July celebrates National Parks & Recreation Month
One of the extraordinary advantages of living in the United States is our National Park System. When Yellowstone was designated a national park in 1872, it became the first such park in the world. While Yellowstone became the first national park, the National Park Service was not established until 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created it.
According to the Library of Congress, “It is no coincidence that the first national park was explored and established in the same decade that saw publication of a great variety of articles and books about nature and wilderness. Several of the writers associated with the national park movement, including Clarence Dutton, Ferdinand V. Hayden, Clarence King, Nathaniel P. Langford, John Muir and John Wesley Powell, described the spectacular scenery of the western United States.”
