All-black 24th Infantry Regiment, 1899. Photo courtesy of National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection

National Park System Timeline

The dates are generally those of the earliest legislative or executive actions authorizing or establishing the park areas. The following abbreviations are used:

1790

July 16 District of Columbia authorized, including National Capital Parks, National Mall, White House

1832

April 20 Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas (redesignated Hot Springs NP 1921)

1864

June 30 Yosemite State Park, California (incorporated in Yosemite NP 1906)

1866

April 7 Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia, acquisition authorized; designated a NHS 1970

1872

March 1 Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

1875

March 3 Mackinac NP, Michigan (abolished 1895)

1876

Aug. 2 Washington Monument, District of Columbia, accepted; dedicated 1885

1877

March 3 Statue of Liberty, New York, accepted; dedicated 1886; designated a NM 1924

1886

Dec. 7 National Cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation (redesignated Custer Battlefield NM 1946; redesignated Little Bighorn Battlefield NM 1991)

1889

March 2 Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, Arizona (redesignated Casa Grande NM 1918; redesignated Casa Grande Ruins NM 1926)

1890

Aug. 19 Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Georgia and Tennessee

Aug. 30 Antietam NBS, Maryland (redesignated a NB 1978)

Sept. 25 Sequoia NP, California

Sept. 27 Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia

Oct. 1 General Grant NP, California (incorporated in Kings Canyon NP 1940)

Oct. 1 Yosemite NP, California

1894

Dec. 27 Shiloh NMP, Tennessee

1895

Feb. 11 Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania

1899

Feb. 21 Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi

March 2 Mount Rainier NP, Washington

1902

May 22 Crater Lake NP, Oregon

July 1 Sulphur Springs Reservation, Oklahoma (redesignated Platt NP 1906; incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976)

1903

Jan. 9 Wind Cave NP, South Dakota

1904

April 27 Sullys Hill NP, North Dakota (transferred to Agriculture Dept. as game preserve 1931)

1906

June 8 Antiquities Act

June 29 Mesa Verde NP, Colorado

Sept. 24 Devils Tower NM, Wyoming

Dec. 8 El Morro NM, New Mexico

Dec. 8 Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona

Dec. 8 Petrified Forest NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1962)

1907

March 4 Chalmette Monument and Grounds, Louisiana (redesignated Chalmette NHP 1939; incorporated in Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve 1978)

March 11 Chaco Canyon NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Chaco Culture NHP 1980)

May 6 Cinder Cone NM, California (incorporated in Lassen Volcanic NP 1916)

May 6 Lassen Peak NM, California (incorporated in Lassen Volcanic NP 1916)

Nov. 16 Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico

Dec. 19 Tonto NM, Arizona

1908

Jan. 9 Muir Woods NM, California

Jan. 11 Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1919)

Jan. 16 Pinnacles NM, California

Feb. 7 Jewel Cave NM, South Dakota

April 16 Natural Bridges NM, Utah

May 11 Lewis and Clark Cavern NM, Montana (abolished 1937)

Sept. 15 Tumacacori NM, Arizona (incorporated in Tumacacori NHP 1990)

Dec. 7 Wheeler NM, Colorado (abolished 1950)

1909

March 2 Mount Olympus NM, Washington (incorporated in Olympic NP 1938)

March 20 Navajo NM, Arizona

July 12 Oregon Caves NM, Oregon

July 31 Mukuntuweap NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NM 1918)

Sept. 21 Shoshone Cavern NM, Wyoming (abolished 1954)

Nov. 1 Gran Quivira NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Salinas NM 1980)

1910

March 23 Sitka NM, Alaska (redesignated a NHP 1972)

May 11 Glacier NP, Montana

May 30 Rainbow Bridge NM, Utah

June 23 Big Hole Battlefield NM, Montana (redesignated Big Hole NB 1963)

1911

Feb. 9 Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1922)

May 24 Colorado NM, Colorado

July 6 Devils Postpile NM, California

1913

Oct. 14 Cabrillo NM, California

1914

Jan. 31 Papago Saguaro NM, Arizona (abolished 1930)

1915

Jan. 26 Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado

Oct. 4 Dinosaur NM, Colorado and Utah

Nov. 30 Walnut Canyon NM, Arizona

1916

Feb. 11 Bandelier NM, New Mexico

July 8 Sieur de Monts NM, Maine (redesignated Lafayette NP 1919; redesignated Acadia NP 1929)

July 17 Abraham Lincoln NP, Kentucky (redesignated a NHP 1939; redesignated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS 1959)

Aug. 1 Hawaii NP, Hawaii (split into Haleakala NP and Hawaii NP 1960; latter redesignated Hawaii Volcanoes NP 1961)

Aug. 9 Capulin Mountain NM, New Mexico (redesignated Capulin Volcano NM 1987)

Aug. 9 Lassen Volcanic NP, California (incorporated Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak NMs)

Aug. 25 National Park Service Act

Oct. 25 Old Kasaan NM, Alaska (abolished 1955)

1917

Feb. 18 Kennesaw Mountain NBS, Georgia (redesignated a NBP 1935)

Feb. 26 Mount McKinley NP, Alaska (incorporated in Denali NP and NPres 1980)

March 2 Guilford Courthouse NMP, North Carolina

June 29 Verendrye NM, North Dakota (abolished 1956)

1918

March 18 Zion NM, Utah (incorporated Mukuntuweap NM; redesignated a NP 1919)

Sept. 24 Katmai NM, Alaska (incorporated in Katmai NP and NPres 1980)

1919

Feb. 26 Grand Canyon NP, Arizona (incorporated 1908 Grand Canyon NM)

Dec. 12 Scotts Bluff NM, Nebraska

Dec. 12 Yucca House NM, Colorado

1922

Jan. 24 Lehman Caves NM, Nevada (incorporated in Great Basin NP 1986)

Oct. 14 Timpanogos Cave, Utah

Oct. 21 Fossil Cycad NM, South Dakota (abolished 1956)

1923

Jan. 24 Aztec Ruin NM, New Mexico (redesignated Aztec Ruins NM 1928)

March 2 Hovenweep NM, Colorado and Utah

March 2 Mound City Group NM, Ohio (incorporated in Hopewell Culture NHP 1992)

May 31 Pipe Spring NM, Arizona

June 8 Bryce Canyon NM, Utah (redesignated Utah NP 1924; redesignated Bryce Canyon NP 1928)

Oct. 25 Carlsbad Cave NM, New Mexico (redesignated Carlsbad Caverns NP 1930)

1924

April 18 Chiricahua NM, Arizona

May 2 Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho

Oct. 15 Castle Pinckney NM, South Carolina (abolished 1956)

Oct. 15 Fort Marion NM, Florida (redesignated Castillo de San Marcos NM 1942)

Oct. 15 Fort Matanzas NM, Florida

Oct. 15 Fort Pulaski, Georgia

Dec. 9 Wupatki NM, Arizona

1925

Feb. 6 Meriwether Lewis NM, Tennessee (incorporated in Natchez Trace Parkway 1961)

Feb. 26 Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and NPres 1980)

March 3 Fort McHenry NP, Maryland (redesignated Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine 1939)

March 4 Lee Mansion, Virginia (date restoration authorized; designated Custis-Lee Mansion 1955; redesignated Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, 1972)

March 23 Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (acquired 1939)

Sept. 5 Father Millet Cross NM, New York (abolished 1949)

Nov. 21 Lava Beds NM, California

1926

May 22 Great Smoky Mountains NP, North Carolina and Tennessee

May 22 Shenandoah NP, Virginia

May 25 Mammoth Cave NP, Kentucky

June 2 Moores Creek NMP, North Carolina (redesignated a NB 1980)

July 3 Petersburg NMP, Virginia (redesignated a NB 1962)

1927

Feb. 14 Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial NMP, Virginia

March 2 Kill Devil Hill Monument, North Carolina (redesignated Wright Brothers NMem 1953)

March 3 Stones River NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1980)

1928

March 26 Fort Donelson NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1985)

May 23 George Rogers Clark Memorial, Indiana (incorporated in George Rogers Clark NHP 1966)

May 23 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway (incorporated in George Washington Memorial Parkway 1930)

1929

Feb. 21 Brices Cross Roads NBS, Mississippi

Feb. 21 Tupelo NBS, Mississippi (redesignated a NB 1961)

Feb. 26 Grand Teton NP, Wyoming

March 4 Badlands NM, South Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978)

March 4 Cowpens NBS, South Carolina (redesignated a NB 1972)

April 12 Arches NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1978)

May 11 Holy Cross NM, Colorado (abolished 1950)

1930

Jan. 23 George Washington Birthplace NM, Virginia

May 26 Sunset Crater NM, Arizona (redesignated Sunset Crater Volcano NM 1990)

May 29 Fort Washington Park, Maryland

May 29 George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia and Maryland (incorporated Mount Vernon Memorial Highway)

June 18 Appomattox Court House monument, Virginia (designated Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument 1935; redesignated a NHP 1954)

July 3 Colonial NM, Virginia (redesignated a NHP 1936)

1931

Feb. 14 Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona

March 3 Isle Royale NP, Michigan

March 4 Fort Necessity NBS, Pennsylvania (redesignated a NB 1961)

March 4 Kings Mountain NMP, South Carolina

1932

March 17 Great Sand Dunes NM, Colorado

May 21 Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia

Dec. 22 Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975)

1933

Jan. 18 White Sands NM, New Mexico

Feb. 11 Death Valley NM, California and Nevada (incorporated in Death Valley NP 1994)

March 1 Saguaro NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1994)

March 2 Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM, Colorado (redesignated a NP, 1999)

March 2 Morristown NHP, New Jersey

June 16 Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia

Aug. 10 Reorganization

Aug. 22 Cedar Breaks NM, Utah

1934

May 30 Everglades NP, Florida

June 14 Ocmulgee NM, Georgia

June 19 Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee (acquired 1938)

June 21 Monocacy NMP, Maryland (reauthorized and redesignated a NB 1976)

June 26 Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1943)

1935

Jan. 4 Fort Jefferson NM, Florida (redesignated Dry Tortugas NP 1992)

June 20 Big Bend NP, Texas

Aug. 21 Historic Sites Act

Aug. 21 Fort Stanwix NM, New York (acquired 1973)

Aug. 27 Ackia Battleground NM, Mississippi (incorporated in Natchez Trace Parkway 1961)

Aug. 29 Andrew Johnson NM, Tennessee (redesignated a NHS 1963)

Dec. 20 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri (Gateway Arch authorized 1954, dedicated 1968)

1936

March 2 Richmond NBP, Virginia

March 19 Homestead NM of America, Nebraska

May 26 Fort Frederica NM, Georgia

June 2 Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial NM, Ohio (redesignated Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 1972)

June 23 Park, Parkway, and Recreation Area Study Act

June 29 Whitman NM, Washington (redesignated Whitman Mission NHS 1963)

Aug. 16 Joshua Tree NM, California (incorporated in Joshua Tree NP 1994)

Oct. 13 Boulder Dam Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona (redesignated Lake Mead NRA 1947)

Nov. 14 Bull Run Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Manassas NBP 1940)

Nov. 14 Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, Maryland (redesignated Catoctin Mountain Park 1954)

Nov. 14 Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia (redesignated Prince William Forest Park 1948)

1937

Jan. 22 Zion NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NP 1956)

April 13 Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona

Aug. 2 Capitol Reef NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1971)

Aug. 17 Cape Hatteras NS, North Carolina

Aug. 25 Pipestone NM, Minnesota

1938

March 17 Salem Maritime NHS, Massachusetts

April 26 Channel Islands NM, California (incorporated in Channel Islands NP 1980)

June 1 Saratoga NHP, New York

June 29 Olympic NP, Washington (incorporated Mount Olympus NM)

July 16 Fort Laramie NM, Wyoming (redesignated a NHS 1960)

Aug. 3 Hopewell Village NHS, Pennsylvania (redesignated Hopewell Furnace NHS 1985)

Sept. 23 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia (date acquired; designated a NM 1961; incorporated in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP 1971)

1939

May 17 Santa Rosa Island NM, Florida (abolished 1946; island included in Gulf Islands NS 1971)

May 26 Federal Hall Memorial NHS, New York (redesignated Federal Hall NMem 1955)

May 26 Philadelphia Custom House NHS, Pennsylvania (incorporated in Independence NHP 1959)

July 1 Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (date acquired)

July 25 Tuzigoot NM, Arizona

1940

March 4 Kings Canyon NP, California (incorporated General Grant NP)

June 11 Cumberland Gap NHP, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee

Dec. 18 Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, New York

1941

April 5 Fort Raleigh NHS, North Carolina

1943

March 15 Jackson Hole NM, Wyoming (incorporated in Grand Teton NP 1950)

July 14 George Washington Carver NM, Missouri

1944

Jan. 15 Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, New York

June 30 Harpers Ferry NM, West Virginia and Maryland (redesignated a NHP 1963)

Oct. 13 Atlanta Campaign NHS, Georgia (abolished 1950)

1945

May 22 Millerton Lake Recreation Area, California (abolished 1957)

May 22 Shasta Lake Recreation Area, California (transferred to Forest Service 1948)

1946

April 18 Lake Texoma Recreation Area, Oklahoma and Texas (transferred to Corps of Engineers 1949)

Aug. 12 Castle Clinton NM, New York

Dec. 9 Adams Mansion NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated Adams NHS 1952; redesignated Adams NHP 1998)

Dec. 18 Coulee Dam NRA, Washington (redesignated Lake Roosevelt NRA 1997)

1947

April 25 Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978)

1948

March 11 DeSoto NMem, Florida

April 28 Fort Sumter NM, South Carolina

June 19 Fort Vancouver NM, Washington (redesignated a NHS 1961)

June 22 Hampton NHS, Maryland

June 28 Independence NHP, Pennsylvania (incorporated Independence Hall NHS, designated 1943)

1949

Feb. 14 San Juan NHS, Puerto Rico

June 8 Saint Croix Island NM, Maine (redesignated an International Historic Site 1984)

Aug. 17 Suitland Parkway, Maryland and District of Columbia (date acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks 1975)

Oct. 25 Effigy Mounds NM, Iowa

1950

Aug. 3 Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland (date acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks 1975)

Aug. 3 Greenbelt Park, Maryland

Sept. 14 Grand Teton NP, Wyoming (incorporated 1929 NP and Jackson Hole NM)

Sept. 21 Fort Caroline NMem, Florida

1952

March 4 Virgin Islands NHS, Virgin Islands (redesignated Christiansted NHS 1961)

June 27 Shadow Mountain Recreation Area, Colorado (transferred to Forest Service 1979)

July 9 Coronado NMem, Arizona

1954

June 28 Fort Union NM, New Mexico

1955

July 26 City of Refuge NHP, Hawaii (redesignated Puuhonua o Honaunau NHP 1978)

Dec. 6 Edison Home NHS, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962)

1956

April 2 Booker T. Washington NM, Virginia

July 14 Edison Laboratory NM, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison NHS 1962)

July 20 Pea Ridge NMP, Arkansas

July 25 Horseshoe Bend NMP, Alabama

Aug. 2 Virgin Islands NP, Virgin Islands

1958

April 18 Glen Canyon NRA, Utah and Arizona

May 29 Fort Clatsop NMem, Oregon

Aug. 14 General Grant NMem, New York

Sept. 2 Grand Portage NM, Minnesota (designated a NHS 1951)

1959

April 14 Minute Man NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated a NHP Sept. 21)

Sept. 1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1997)

1960

April 22 Wilson's Creek Battlefield NP, Missouri (redesignated Wilson's Creek NB 1970)

June 3 Bent's Old Fort NHS, Colorado

July 6 Arkansas Post NMem, Arkansas

Sept. 13 Haleakala NP, Hawaii (detached from Hawaii NP)

Dec. 24 St. Thomas NHS, Virgin Islands (abolished 1975)

1961

May 11 Russell Cave NM, Alabama

Aug. 7 Cape Cod NS, Massachusetts

Sept. 8 Fort Davis NHS, Texas

Sept. 13 Fort Smith NHS, Arkansas

Oct. 4 Piscataway Park, Maryland

Dec. 28 Buck Island Reef NM, Virgin Islands

1962

Feb. 19 Lincoln Boyhood NMem, Indiana

April 27 Hamilton Grange NMem, New York

May 31 Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA, California (Whiskeytown Unit)

July 25 Sagamore Hill NHS, New York

July 25 Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS, New York

Sept. 5 Edison NHS, New Jersey (incorporated Edison Home NHS and Edison Laboratory NM)

Sept. 5 Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia (redesignated Frederick Douglass NHS 1988)

Sept. 13 Point Reyes NS, California

Sept. 28 Padre Island NS, Texas

1963

July 22 Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, Utah and Wyoming (transferred to Forest Service 1968)

 

1964

Aug. 27 Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri

Aug. 30 Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona

Aug. 31 Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Pennsylvania

Aug. 31 Fort Larned NHS, Kansas

Aug. 31 John Muir NHS, California

Aug. 31 Johnstown Flood NMem, Pennsylvania

Aug. 31 Saint-Gaudens NHS, New Hampshire

Sept. 3 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965

Sept. 3 Wilderness Act

Sept. 11 Fire Island NS, New York

Sept. 12 Canyonlands NP, Utah

Dec. 31 Bighorn Canyon NRA, Wyoming and Montana

1965

Feb. 1 Arbuckle NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976)

Feb. 11 Curecanti NRA, Colorado

March 15 Sanford NRA, Texas (redesignated Lake Meredith Recreation Area 1972; redesignated Lake Meredith NRA 1990)

May 15 Nez Perce NHP, Idaho

June 5 Agate Fossil Beds NM, Nebraska

June 28 Pecos NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Pecos NHP 1990)

July 30 Golden Spike NHS, Utah (designated 1957)

Aug. 12 Herbert Hoover NHS, Iowa

Aug. 28 Hubbell Trading Post NHS, Arizona

Aug. 31 Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture NM, Texas (redesignated Alibates Flint Quarries NM 1978)

Sept. 1 Delaware Water Gap NRA, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Sept. 21 Assateague Island NS, Maryland and Virginia

Oct. 22 Roger Williams NMem, Rhode Island

Nov. 11 Amistad Recreation Area, Texas (redesignated Amistad NRA 1990)

1966

March 10 Cape Lookout NS, North Carolina

June 20 Fort Union Trading Post NHS, North Dakota and Montana

June 30 Chamizal NMem, Texas

July 23 George Rogers Clark NHP, Indiana

Sept. 9 San Juan Island NHP, Washington

Oct. 15 National Historic Preservation Act

Oct. 15 Guadalupe Mountains NP, Texas

Oct. 15 Pictured Rocks NL, Michigan

Oct. 15 Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia

Nov. 2 Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, New York

Nov. 5 Indiana Dunes NL, Indiana

1967

May 26 John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, Massachusetts

Nov. 27 Eisenhower NHS, Pennsylvania

1968

March 12 National Visitor Center, District of Columbia (abolished 1981)

April 5 Saugus Iron Works NHS, Massachusetts

Oct. 2 National Trails System Act

Oct. 2 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Oct. 2 Appalachian NST, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia

Oct. 2 Lake Chelan NRA, Washington

Oct. 2 North Cascades NP, Washington

Oct. 2 Redwood NP, California

Oct. 2 Ross Lake NRA, Washington

Oct. 2 Saint Croix National Scenic Riverways, Minnesota and Wisconsin

Oct. 17 Carl Sandburg Home NHS, North Carolina

Oct. 18 Biscayne NM, Florida (incorporated in Biscayne NP 1980)

1969

Jan. 20 Marble Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP 1975)

Aug. 20 Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Colorado

Dec. 2 Lyndon B. Johnson NHS, Texas (redesignated a NHP 1980)

Dec. 2 William Howard Taft NHS, Ohio

1970

Sept. 26 Apostle Islands NL, Wisconsin

Oct. 16 Andersonville NHS, Georgia

Oct. 16 Fort Point NHS, California

Oct. 21 Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, Michigan

1971

Jan. 8 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia (incorporated Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NM)

Jan. 8 Gulf Islands NS, Florida and Mississippi

Jan. 8 Voyageurs NP, Minnesota

Aug. 18 Lincoln Home NHS, Illinois

1972

March 1 Buffalo NR, Arkansas

June 16 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, District of Columbia (date acquired; transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees 1994)

Aug. 17 Puukohola Heiau NHS, Hawaii

Aug. 25 Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, Montana

Aug. 25 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming

Oct. 9 Longfellow NHS, Massachusetts

Oct. 21 Hohokam Pima NM, Arizona

Oct. 21 Mar-A-Lago NHS, Florida (designated 1969; abolished 1980)

Oct. 21 Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem, Pennsylvania

Oct. 23 Cumberland Island NS, Georgia

Oct. 23 Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming

Oct. 27 Gateway NRA, New York and New Jersey

Oct. 27 Golden Gate NRA, California

1973

Dec. 28 Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia

1974

March 7 Big South Fork NR and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee

Aug. 1 Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia

Oct. 1 Boston NHP, Massachusetts

Oct. 11 Big Cypress NPres, Florida

Oct. 11 Big Thicket NPres, Texas

Oct. 26 Clara Barton NHS, Maryland

Oct. 26 John Day Fossil Beds NM, Oregon

Oct. 26 Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota

Oct. 26 Martin Van Buren NHS, New York

Oct. 26 Springfield Armory NHS, Massachusetts

Oct. 26 Tuskegee Institute NHS, Alabama

Dec. 27 Cuyahoga Valley NRA, Ohio

1975

Jan. 3 Canaveral NS, Florida

1976

March 17 Chickasaw NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated Platt NP and Arbuckle NRA)

June 30 Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska and Washington

July 4 Valley Forge NHP, Pennsylvania

Aug. 19 Ninety Six NHS, South Carolina

Oct. 12 Obed WSR, Tennessee

Oct. 18 Congaree Swamp NP, South Carolina

Oct. 18 Eugene O'Neill NHS, California

Oct. 21 Monocacy NB, Maryland (reauthorization and redesignation of Monocacy NMP)

1977

May 26 Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, New York

1978

June 5 Lowell NHP, Massachusetts

Aug. 15 Chattahoochee NRA, Georgia

Aug. 18 War in the Pacific NHP, Guam

Oct. 19 Fort Scott NHS, Kansas

Nov. 10 Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington

Nov. 10 Edgar Allan Poe NHS, Pennsylvania

Nov. 10 Friendship Hill NHS, Pennsylvania

Nov. 10 Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana (incorporated Chalmette NHP)

Nov. 10 Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, Hawaii

Nov. 10 Maggie L. Walker NHS, Virginia

Nov. 10 Middle Delaware NSR, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Nov. 10 Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska and South Dakota

Nov. 10 New River Gorge NR, West Virginia

Nov. 10 Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, Texas

Nov. 10 Rio Grande WSR, Texas

Nov. 10 Saint Paul's Church NHS, New York (designated 1943)

Nov. 10 San Antonio Missions NHP, Texas

Nov. 10 Santa Monica Mountains NRA, California

Nov. 10 Thomas Stone NHS, Maryland

Nov. 10 Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania and New York

Dec. 1 Aniakchak NM, Alaska (incorporated in legislated Aniakchak NM and Aniakchak NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Bering Land Bridge NM, Alaska (redesignated a NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Cape Krusenstern NM, Alaska

Dec. 1 Denali NM, Alaska (incorporated with Mount McKinley NP in Denali NP and Denali NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Gates of the Arctic NM, Alaska (incorporated in Gates of the Arctic NP and Gates of the Arctic NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and Glacier Bay NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Katmai NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Katmai NP and Katmai NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Kenai Fjords NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Kobuk Valley NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Lake Clark NM, Alaska (incorporated in Lake Clark NP and Lake Clark NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Noatak NM, Alaska (incorporated in Noatak NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Wrangell-St. Elias NM, Alaska (incorporated in Wrangell-St. Elias NP and Wrangell-St. Elias NPres by ANILCA 1980)

Dec. 1 Yukon-Charley NM, Alaska (redesignated Yukon-Charley Rivers NPres by ANILCA 1980)

1979

Oct. 12 Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, Massachusetts

1980

March 5 Channel Islands NP, California (incorporated Channel Islands NM)

June 28 Biscayne NP, Florida (incorporated Biscayne NM)

July 1 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1982)

Sept. 9 USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii

Oct. 10 Boston African American NHS, Massachusetts

Oct. 10 Martin Luther King, Junior, NHS, Georgia

Dec. 2 Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)

Dec. 2 Alagnak Wild River, Alaska

Dec. 19 Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Chaco Canyon NM)

Dec. 19 Salinas NM, New Mexico (incorporated Gran Quivira NM; redesignated Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 1988)

Dec. 22 Kalaupapa NHP, Hawaii

Dec. 28 James A. Garfield NHS, Ohio

Dec. 28 Women's Rights NHP, New York

1983

March 28 Natchez Trace NST, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee

March 28 Potomac Heritage NST, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania

May 23 Harry S Truman NHS, Missouri (designated 1982)

1986

Oct. 21 Steamtown NHS, Pennsylvania

Oct. 27 Great Basin NP, Nevada (incorporated Lehman Caves NM)

Oct. 28 Korean War Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1995)

1987

June 25 Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1965)

Dec. 23 Jimmy Carter NHS, Georgia

Dec. 31 El Malpais NM, New Mexico

1988

Feb. 16 Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida

June 27 San Francisco Maritime NHP, California (formerly part of Golden Gate NRA)

Sept. 8 Charles Pinckney NHS, South Carolina

Oct. 7 Natchez NHP, Mississippi

Oct. 31 National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa

Oct. 31 Poverty Point NM, Louisiana

Nov. 18 City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho

Nov. 18 Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Idaho

Nov. 18 Mississippi NR and Recreation Area, Minnesota

Dec. 26 Bluestone NSR, West Virginia

Dec. 26 Gauley River NRA, West Virginia

1989

Oct. 2 Ulysses S. Grant NHS, Missouri

1990

June 27 Pecos NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Pecos NM)

June 27 Petroglyph NM, New Mexico

Aug. 6 Tumacacori NHP, Arizona (incorporated Tumacacori NM)

Oct. 31 Weir Farm NHS, Connecticut

1991

May 24 Niobrara NSR, Nebraska

Dec. 11 Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1982)

1992

Feb. 24 Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands

March 3 Manzanar NHS, California

May 27 Hopewell Culture NHP, Ohio (incorporated Mound City Group NM)

Aug. 26 Marsh-Billings NHP, Vermont (redesignated Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 1998)

Oct. 16 Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio

Oct. 21 Little River Canyon NPres, Alabama

Oct. 26 Brown v. Board of Education NHS, Kansas

Oct. 27 Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey

Oct. 27 Keweenaw NHP, Michigan

1994

Oct. 31 Death Valley NP, California and Nevada (incorporated Death Valley NM)

Oct. 31 Joshua Tree NP, California (incorporated Joshua Tree NM)

Oct. 31 Mojave NPres, California

Oct. 31 New Orleans Jazz NHP, Louisiana

Nov. 2 Cane River Creole NHP, Louisiana

1996

Nov. 12 Boston Harbor Islands NRA, Massachusetts

Nov. 12 New Bedford Whaling NHP, Massachusetts

Nov. 12 Nicodemus NHS, Kansas

Nov. 12 Tallgrass Prairie NPres, Kansas

Nov. 12 Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma

1997

Oct. 9 Oklahoma City NMem, Oklahoma

1998

Nov. 6 Little Rock Central High School NHS, Arkansas

Nov. 6 Tuskegee Airmen NHS, Alabama

1999

Nov. 29 Minuteman Missile NHS, South Dakota

2000

Oct. 11 First Ladies NHS, Canton, Ohio

Oct. 24 Rosie the Riveter- WWII Home Front NHP, California

Nov. 22 Great Sand Dunes NPres, Colorado

2001

Jan. 17 Minidoka Internment NM

Jan. 17 Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM, Virgin Islands

Jan. 20 Governors Island NM, New York

2002

Aug. 21 Craters of the Moon NM

Sept. 24 Flight 93 NM

Dec. 19 Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

2003

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