NPres National Preserve NR National River |
NRA National Recreation Area NS National Seashore NSR National Scenic River [changed from Riverway] NST National Scenic Trail WSR Wild and Scenic River |
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