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The National Parks: SHAPING THE SYSTEM Appendix |
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Park Origins Chronological Summary
This single chronology of park origins, 1790-2000, integrates those areas initially administered by other federal agencies.
1790 | |
| July 16 | District of Columbia authorized, including National Capital Parks, National Mall, White House |
1832 | |
| April 20 | Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas (redesignated Hot Springs NP 1921) |
1864 | |
| June 30 | Yosemite State Park, California (incorporated in Yosemite NP 1906) |
1866 | |
| April 7 | Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia, acquisition authorized; designated a NHS 1970 |
1872 | |
| March 1 | Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho |
1875 | |
| March 3 | Mackinac NP, Michigan (abolished 1895) |
1876 | |
| Aug. 2 | Washington Monument, District of Columbia, accepted; dedicated 1885 |
1877 | |
| March 3 | Statue of Liberty, New York, accepted; dedicated 1886; designated a NM 1924 |
1886 | |
| Dec. 7 | National Cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation (redesignated Custer Battlefield NM 1946; redesignated Little Bighorn Battlefield NM 1991) |
1889 | |
| March 2 | Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, Arizona (redesignated Casa Grande NM 1918; redesignated Casa Grande Ruins NM 1926) |
1890 | |
| Aug. 19 | Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Georgia and Tennessee |
| Aug. 30 | Antietam NBS, Maryland (redesignated a NB 1978) |
| Sept. 25 | Sequoia NP, California |
| Sept. 27 | Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia |
| Oct. 1 | General Grant NP, California (incorporated in Kings Canyon NP 1940) |
| Oct. 1 | Yosemite NP, California |
1894 | |
| Dec. 27 | Shiloh NMP, Tennessee |
1895 | |
| Feb. 11 | Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania |
1899 | |
| Feb. 21 | Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi |
| 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 4 | Chalmette Monument and Grounds, Louisiana (redesignated Chalmette NHP 1939; incorporated in Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve 1978) |
| March 11 | Chaco Canyon NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Chaco Culture NHP 1980) |
| May 6 | Cinder Cone NM, California (incorporated in Lassen Volcanic NP 1916) |
| May 6 | Lassen Peak NM, California (incorporated in Lassen Volcanic NP 1916) |
| Nov. 16 | Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico |
| Dec. 19 | Tonto NM, Arizona |
1908 | |
| Jan. 9 | Muir Woods NM, California |
| Jan. 11 | Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1919) |
| Jan. 16 | Pinnacles NM, California |
| Feb. 7 | Jewel Cave NM, South Dakota |
| 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) |
| Dec. 7 | Wheeler NM, Colorado (abolished 1950) |
1909 | |
| March 2 | Mount Olympus NM, Washington (incorporated in Olympic NP 1938) |
| March 20 | Navajo NM, Arizona |
| July 12 | Oregon Caves NM, Oregon |
| July 31 | Mukuntuweap NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NM 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 |
| June 23 | Big Hole Battlefield NM, Montana (redesignated Big Hole NB 1963) |
1911 | |
| Feb. 9 | Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1922) |
| May 24 | Colorado NM, Colorado |
| July 6 | Devils Postpile NM, California |
1913 | |
| Oct. 14 | Cabrillo NM, California |
1914 | |
| Jan. 31 | Papago Saguaro NM, Arizona (abolished 1930) |
1915 | |
| Jan. 26 | Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado |
| Oct. 4 | Dinosaur NM, Colorado and Utah |
| Nov. 30 | Walnut Canyon NM, Arizona |
1916* | |
| Feb. 11 | Bandelier NM, New Mexico |
| July 8 | Sieur de Monts NM, Maine (redesignated Lafayette NP 1919; redesignated Acadia NP 1929) |
| July 17 | Abraham Lincoln NP, Kentucky (redesignated a NHP 1939; redesignated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS 1959) |
| 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 Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak NMs) |
| Aug. 25 | National Park Service Act |
| Oct. 25 | Old Kasaan NM, Alaska (abolished 1955) |
1917 | |
| Feb. 18 | Kennesaw Mountain NBS, Georgia (redesignated a NBP 1935) |
| Feb. 26 | Mount McKinley NP, Alaska (incorporated in Denali NP and NPres 1980) |
| March 2 | Guilford Courthouse NMP, North Carolina |
| June 29 | Verendrye NM, North Dakota (abolished 1956) |
1918 | |
| March 18 | Zion NM, Utah (incorporated Mukuntuweap NM; redesignated a NP 1919) |
| Sept. 24 | Katmai NM, Alaska (incorporated in Katmai NP and NPres 1980) |
1919 | |
| Feb. 26 | Grand Canyon NP, Arizona (incorporated 1908 Grand Canyon NM) |
| Dec. 12 | Scotts Bluff NM, Nebraska |
| Dec. 12 | Yucca House NM, Colorado |
1922 | |
| Jan. 24 | Lehman Caves NM, Nevada (incorporated in Great Basin NP 1986) |
| Oct. 14 | Timpanogos Cave, Utah |
| Oct. 21 | Fossil Cycad NM, South Dakota (abolished 1956) |
1923 | |
| Jan. 24 | Aztec Ruin NM, New Mexico (redesignated Aztec Ruins NM 1928) |
| March 2 | Hovenweep NM, Colorado and Utah |
| March 2 | Mound City Group NM, Ohio (incorporated in Hopewell Culture NHP 1992) |
| May 31 | Pipe Spring NM, Arizona |
| June 8 | Bryce Canyon NM, Utah (redesignated Utah NP 1924; redesignated Bryce Canyon NP 1928) |
| Oct. 25 | Carlsbad Cave NM, New Mexico (redesignated Carlsbad Caverns NP 1930) |
1924 | |
| April 18 | Chiricahua NM, Arizona |
| May 2 | Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho |
| Oct. 15 | Castle Pinckney NM, South Carolina (abolished 1956) |
| Oct. 15 | Fort Marion NM, Florida (redesignated Castillo de San Marcos NM 1942) |
| Oct. 15 | Fort Matanzas NM, Florida |
| Oct. 15 | Fort Pulaski, Georgia |
| Dec. 9 | Wupatki NM, Arizona |
1925 | |
| Feb. 6 | Meriwether Lewis NM, Tennessee (incorporated in Natchez Trace Parkway 1961) |
| Feb. 26 | Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and NPres 1980) |
| March 3 | Fort McHenry NP, Maryland (redesignated Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine 1939) |
| March 4 | Lee Mansion, Virginia (date restoration authorized; designated Custis-Lee Mansion 1955; redesignated Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, 1972) |
| March 23 | Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (acquired 1939) |
| Sept. 5 | Father Millet Cross NM, New York (abolished 1949) |
| Nov. 21 | Lava Beds NM, California |
1926 | |
| May 22 | Great Smoky Mountains NP, North Carolina and Tennessee |
| May 22 | Shenandoah NP, Virginia |
| May 25 | Mammoth Cave NP, Kentucky |
| June 2 | Moores Creek NMP, North Carolina (redesignated a NB 1980) |
| July 3 | Petersburg NMP, Virginia (redesignated a NB 1962) |
1927 | |
| Feb. 14 | Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial NMP, Virginia |
| March 2 | Kill Devil Hill Monument, North Carolina (redesignated Wright Brothers NMem 1953) |
| March 3 | Stones River NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1980) |
1928 | |
| March 26 | Fort Donelson NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1985) |
| May 23 | George Rogers Clark Memorial, Indiana (incorporated in George Rogers Clark NHP 1966) |
| May 23 | Mount Vernon Memorial Highway (incorporated in George Washington Memorial Parkway 1930) |
1929 | |
| Feb. 21 | Brices Cross Roads NBS, Mississippi |
| Feb. 21 | Tupelo NBS, Mississippi (redesignated a NB 1961) |
| Feb. 26 | Grand Teton NP, Wyoming |
| March 4 | Badlands NM, South Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978) |
| March 4 | Cowpens NBS, South Carolina (redesignated a NB 1972) |
| April 12 | Arches NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1978) |
| May 11 | Holy Cross NM, Colorado (abolished 1950) |
1930 | |
| Jan. 23 | George Washington Birthplace NM, Virginia |
| May 26 | Sunset Crater NM, Arizona (redesignated Sunset Crater Volcano NM 1990) |
| May 29 | Fort Washington Park, Maryland |
| May 29 | George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia and Maryland (incorporated Mount Vernon Memorial Highway) |
| June 18 | Appomattox Court House monument, Virginia (designated Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument 1935; redesignated a NHP 1954) |
| July 3 | Colonial NM, Virginia (redesignated a NHP 1936) |
1931 | |
| Feb. 14 | Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona |
| March 3 | Isle Royale NP, Michigan |
| March 4 | Fort Necessity NBS, Pennsylvania (redesignated a NB 1961) |
| March 4 | Kings Mountain NMP, South Carolina |
1932 | |
| March 17 | Great Sand Dunes NM, Colorado (redesignated a NP 2000) |
| May 21 | Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia |
| Dec. 22 | Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975) |
1933 | |
| Jan. 18 | White Sands NM, New Mexico |
| Feb. 11 | Death Valley NM, California and Nevada (incorporated in Death Valley NP 1994) |
| March 1 | Saguaro NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1994) |
| March 2 | Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM, Colorado (redesignated a NP 1999) |
| March 2 | Morristown NHP, New Jersey |
| June 16 | Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia |
| Aug. 10 | Reorganization |
| Aug. 22 | Cedar Breaks NM, Utah |
1934 | |
| May 30 | Everglades NP, Florida |
| June 14 | Ocmulgee NM, Georgia |
| June 19 | Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee (acquired 1938) |
| June 21 | Monocacy NMP, Maryland (reauthorized and redesignated a NB 1976) |
| June 26 | Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1943) |
1935 | |
| Jan. 4 | Fort Jefferson NM, Florida (redesignated Dry Tortugas NP 1992) |
| June 20 | Big Bend NP, Texas |
| Aug. 21 | Historic Sites Act |
| Aug. 21 | Fort Stanwix NM, New York (acquired 1973) |
| Aug. 27 | Ackia Battleground NM, Mississippi (incorporated in Natchez Trace Parkway 1961) |
| Aug. 29 | Andrew Johnson NM, Tennessee (redesignated a NHS 1963) |
| Dec. 20 | Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri (Gateway Arch authorized 1954, dedicated 1968) |
1936 | |
| March 2 | Richmond NBP, Virginia |
| March 19 | Homestead NM of America, Nebraska |
| May 26 | Fort Frederica NM, Georgia |
| June 2 | Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial NM, Ohio (redesignated Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 1972) |
| June 23 | Park, Parkway, and Recreation Area Study Act |
| June 29 | Whitman NM, Washington (redesignated Whitman Mission NHS 1963) |
| Aug. 16 | Joshua Tree NM, California (incorporated in Joshua Tree NP 1994) |
| Oct. 13 | Boulder Dam Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona (redesignated Lake Mead NRA 1947) |
| Nov. 14 | Bull Run Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Manassas NBP 1940) |
| Nov. 14 | Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, Maryland (redesignated Catoctin Mountain Park 1954) |
| Nov. 14 | Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Prince William Forest Park 1948) |
1937 | |
| Jan. 22 | Zion NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NP 1956) |
| April 13 | Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona |
| Aug. 2 | Capitol Reef NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1971) |
| Aug. 17 | Cape Hatteras NS, North Carolina |
| Aug. 25 | Pipestone NM, Minnesota |
1938 | |
| March 17 | Salem Maritime NHS, Massachusetts |
| April 26 | Channel Islands NM, California (incorporated in Channel Islands NP 1980) |
| June 1 | Saratoga NHP, New York |
| June 29 | Olympic NP, Washington (incorporated Mount Olympus NM) |
| July 16 | Fort Laramie NM, Wyoming (redesignated a NHS 1960) |
| Aug. 3 | Hopewell Village NHS, Pennsylvania (redesignated Hopewell Furnace NHS 1985) |
| Sept. 23 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia (date acquired; designated a NM 1961; incorporated in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP 1971) |
1939 | |
| May 17 | Santa Rosa Island NM, Florida (abolished 1946; island included in Gulf Islands NS 1971) |
| May 26 | Federal Hall Memorial NHS, New York (redesignated Federal Hall NMem 1955) |
| May 26 | Philadelphia Custom House NHS, Pennsylvania (incorporated in Independence NHP 1959) |
| July 1 | Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (date acquired) |
| July 25 | Tuzigoot NM, Arizona |
1940 | |
| March 4 | Kings Canyon NP, California (incorporated General Grant NP) |
| June 11 | Cumberland Gap NHP, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee |
| Dec. 18 | Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, New York |
1941 | |
| April 5 | Fort Raleigh NHS, North Carolina |
1943 | |
| March 15 | Jackson Hole NM, Wyoming (incorporated in Grand Teton NP 1950) |
| July 14 | George Washington Carver NM, Missouri |
1944 | |
| Jan. 15 | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, New York |
| June 30 | Harpers Ferry NM, West Virginia and Maryland (redesignated a NHP 1963) |
| Oct. 13 | Atlanta Campaign NHS, Georgia (abolished 1950) |
1945 | |
| May 22 | Millerton Lake Recreation Area, California (abolished 1957) |
| May 22 | Shasta Lake Recreation Area, California (transferred to Forest Service 1948) |
1946 | |
| April 18 | Lake Texoma Recreation Area, Oklahoma and Texas (transferred to Corps of Engineers 1949) |
| Aug. 12 | Castle Clinton NM, New York |
| Dec. 9 | Adams Mansion NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated Adams NHS 1952; redesignated Adams NHP 1998) |
| Dec. 18 | Coulee Dam NRA, Washington (redesignated Lake Roosevelt NRA 1997) |
1947 | |
| April 25 | Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978) |
1948 | |
| March 11 | DeSoto NMem, Florida |
| April 28 | Fort Sumter NM, South Carolina |
| June 19 | Fort Vancouver NM, Washington (redesignated a NHS 1961) |
| June 22 | Hampton NHS, Maryland |
| June 28 | Independence NHP, Pennsylvania (incorporated Independence Hall NHS, designated 1943) |
1949 | |
| Feb. 14 | San Juan NHS, Puerto Rico |
| June 8 | Saint Croix Island NM, Maine (redesignated an International Historic Site 1984) |
| Aug. 17 | Suitland Parkway, Maryland and District of Columbia (date acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks 1975) |
| Oct. 25 | Effigy Mounds NM, Iowa |
1950 | |
| Aug. 3 | Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland (date acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks 1975) |
| Aug. 3 | Greenbelt Park, Maryland |
| Sept. 14 | Grand Teton NP, Wyoming (incorporated 1929 NP and Jackson Hole NM) |
| Sept. 21 | Fort Caroline NMem, Florida |
1952 | |
| March 4 | Virgin Islands NHS, Virgin Islands (redesignated Christiansted NHS 1961) |
| June 27 | Shadow Mountain Recreation Area, Colorado (transferred to Forest Service 1979) |
| July 9 | Coronado NMem, Arizona |
1954 | |
| June 28 | Fort Union NM, New Mexico |
1955 | |
| July 26 | City of Refuge NHP, Hawaii (redesignated Puuhonua o Honaunau NHP 1978) |
| Dec. 6 | Edison Home NHS, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962) |
1956 | |
| April 2 | Booker T. Washington NM, Virginia |
| July 14 | Edison Laboratory NM, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962) |
| July 20 | Pea Ridge NMP, Arkansas |
| July 25 | Horseshoe Bend NMP, Alabama |
| Aug. 2 | Virgin Islands NP, Virgin Islands |
1958 | |
| April 18 | Glen Canyon NRA, Utah and Arizona |
| May 29 | Fort Clatsop NMem, Oregon |
| Aug. 14 | General Grant NMem, New York |
| Sept. 2 | Grand Portage NM, Minnesota (designated a NHS 1951) |
1959 | |
| April 14 | Minute Man NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated a NHP Sept. 21) |
| Sept. 1 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1997) |
1960 | |
| April 22 | Wilson's Creek Battlefield NP, Missouri (redesignated Wilson's Creek NB 1970) |
| June 3 | Bent's Old Fort NHS, Colorado |
| July 6 | Arkansas Post NMem, Arkansas |
| Sept. 13 | Haleakala NP, Hawaii (detached from Hawaii NP) |
| Dec. 24 | St. Thomas NHS, Virgin Islands (abolished 1975) |
1961 | |
| May 11 | Russell Cave NM, Alabama |
| Aug. 7 | Cape Cod NS, Massachusetts |
| Sept. 8 | Fort Davis NHS, Texas |
| Sept. 13 | Fort Smith NHS, Arkansas |
| Oct. 4 | Piscataway Park, Maryland |
| Dec. 28 | Buck Island Reef NM, Virgin Islands |
1962 | |
| Feb. 19 | Lincoln Boyhood NMem, Indiana |
| April 27 | Hamilton Grange NMem, New York |
| May 31 | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA, California (Whiskeytown Unit) |
| July 25 | Sagamore Hill NHS, New York |
| July 25 | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS, New York |
| Sept. 5 | Edison NHS, New Jersey (incorporated Edison Home NHS and Edison Laboratory NM) |
| Sept. 5 | Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia (redesignated Frederick Douglass NHS 1988) |
| Sept. 13 | Point Reyes NS, California |
| Sept. 28 | Padre Island NS, Texas |
1963 | |
| July 22 | Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, Utah and Wyoming (transferred to Forest Service 1968) |
1964 | |
| Aug. 27 | Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri |
| Aug. 30 | Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona |
| Aug. 31 | Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Pennsylvania |
| Aug. 31 | Fort Larned NHS, Kansas |
| Aug. 31 | John Muir NHS, California |
| Aug. 31 | Johnstown Flood NMem, Pennsylvania |
| Aug. 31 | Saint-Gaudens NHS, New Hampshire |
| Sept. 3 | Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 |
| Sept. 3 | Wilderness Act |
| Sept. 11 | Fire Island NS, New York |
| Sept. 12 | Canyonlands NP, Utah |
| Dec. 31 | Bighorn Canyon NRA, Wyoming and Montana |
1965 | |
| Feb. 1 | Arbuckle NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976) |
| Feb. 11 | Curecanti NRA, Colorado |
| March 15 | Sanford NRA, Texas (redesignated Lake Meredith Recreation Area 1972; redesignated Lake Meredith NRA 1990) |
| May 15 | Nez Perce NHP, Idaho |
| June 5 | Agate Fossil Beds NM, Nebraska |
| June 28 | Pecos NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Pecos NHP 1990) |
| July 30 | Golden Spike NHS, Utah (designated 1957) |
| Aug. 12 | Herbert Hoover NHS, Iowa |
| Aug. 28 | Hubbell Trading Post NHS, Arizona |
| Aug. 31 | Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture NM, Texas (redesignated Alibates Flint Quarries NM 1978) |
| Sept. 1 | Delaware Water Gap NRA, Pennsylvania and New Jersey |
| Sept. 21 | Assateague Island NS, Maryland and Virginia |
| Oct. 22 | Roger Williams NMem, Rhode Island |
| Nov. 11 | Amistad Recreation Area, Texas (redesignated Amistad NRA 1990) |
1966 | |
| March 10 | Cape Lookout NS, North Carolina |
| June 20 | Fort Union Trading Post NHS, North Dakota and Montana |
| June 30 | Chamizal NMem, Texas |
| July 23 | George Rogers Clark NHP, Indiana |
| Sept. 9 | San Juan Island NHP, Washington |
| Oct. 15 | National Historic Preservation Act |
| Oct. 15 | Guadalupe Mountains NP, Texas |
| Oct. 15 | Pictured Rocks NL, Michigan |
| Oct. 15 | Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia |
| Nov. 2 | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, New York |
| Nov. 5 | Indiana Dunes NL, Indiana |
1967 | |
| May 26 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, Massachusetts |
| Nov. 27 | Eisenhower NHS, Pennsylvania |
1968 | |
| March 12 | National Visitor Center, District of Columbia (abolished 1981) |
| April 5 | Saugus Iron Works NHS, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 2 | National Trails System Act |
| Oct. 2 | Wild and Scenic Rivers Act |
| Oct. 2 | Appalachian NST, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia |
| Oct. 2 | Lake Chelan NRA, Washington |
| Oct. 2 | North Cascades NP, Washington |
| Oct. 2 | Redwood NP, California |
| Oct. 2 | Ross Lake NRA, Washington |
| Oct. 2 | Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin |
| Oct. 17 | Carl Sandburg Home NHS, North Carolina |
| Oct. 18 | Biscayne NM, Florida (incorporated in Biscayne NP 1980) |
1969 | |
| Jan. 20 | Marble Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975) |
| Aug. 20 | Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Colorado |
| Dec. 2 | Lyndon B. Johnson NHS, Texas (redesignated a NHP 1980) |
| Dec. 2 | William Howard Taft NHS, Ohio |
1970 | |
| Sept. 26 | Apostle Islands NL, Wisconsin |
| Oct. 16 | Andersonville NHS, Georgia |
| Oct. 16 | Fort Point NHS, California |
| Oct. 21 | Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, Michigan |
1971 | |
| Jan. 8 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia (incorporated Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NM) |
| Jan. 8 | Gulf Islands NS, Florida and Mississippi |
| Jan. 8 | Voyageurs NP, Minnesota |
| Aug. 18 | Lincoln Home NHS, Illinois |
1972 | |
| March 1 | Buffalo NR, Arkansas |
| June 16 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, District of Columbia (date acquired; transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees 1994) |
| Aug. 17 | Puukohola Heiau NHS, Hawaii |
| Aug. 25 | Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, Montana |
| Aug. 25 | John D. Rockefeller, Junior, Memorial Parkway, Wyoming |
| Oct. 9 | Longfellow NHS, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 21 | Hohokam Pima NM, Arizona |
| Oct. 21 | Mar-A-Lago NHS, Florida (designated 1969; abolished 1980) |
| Oct. 21 | Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem, Pennsylvania |
| Oct. 23 | Cumberland Island NS, Georgia |
| Oct. 23 | Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming |
| Oct. 27 | Gateway NRA, New York and New Jersey |
| Oct. 27 | Golden Gate NRA, California |
1973 | |
| Dec. 28 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia |
1974 | |
| March 7 | Big South Fork NR and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee |
| Aug. 1 | Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia |
| Oct. 1 | Boston NHP, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 11 | Big Cypress NPres, Florida |
| Oct. 11 | Big Thicket NPres, Texas |
| Oct. 26 | Clara Barton NHS, Maryland |
| Oct. 26 | John Day Fossil Beds NM, Oregon |
| Oct. 26 | Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota |
| Oct. 26 | Martin Van Buren NHS, New York |
| Oct. 26 | Springfield Armory NHS, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 26 | Tuskegee Institute NHS, Alabama |
| Dec. 27 | Cuyahoga Valley NRA, Ohio (redesignated a NP, 2000) |
1975 | |
| Jan. 3 | Canaveral NS, Florida |
1976 | |
| March 17 | Chickasaw NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated Platt NP and Arbuckle NRA) |
| June 30 | Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska and Washington |
| July 4 | Valley Forge NHP, Pennsylvania |
| Aug. 19 | Ninety Six NHS, South Carolina |
| Oct. 12 | Obed WSR, Tennessee |
| Oct. 18 | Congaree Swamp NP, South Carolina |
| Oct. 18 | Eugene O'Neill NHS, California |
| Oct. 21 | Monocacy NB, Maryland (reauthorization and redesignation of Monocacy NMP) |
1977 | |
| May 26 | Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, New York |
1978 | |
| June 5 | Lowell NHP, Massachusetts |
| Aug. 15 | Chattahoochee NRA, Georgia |
| Aug. 18 | War in the Pacific NHP, Guam |
| Oct. 19 | Fort Scott NHS, Kansas |
| Nov. 10 | Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington |
| Nov. 10 | Edgar Allan Poe NHS, Pennsylvania |
| Nov. 10 | Friendship Hill NHS, Pennsylvania |
| Nov. 10 | Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana (incorporated Chalmette NHP) |
| Nov. 10 | Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, Hawaii |
| Nov. 10 | Maggie L. Walker NHS, Virginia |
| Nov. 10 | Middle Delaware NSR, Pennsylvania and New Jersey |
| Nov. 10 | Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska and South Dakota |
| Nov. 10 | New River Gorge NR, West Virginia |
| Nov. 10 | Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, Texas |
| Nov. 10 | Rio Grande WSR, Texas |
| Nov. 10 | Saint Paul's Church NHS, New York (designated 1943) |
| Nov. 10 | San Antonio Missions NHP, Texas |
| Nov. 10 | Santa Monica Mountains NRA, California |
| Nov. 10 | Thomas Stone NHS, Maryland |
| Nov. 10 | Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania and New York |
| Dec. 1 | Aniakchak NM, Alaska (incorporated in legislated Aniakchak NM and Aniakchak NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Bering Land Bridge NM, Alaska (redesignated a NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Cape Krusenstern NM, Alaska |
| Dec. 1 | Denali NM, Alaska (incorporated with Mount McKinley NP in Denali NP and Denali NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Gates of the Arctic NM, Alaska (incorporated in Gates of the Arctic NP and Gates of the Arctic NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and Glacier Bay NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Katmai NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Katmai NP and Katmai NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Kenai Fjords NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Kobuk Valley NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Lake Clark NM, Alaska (incorporated in Lake Clark NP and Lake Clark NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Noatak NM, Alaska (incorporated in Noatak NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Wrangell—St. Elias NM, Alaska (incorporated in Wrangell—St. Elias NP and Wrangell—St. Elias NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
| Dec. 1 | Yukon-Charley NM, Alaska (redesignated Yukon-Charley Rivers NPres by ANILCA 1980) |
1979 | |
| Oct. 12 | Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, Massachusetts |
1980 | |
| March 5 | Channel Islands NP, California (incorporated Channel Islands NM) |
| June 28 | Biscayne NP, Florida (incorporated Biscayne NM) |
| July 1 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1982) |
| Sept. 9 | USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii |
| Oct. 10 | Boston African American NHS, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 10 | Martin Luther King, Junior, NHS, Georgia |
| Dec. 2 | Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) |
| Dec. 2 | Alagnak Wild River, Alaska |
| Dec. 19 | Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Chaco Canyon NM) |
| Dec. 19 | Salinas NM, New Mexico (incorporated Gran Quivira NM; redesignated Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 1988) |
| Dec. 22 | Kalaupapa NHP, Hawaii |
| Dec. 28 | James A. Garfield NHS, Ohio |
| Dec. 28 | Women's Rights NHP, New York |
1983 | |
| March 28 | Natchez Trace NST, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee |
| March 28 | Potomac Heritage NST, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania |
| May 23 | Harry S Truman NHS, Missouri (designated 1982) |
1986 | |
| Oct. 21 | Steamtown NHS, Pennsylvania |
| Oct. 27 | Great Basin NP, Nevada (incorporated Lehman Caves NM) |
| Oct. 28 | Korean War Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1995) |
1987 | |
| June 25 | Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1965) |
| Dec. 23 | Jimmy Carter NHS, Georgia |
| Dec. 31 | El Malpais NM, New Mexico |
1988 | |
| Feb. 16 | Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida |
| June 27 | San Francisco Maritime NHP, California (formerly part of Golden Gate NRA) |
| Sept. 8 | Charles Pinckney NHS, South Carolina |
| Oct. 7 | Natchez NHP, Mississippi |
| Oct. 31 | National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa |
| Oct. 31 | Poverty Point NM, Louisiana |
| Nov. 18 | City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho |
| Nov. 18 | Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Idaho |
| Nov. 18 | Mississippi NR and Recreation Area, Minnesota |
| Dec. 26 | Bluestone NSR, West Virginia |
| Dec. 26 | Gauley River NRA, West Virginia |
1989 | |
| Oct. 2 | Ulysses S. Grant NHS, Missouri |
1990 | |
| June 27 | Pecos NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Pecos NM) |
| June 27 | Petroglyph NM, New Mexico |
| Aug. 6 | Tumacacori NHP, Arizona (incorporated Tumacacori NM) |
| Oct. 31 | Weir Farm NHS, Connecticut |
1991 | |
| May 24 | Niobrara NSR, Nebraska |
| Dec. 11 | Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1982) |
1992 | |
| Feb. 24 | Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands |
| March 3 | Manzanar NHS, California |
| May 27 | Hopewell Culture NHP, Ohio (incorporated Mound City Group NM) |
| Aug. 26 | Marsh-Billings NHP, Vermont (redesignated Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 1998) |
| Oct. 16 | Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio |
| Oct. 21 | Little River Canyon NPres, Alabama |
| Oct. 26 | Brown v. Board of Education NHS, Kansas |
| Oct. 27 | Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey |
| Oct. 27 | Keweenaw NHP, Michigan |
1994 | |
| Oct. 31 | Death Valley NP, California and Nevada (incorporated Death Valley NM) |
| Oct. 31 | Joshua Tree NP, California (incorporated Joshua Tree NM) |
| Oct. 31 | Mojave NPres, California |
| Oct. 31 | New Orleans Jazz NHP, Louisiana |
| Nov. 2 | Cane River Creole NHP, Louisiana |
1996 | |
| Nov. 12 | Boston Harbor Islands NRA, Massachusetts |
| Nov. 12 | New Bedford Whaling NHP, Massachusetts |
| Nov. 12 | Nicodemus NHS, Kansas |
| Nov. 12 | Tallgrass Prairie NPres, Kansas |
| Nov. 12 | Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma |
1997 | |
| Oct. 9 | Oklahoma City (Affiliated Area), Oklahoma |
1998 | |
| Nov. 6 | Little Rock Central High School NHS, Arkansas |
| Nov. 6 | Tuskegee Airmen NHS, Alabama |
1999 | |
| Nov. 29 | Minuteman Missile NHS, South Dakota |
2000 | |
| Oct. 11 | First Ladies NHS, Ohio |
| Oct. 24 | Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP, California |
| Nov. 7 | Sand Creek Massacre NHS, Colorado |
| Nov. 22 | Great Sand Dunes NPres, Colorado |
2001 | |
| Jan. 17 | Minidoka Internment NM, Idaho |
| Jan. 17 | Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM, Virgin Islands |
| Jan. 20 | Governors Island NM, New York |
| May 28 | World War II Memorial, Washington, DC |
| Nov. 5 | Adams Memorial, Washington, DC |
2002 | |
| Jan. 10 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Washington, DC |
| Feb. 6 | Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home NHS, Illinois |
| Aug. 21 | Craters of the Moon NPres, Idaho |
| Sep. 24 | Flight 93 NMem, Pennsylvania |
| Dec. 19 | Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP, Virginia |
Units Pending | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, DC | |
| Sand Creek Massacre NHS, Colorado | |
| World War II Memorial, Washington, DC | |
| Adams Memorial, Washington, DC | |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Washington, DC | |
| Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home NHS, Illinois | |
| Carter G. Woodson Home, Washington, DC | |
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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