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U.S. National Parks at 100

Making Memories in America's Vacationlands

The U.S. National Park Service

A bureau of the Department of the Interior, the NPS consists of seven regional offices and numerous support offices that oversee park operations within their respective geographic areas. National Park Service headquarters is located in Washington, D.C.

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The great centennial: It's a party, and you're invited!

Which one of the following U.S. national parks would you most like to visit?

Biscayne: 2 votes (3.7%)

Denali: 13 votes (24.07%)

Everglades: 2 votes (3.7%)

Grand Canyon: 5 votes (9.26%)

Sequoia: 14 votes (25.93%)

Yellowstone: 18 votes (33.33%)

Total Votes: 54

Getting historical

1872 to 1905: Beginning with Yellowstone

Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country by Marc Hendrix
Call Number: 557.8752 H385g
ISBN: 9780878425761
Publication Date: 2011
Unlocking the Past by Lu Ann De Cunzo (Editor); John H. Jameson (Editor); Society for Historical Archaeology Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: 973 Un4
ISBN: 0813027969
Publication Date: 2005
Yellowstone National Park by Linda R. Wade; John Hamilton
Call Number: S.917.87 H181y
ISBN: 9781591974277
Publication Date: 2005
Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone Country by William J. Fritz
ISBN: 087842170X
Publication Date: 1985
Seeing Yellowstone In 1871 by Marlene Merrill (Translator); Marlene Deahl Merrill (Editor, Introduction by); Thomas Moran (Illustrator); William Henry Jackson (Illustrator); Henry Wood Elliott (Illustrator); Albert Peale (Text by)
ISBN: 0803287879
Publication Date: 2005
The Spirit of Yellowstone by Judith L. Meyer; Vance Howard (Photographer)
ISBN: 157098395X
Publication Date: 2003
Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback by George W. Wingate
ISBN: 089301205X
Publication Date: 1999
Compass American Guides: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, 2nd Edition by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
ISBN: 9780307928474
Publication Date: 2012

1906 to 1915: Intersecting with Native America

The First North Americans by Brian M. Fagan
Call Number: 970.00497 F131f
ISBN: 9780500021200
Publication Date: 2011
Speaking with the Ancestors by Kevin E. Smith; James V. Miller
Call Number: 977.01 Sm617s
ISBN: 9780817315955
Publication Date: 2009
Repatriation of Indian Human Remains by Laurent B. Daville (Editor)
Call Number: E98.M34 R4538 2013
ISBN: 9781626182585
Publication Date: 2013
Native American Voices by Susan Lobo; Steve Talbot
ISBN: 0130307327
Publication Date: 2000
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the High Plains and Rockies by George C. Frison; Marcel Kornfeld; Mary Lou Larson
ISBN: 9781598744675
Publication Date: 2010

1916 to 1932: Organizing the vision

Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears by Heather Hansen; Jonathan B. Jarvis (Foreword by)
Call Number: 333.780973 H198p
ISBN: 9781594858888
Publication Date: 2015
Presidents and the American Environment by Otis Graham
Call Number: 363.705610973 G76p
ISBN: 9780700620982
Publication Date: 2015
The Grand Canyon Reader by Lance Newman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780520270787
Publication Date: 2011
Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley by Peter Galassi; Ansel Adams (Photographer)
ISBN: 9780316323406
Publication Date: 2014
Rocky Mountain National Park by Gerry Roach
ISBN: 1555910335
Publication Date: 1988

1933: Impacting the economy

Managing the Mountains by Sara M. Gregg
Call Number: 307.120974 G861m
ISBN: 9780300142198
Publication Date: 2010
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama, 1933-1942 by Robert Pasquill
Call Number: 333.761509761 P265c
ISBN: 9780817316211
Publication Date: 2008
National Parks and Rural Development by Gary E. Machlis (Editor); Donald R. Field (Editor); Craig Thomas (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1559638141
Publication Date: 2000
The Impact of Parks and Open Space on Property Values and the Property Tax Base by John L. Crompton
ISBN: 0929581555
Publication Date: 2000
The WPA Guide to 1930s Missouri by Federal Writers' Project Staff; Charles Van Ravenswaay (Foreword by); Howard Marshall (Introduction by); Walter Schoroeder (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0700602925
Publication Date: 1986
The WPA Guides by Christine Bold
ISBN: 1578061946
Publication Date: 1999
New Deal Adobe by Christine E. Savage
ISBN: 0931832756
Publication Date: 1991

1934 to 1963: Broadening the mission

Crossroads of Conflict by Barry L. Brown; Gordon R. Elwell; Jennifer Evans Yankopolus
ISBN: 9780820337302
Publication Date: 2010
The Official Guide to America's National Parks by Fodor Travel Publications Staff
ISBN: 9780876371275
Publication Date: 2012
Tourism and National Parks by Richard W. Butler (Editor); Stephen W. Boyd (Editor)
ISBN: 0471988944
Publication Date: 2000
Mission 66 by Ethan Carr
ISBN: 9781558495876
Publication Date: 2007
Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas by Paul F. J. Eagles (Editor); Stephen F. McCool (Editor)
ISBN: 0851995896
Publication Date: 2004

1964 to present: Building the future

America's wilderness
NPS video series

Petrified Forest National Park by George M. Lubick; Lubick
Call Number: 333.784 L961P
ISBN: 0816516294
Publication Date: 1996
Preserving Nature in the National Parks by Richard West Sellars
Call Number: 333.70973 Se48p2009
ISBN: 9780300154146
Publication Date: 2009
Great Smoky Mountains by Rose Houk; Michael Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: 508.76889 H814g
ISBN: 9780395599204
Publication Date: 1993
Natural Wonders of America by Beverley Da Costa
ISBN: 0070011559
Publication Date: 1972
Exploring America's Hidden Treasures by Mary B. Dickinson (Editor)
ISBN: 0870448633
Publication Date: 1994