2. American Painter in the nineteenth century
Worried the Native Americans and wildlife would
not survive without land preservation
3. California Senator asked to set aside land in 1864
Civil War raged – instigated desire to protect land
for future generations
4. Signed act to protect Yosemite- 1864
He had never visited the land
Less than a year before his death
60 square miles now protected
5. 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
6. 1883: Completion of the railroad
Travel in comfort to the west
Attendance increased five-fold in first year
7. September 14, 1901
Established five National Parks
Antiquities Act – made way for
future parks to be created
8. Self made millionaire: Stephen Maher
Made protecting the National Parks his personal
mission
Raised money through his “Mountain Party” in the
Sierra Nevada mountains – influencial
publishers, politicians, businessmen, railroad builders
attended
9. “Auto Camping” craze swept America in the 1920’s
Scenic highways
Maher publicized “Park Every Hundred Miles”
10. Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC) - Designed to combat
unemployment
Young men hired to build
shelters, create trails, fight fire
1933-1942
11. • 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
12. Most recently added national park (2013, California)
59 in total
Go visit one!
16.
American Samoa
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Capitol reef
Carlsbad caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Cuyhoga Valley
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
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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
17. Kobuk Valley
Lake Clark
Mammoth cave
North Cascade
Pinnacles
Saguaro
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
Wind Cave
Wrangell-St. Elias