u.s. national parks canon

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National Parks

American Painter in the nineteenth century

Worried the Native Americans and wildlife would not survive without land preservation

1. Artist George Catlin

California Senator asked to set aside land in 1864

Civil War raged – instigated desire to protect land for future generations

2. John Conness

Signed act to protect Yosemite- 1864 He had never visited the landLess than a year before his death60 square miles now protected

3. Abraham Lincoln

In 1872 President Grant created Yellowstone National Park

Unlike Yosemite, this was the first park in the history of the world officially created by a FEDERAL government

3. Grant

1883: Completion of the railroadTravel in comfort to the westAttendance increased five-fold in first year

4. Northern Pacific Railroad

September 14, 1901Established five National ParksAntiquities Act – made way for future parks to be created

5. Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President

Self made millionaire: Stephen MaherMade protecting the National Parks his

personal missionRaised money through his “Mountain Party”

in the Sierra Nevada mountains – influencial publishers, politicians, businessmen, railroad builders attended

6. Maher Mountain Party

“Auto Camping” craze swept America in the 1920’s

Scenic highwaysMaher publicized “Park Every Hundred

Miles”

7. Cars

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - Designed to combat unemploymentYoung men hired to build shelters, create trails, fight fire1933-1942

8. Great Depression

9. Ansel Adams

• FDR viewed Ansel Adams’ photographs of the west and was inspired

• On March 4, 1940, President Roosevelt signed the law creating Kings Canyon National Park

• FDR would not be able to visit because of his disability

Most recently added national park (2013, California)

59 in totalGo visit one!

10. Pinnacles National Park

Visited…

• Mount Rainier• Olympic• Petrified Forest• Redwood • Rocky Mountains• Sequoia• Shenandoah• Yellowstone• Yosemite• Zion

• Arches• Bryce Canyon • Canyonlands• Crater lake• Glacier• Grand Canyon• Great Smoky Mountains• Kings Canyon• Lassen Volcanic• Mesa Verde

American SamoaBadlandsBig BendBiscayneBlack Canyon of the GunnisonCapitol reefCarlsbad cavernsChannel IslandsCongareeCuyhoga ValleyDeath ValleyDenaliDry TortugasEverglades

Still have to visit…• Gates of the Arctic• Glacier Bay• Grand Teton• Great Basin• Great Sand Dunes• Guadalupe• Haleakala• Hawaii Volcanoes• Hot Springs• Isle Royal• Joshua Tree• Katmai• Kenai Fjords

Kobuk ValleyLake ClarkMammoth caveNorth CascadePinnaclesSaguaroTheodore RooseveltVirgin IslandsVoyageursWind CaveWrangell-St. Elias

More to visit…

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