National Parks
The American Experience
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In a 1974 survey by the United States
Travel Service, Americans ranked the Grand Canyon as the nation's
supreme natural spectacle. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the
Grand Canyon a national monument in 1908; Congress made it a national
park in 1919. Photograph by Fred Mang, Jr., courtesy of the National
Park Service
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Devils Tower, Wyoming, was proclaimed
the first national monument in 1906. George A. Grant Collection,
courtesy of the National Park Service
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The ruggedness and harsh environment of
Mount McKinley, Alaska, discouraged profitable exploitation, but mining
and mineral exploration were allowed to continue in the foothills and
lowlands following the establishmenet of Mount McKinley National Park in
1917. William S. Keller, courtesy of the National Park
Service
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