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americasgreatoutdoors: “A jaw-dropping canyon panorama, sheer cliffs, brightly colored formations and towering monoliths, all make Colorado National Monument an incredible sight to behold. Photographer Claudia Cooper says it well, “Before I visited...
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A jaw-dropping canyon panorama, sheer cliffs, brightly colored formations and towering monoliths, all make Colorado National Monument an incredible sight to behold. Photographer Claudia Cooper says it well, “Before I visited Colorado National Monument, I’d read it was like a "mini Grand Canyon.” Now I know why - it was truly stunning.“  Take Rim Rock Drive and follow the twists and turns that introduce you to a variety of different views overlooking this geological masterpiece. Photo by Claudia Cooper (www.sharetheexperience.org).

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The National Park Service is 100 years old today! I found this publication from the same year of NPS’s birth, 1916. It’s Glimpses of our National Parks, by Robert Sterling Yards, and was published by the Government Printing Office for the Department of the Interior.  

The first section is a hoot - a chronological list of National Parks by order of creation, with some distinctive characteristics listed. 

Learn more at the National Park Service’s page about the centennial. All National Parks are free through the 28th to celebrate, so now’s as good a time as any to visit!

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Happy 101st birthday, National Park Service! 

For the last century, the National Park Service has protected America’s Best Idea, ensuring current and future generations can experience the country’s natural, cultural and historic treasures. Established 44 years before the National Park Service, Yellowstone was the world’s first national park and sparked a worldwide movement to protect special places.

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Tomorrow is the 100th birthday of National Park Service! We were honored to have their park rangers visit us this week.

Lindsay Brandt (Rock Creek Park) and Suzy Traut and Heath Mitchell (National Mall and Memorial Parks) answered questioned about the Organic Act of 1916, which is currently on display. 

The Organic Act created the National Park Service as we know it today. (Learn more here: http://1.usa.gov/29hOr2N). The rangers also shared the history and current initiatives of the National Park Service with our visitors.

Visitors can also explore the national parks in our ReSource room with fun activities like a scavenger hunt.

Come #FindYourPark at the National Archives!

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Happy Birthday, National Park Service!

One of the best things about working for the National Archives is that we get exposure to a variety of Federal agencies and their work.

On August 25, 1916, the National Park Service was founded.  But, of course, the establishment of an agency or park and the management of it are two very different things!  Today we wanted to focus on the exceptional work done by our colleagues at the National Park Service and other Federal agencies that have made travel and enjoyment in the National Parks a reality over the past 101 years!

From our holdings of the National Park Service (Record Group 79), who built campgrounds, worked with concessionaires like the Fred Harvey Company and who made sure that there were “facilities” available to the every growing public; the U.S. Forest Service who preserved and managed lands before the birth of the Park Service (Record Group 95) and the Bureau of Public Roads (Record Group 30) who made it possible to leave the mule carts behind, we bring you the Grand Canyon National Park!

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