Teddy Roosevelt and the
National Park System
When Theodore Roosevelt became President, there were only five National Parks: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, General Grant(now part of Sequoia) and Mount Ranier. TR added five more parks and eighteen National Monuments to that list for the enjoyment of future generations.
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| Crater Lake National Park |
Oregon |
1902 |
| Wind Cave National Park |
South Dakota |
1904 |
| Sullys Hill, North Dakota (later a preserve) |
North Dakota |
1904 |
| Platt National Park (now a Nat'l Rec. Area) |
Oklahoma |
1906 |
| Mesa Verde National Park |
Colorado |
1906 |
| Grand Canyon National Park (initially a Nat'l Monument) |
Arizona |
1908 (Park in 1919) |
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National Monuments:
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| Devil's Tower |
Wyoming |
1906 |
| El Morro |
New Mexico |
1906 |
| Montezuma Castle |
Arizona |
1906 |
| Petrified Forest |
Arizona |
1906 (now a National Park) |
| Chaco Canyon |
New Mexico |
1907 |
| Lassen Peak (Lassen Volcanic) |
California |
1907 |
| Cinder Cone |
California |
1907 |
| Gila Cliff Dwellings |
New Mexico |
1907 |
| Tonto |
Arizona |
1907 |
| Muir Woods |
California |
1908 |
| Pinnacles |
California |
1908 |
| Jewel Cave |
South Dakota |
1908 |
| Natural Bridges |
Utah |
1908 |
| Tumacacori |
Arizona |
1908 |
| Wheeler |
Colorado |
1908, abolished in 1950 and given to Forest Service |
| Mount Olympus |
Washington |
1909 |
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