100TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the

National Park Service. This act spelled out the mission of the park service, stating

it was to “conserve the scenery and the

natural and historic objects and the wild

life therein,” of America’s national parks, monuments and reservations. The park

service would be a caretaker of these sites and would “leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Congratulations to the National Park

Service for 100 years of protecting the

best of America. This calendar features

historic images from the NPS collection.

Front cover: Glacier National Park, hand colored photograph by T. J. Hileman, 1920. Back cover: Arches National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s. Top, clockwise from left: Yellowstone National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1890s; Grand Teton National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s; Grand Canyon National Park, photograph by George A. Grant, 1930. Mount Rainier National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s. Left: Yosemite National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1915. Unless noted all images courtesy of the National Park Service. Thanks to Wade Myers and Joan Bacharach of the National Park Service. For more information about our national parks, visit www.nps.gov

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, by Thomas Moran, 1893. Granger Collection

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1929: Horace M. Albright becomes director of the National Park Service.

1975: Gary Everhardt becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1956: Conrad L. Wirth proposes a 10-year program to upgrade national park facilities.

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1973: Ronald H. Walker becomes director of the National Park Service.

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not belong to one state….

The Yosemite,

the Yellowstone,

the Grand Canyon are national

properties in which every

citizen has a

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vested interest.

JANUARY 1879: National cemetery is established for the burial of U.S. cavalry troops at Little Bighorn Battlefield.

– Stephen T. Mather

Sunset in the Yosemite Valley, by William Bradford, 1881. Courtesy of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP

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resources as assets

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which it must

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– Theodore Roosevelt

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Rainbow Bridge National Monument, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s.

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1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park.

1933: Morristown becomes the first national historical park.

1879: Congress establishes the U.S. Geological Survey.

1929: First national monument established by Congress, rather than by presidential proclamation, at South Dakota’s badlands.

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Once our natural

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wonder at nature,

his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.

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– Lyndon B. Johnson

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Saguaro National Park, photograph by Natt N. Dodge, 1942.

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1951: Arthur E. Demaray becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps, which builds facilities in many national parks.

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Wilderness itself is the basis of all

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our civilization.

I wonder if we have enough

reverence for life

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1989: James M. Ridenour becomes director of the National Park Service.

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to concede to

wilderness the

right to live on?

Earth Day Passover begins at dusk

– Margaret Murie

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Lassen Volcanic National Park, color applied NPS photograph, circa 1930s.

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1894: Department of the Interior granted authority to arrest and punish law violators in national parks.

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1980: Russell E. Dickenson becomes director of the National Park Service.

1917: Stephen T. Mather becomes director of the National Park Service.

1985: William Penn Mott, Jr., becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1918: A letter from Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane to Stephen T. Mather lays out the first management policies for national parks.

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so American

as our national

parks. The scenery and the wildlife

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are native. The

fundamental idea behind the parks is native…. The

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– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, color applied NPS photograph, circa 1930s.

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1993: Roger G. Kennedy becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1906: Antiquities Act becomes law.

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1825: Cornerstone for Bunker Hill Monument is laid, one of the first monuments in the U.S. to mark a military battle.

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words to express the impact of

beauty but no one

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One may lack

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who has felt it

remains untouched. It is renewal,

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intensification.

The parks preserve it permanently

in the inheritance

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of the American citizens.

JUNE – Bernard DeVoto

Petrified Forest National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s.

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1977: William J. Whalen becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1916: Sieur de Monts National Monument (Acadia National Park), established as the first NPS area east of the Mississippi River.

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we ever had. Absolutely

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2001: Fran P. Mainella becomes director of the National Park Service.

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– Wallace Stegner

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Grand Canyon, by William Robinson Leigh, circa 1909. Granger Collection

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1997: Robert Stanton becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1933: Reorganization Plan brings areas managed by the War Department, Forest Service, and District of Columbia into the National Park System.

1933: Arno B. Cammerer becomes director of the National Park Service.

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1886: U.S. Cavalry units enter Yellowstone NP to enforce regulations, and manage the park.

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or wilderness

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1890: Chickamauga and Chattanooga established as the first national military park.

1940: Newton B. Drury becomes director of the National Park Service.

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have a European tradition. The

European tradition

is about formal

park design rather than large wild

1916: President Woodrow Wilson signs National Park Service Organic Act.

1935: Historic Sites Act becomes law and establishes significant preservation principles.

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The idea of wild

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– Charles C. Adams

Mesa Verde National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s.

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1964: The Wilderness Act becomes law as does the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.

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by each succeeding generation of

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Americans. Today,

across our land, the

National Park System represents America

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at its best. Each park contributes to a

deeper understanding of the history of the United States and our way of life.

SEPTEMBER – George B. Hartzog, Jr.

Zion National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s.

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Rosh Hashanah begins at dusk

1968: National Trails System Act and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act is passed.

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2009: Jonathan B. Jarvis becomes director of the National Park Service.

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Columbus Day

Yom Kippur begins at dusk 1974: Big Cypress and Big Thicket authorized as first national preserves.

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wisdom to set aside

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1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Historic Preservation Act into law.

and reserves,

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2006: Mary Bomar becomes director of the National Park Service.

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an ample portion

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as we know it today.

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– John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Devils Tower National Monument, photograph by George A. Grant, 1947.

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1966: Old Slater Mill, Rhode Island, is the first property listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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1978: National Parks and Recreation Act becomes law.

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beauty as well as

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1990: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act passes Congress.

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Everybody needs bread, places to play in and pray

in, where Nature may heal and

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strength to body and soul alike.

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NOVEMBER 1955: Support for the Echo Park Dam that would have flooded thousands of acres of Dinosaur National Monument officially ends.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, photograph by Woodbridge Williams, 1974.

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1951: Conrad L. Wirth becomes director of the National Park Service.

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The national

parklands have a major role

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superlative

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outdoor recreation… they can help create

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1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is passed.

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Hanukkah begins at dusk

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Christmas

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social values,

contribute to our

civic consciousness, and remind us

of our debt to the

land of our fathers.

DECEMBER New Year’s Eve

– Stewart Udall

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In 2016, the National Park Service commemorates the 100th anniversary of its founding. This calendar features historic color photographs and paintings from the NPS collection.