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Introduction

Shaping the System

Appendix
The National Parks:
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National Park System Additions 1973-2000

1973
Dec. 28Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia
1974
March 7Big South Fork NR and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee (assigned to NPS 1976)
Aug. 1Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia
Oct. 1Boston NHP, Massachusetts
Oct. 11Big Cypress NPres, Florida
Oct. 11Big Thicket NPres, Texas
Oct. 26Clara Barton NHS, Maryland
Oct. 26John Day Fossil Beds NM, Oregon
Oct. 26Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota
Oct. 26Martin Van Buren NHS, New York
Oct. 26Springfield Armory NHS, Massachusetts
Oct. 26Tuskegee Institute NHS, Alabama
Dec. 27Cuyahoga Valley NRA, Ohio (redesignated a NP, 2000)
1975
Jan. 3Canaveral NS, Florida
1976
March 17Chickasaw NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated Platt NP and Arbuckle NRA)
June 30Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska and Washington
July 4Valley Forge NHP, Pennsylvania
Aug. 19Ninety Six NHS, South Carolina
Oct. 12Obed WSR, Tennessee
Oct. 18Congaree Swamp NM, South Carolina
Oct. 18Eugene O'Neill NHS, California
Oct. 21Monocacy NB, Maryland (reauthorization and redesignation of Monocacy NMP)
1977
May 26Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, New York
1978
June 5Lowell NHP, Massachusetts
Aug. 15Chattahoochee River NRA, Georgia
Aug. 18War in the Pacific NHP, Guam
Oct. 19Fort Scott NHS, Kansas
Nov. 10Delaware NSR, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Nov. 10Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington
Nov. 10Edgar Allan Poe NHS, Pennsylvania
Nov. 10Friendship Hill NHS, Pennsylvania
Nov. 10Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana (incorporated Chalmette NHP)
Nov. 10Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, Hawaii
Nov. 10Maggie L. Walker NHS, Virginia
Nov. 10Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska and South Dakota
Nov. 10New River Gorge NR, West Virginia
Nov. 10Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, Texas
Nov. 10Rio Grande WSR, Texas
Nov. 10St. Paul's Church NHS, New York (designated 1943)
Nov. 10San Antonio Missions NHP, Texas
Nov. 10Santa Monica Mountains NRA, California
Nov. 10Thomas Stone NHS, Maryland
Nov. 10Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania and New York
Dec. 1Aniakchak NM, Alaska (incorporated in legislated Aniakchak NM and Aniakchak NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Bering Land Bridge NM, Alaska (redesignated a NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Cape Krusenstern NM, Alaska
Dec. 1Denali NM, Alaska (incorporated with Mount McKinley NP in Denali NP and Denali NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Gates of the Arctic NM, Alaska (incorporated in Gates of the Arctic NP and Gates of the Arctic NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and Glacier Bay NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Katmai NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total incorporated in Katmai NP and Katmai NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Kenai Fjords NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Kobuk Valley NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Lake Clark NM, Alaska (incorporated in Lake Clark NP and Lake Clark NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Noatak NM, Alaska (incorporated in Noatak NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Wrangell-St. Elias NM, Alaska (incorporated in Wrangell-St. Elias NP and Wrangell-St. Elias NPres by ANILCA 1980)
Dec. 1Yukon-Charley NM, Alaska (redesignated Yukon-Charley Rivers NPres by ANILCA 1980)
1979
Oct. 12Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, Massachusetts
1980
March 5Channel Islands NP, California (incorporated Channel Islands NM)
June 28Biscayne NP, Florida (incorporated Biscayne NM)
July 1Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia
Sept. 9USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii
Oct. 10Boston African American NHS, Massachusetts
Oct. 10Martin Luther King, Jr., NHS, Georgia
Dec. 2Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
Dec. 2Alagnak Wild River, Alaska
Dec. 19Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Chaco Canyon NM)
Dec. 19Salinas NM, New Mexico (incorporated Gran Quivira NM; redesignated Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 1988)
Dec. 22Kalaupapa NHP, Hawaii
Dec. 28James A. Garfield NHS, Ohio
Dec. 28Women's Rights NHP, New York
1983
March 28Natchez Trace NST, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
March 28Potomac Heritage NST, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
May 23Harry S Truman NHS, Missouri (designated 1982)
1986
Oct. 21Steamtown NHS, Pennsylvania
Oct. 27Great Basin NP, Nevada (incorporated Lehman Caves NM)
Oct. 28Korean War Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1995)
1987
June 25Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1965)
Dec. 23Jimmy Carter NHS, Georgia
Dec. 31El Malpais NM, New Mexico
1988
Feb. 16Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida
June 27San Francisco Maritime NHP, California (formerly part of Golden Gate NRA)
Sept. 8Charles Pinckney NHS, South Carolina
Oct. 7Natchez NHP, Mississippi
Oct. 31National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
Oct. 31Poverty Point NM, Louisiana
Nov. 18City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho
Nov. 18Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Idaho
Nov. 18Mississippi NR and Recreation Area, Minnesota
Dec. 26Bluestone National Scenic River, West Virginia
Dec. 26Gauley River NRA, West Virginia
1989
Oct. 2Ulysses S. Grant NHS, Missouri
1990
June 27Pecos NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Pecos NM)
June 27Petroglyph NM, New Mexico
Aug. 6Tumacacori NHP, Arizona (incorporated Tumacacori NM)
Oct. 31Weir Farm NHS, Connecticut
1991
May 24Niobrara NSR, Nebraska
Dec. 11Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, District of Columbia (designated 1982)
1992
Feb. 24Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands
March 3Manzanar NHS, California
May 27Hopewell Culture NHP, Ohio (incorporated Mound City Group NM)
Aug. 26Marsh-Billings NHP, Vermont (redesignated Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 1998)
Oct. 16Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio
Oct. 21Little River Canyon NPres, Alabama
Oct. 26Brown v. Board of Education NHS, Kansas
Oct. 27Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey
Oct. 27Keweenaw NHP, Michigan
1994
Oct. 31Death Valley NP, California and Nevada (incorporated Death Valley NM)
Oct. 31Joshua Tree NP, California (incorporated Joshua Tree NM)
Oct. 31Mojave NPres, California
Oct. 31New Orleans Jazz NHP, Louisiana
Nov. 2Cane River Creole NHP, Louisiana
1996
Nov. 12Boston Harbor Islands NRA, Massachusetts
Nov. 12New Bedford Whaling NHP, Massachusetts
Nov. 12Nicodemus NHS, Kansas
Nov. 12Tallgrass Prairie NPres, Kansas
Nov. 12Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma
1997
Oct. 9Oklahoma City NMem, Oklahoma
1998
Nov. 6Little Rock Central High School NHS, Arkansas
Nov. 6Tuskegee Airmen NHS, Alabama
1999
Nov. 29Minuteman Missile NHS, South Dakota
2000
Oct. 2000First Ladies NHS, OH
Oct. 2000Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP, CA
Nov. 2000Sand Creek Massacre NHS, CO
Nov. 2000Great Sand Dunes NPres, CO

Abbreviations Used in the Table
NB National Battlefield
NBP National Battlefield Park
NBS National Battlefield Site
NHP National Historical Park
NHS National Historic Site
NL National Lakeshore 		NM National Monument
NMem National Memorial
NMP National Military Park
NP National Park
NPres National Preserve
NR National River 		NRA National Recreation Area
NS National Seashore
NSR National Scenic River [changed from Riverway]
NST National Scenic Trail
WSR Wild and Scenic River

map of parks added 1973-1990

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