On this date in 1832 Congress set aside Hot Springs as a National Park, however, Title disputes kept the land from being used as such until 1877. Yosemite was deeded to California for use as a preserved land, but later returned to the Federal Government to be run as a National Park. This let Yellowstone, which was still a Territory emerge as our first operating National Park. Since this time, other nations have followed are lead and now there are National Parks in many other countries and they have expanded the protection to include sites that are World’s Heritage Sites. 8 of our 58 National Parks are also World Heritage Sites. Today’s list is the ten best attended National Parks in the US. They are:
1. Great Smokey Mountain National Park
3. Yosemite National Park - my favorite!
6. Rocky Mountain National Park
9. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Interesting day in history in that Napoleon and Hitler both were born on this day and more recently, it was the day we all learned where Columbine High School is.
Tags: Acadia, Cuyahoga National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Great Smokey Mountain National Park, National Parks, Olympic National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion National Park
April 26, 2008 at 4:18 am
[...] Scott wrote an interesting post today on April 20th – National ParksHere’s a quick excerpt5. Olympic National Park. 6. Rocky Mountain National Park. 7. Zion National Park. 8. Grand Teton National Park. 9. Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 10. Acadia National Park. Interesting day in history in that Napoleon and Hitler both were … [...]