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“by some great protecting policy of government…in a magnificent park…a nation’s park, containing man and beast, in all the wild[ness] and freshness of their nature’s beauty!” George Catlin 1832

1832 Congress created Hot Springs Reservation Arkansas Territory “for the future disposal of the United States.” 1880 Hot Springs Park 1921 Hot Springs National Park

1864 Congress granted California the Yosemite Valley to “be held for public use, resort, and recreation…inalienable for all time.” 1890 Yosemite National Park

“dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring- ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” 1872 Yellowstone National Park

Grand Canyon Forest Reserve 1893 Grand Canyon Game Preserve 1906 Grand Canyon National Monument 1908 Grand Canyon National Park 1919

1916 “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

Design Services –1917 – George Goodwin, Engineer, Glacier NP –1918 – Charles Punchard, Landscape Architect, Yosemite NP –1922 – Dan Hull, Chief, Landscape Architect Office, Los Angeles –1927 – Thomas C.Vint, Chief, Landscape Architecture Division Engineering Office, Los Angeles –1933 Branch of Plans & Designs, Washington, D.C. –1942 – Los Angeles Office Moves to Chicago Thomas C. Vint

Design Services - continued – – $900 Million Mission 66 Project –1961 – Thomas C. Vint Retires –1963 – Western Office of Design Microfilming of Large Format Drawings –1971 – George Hartzog Centralize Design Offices –Western Office of Design –Eastern Office of Design –National Capital Design Office –Washington Office of Design and Construction –1972 – Denver Service Center Technical Information Center George Hartzog

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Land Status Map 2004 Mesa Verde NP Fishing Bridge Cabins 1955 Yellowstone NP

Transportation Study 2005 Mesa Verde NP

Bear Lake Parking Area Rocky Mountain NP 2002

Project Specifications Big Bend NP 2003 Final Construction Report Rainbow Point Rim Road Bryce Canyon NP 2004

Advanced Redoubt Ft. Barrancas Gulf Islands NS

Rocky Mountain NP Tourist Maps 1928

Draft Environmental Impact Statement Colorado River Management Plan Grand Canyon National Park 2004

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