National Parks

Novelist Thomas Clayton Wolfe was born on October 3, 1900, in Asheville, North Carolina.

On October 1, 1890, Yosemite National Park was officially established.

On September 18, 1870, a group of explorers gave the Old Faithful geyser its name.

On August 10, 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt used the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act to create Joshua Tree National Monument.

On July 14, 1932, the International Peace Garden was dedicated, representing the peaceful relationship between the United States and Canada.

On June 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, giving him and future presidents the authority to create national monuments from federal lands.

Artist Thomas Moran was born on February 12, 1837, in Bolton, Lancashire, England.

On October 31, 1941, work on Mount Rushmore was completed 14 years after it began.

On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act.  The act protected 9 million acres from development and created the National Wilderness Preservation System that consists of more than 111 million acres today.