The History of Theodore Roosevelt and His national parks
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In the Mesa Verde National Park, Theodore Roosevelt established the first national park to, as he said, "preserve the works of man" in 1906. Ancestral Puebloan people, lived in the region up to as many as 600 to 1300, and had left behind more than 4,000 archaeological sites spreading over 80 square miles. The Pueblo's ancient dwellings were set high into the sandstone cliffs, as seen in the picture above, and are a major the heart of the Mesa Verde National Park.
History about other national parks and wildlife
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First stepping into the Badlands in September 1833 Theodore Roosevelt was known as the "Conservationist President" due to his conservation efforts to protect wildlife, public land, and expand forests. Once he became President in 1901, through 1909 he used that power to protect wildlife and land by creating the U.S Forest Service, 4 National Game Preserves, 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, and established the 1906 American Antiquities Act that allowed him to proclaim 18 National Monuments all of which are still around now and visited daily by many. Throughout his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt protected about 230,000,000 acres of public land that could have potentially been industrialized and robbed of it's beauty. Therefore saving many animal's habitats and preserving beautiful land for generations to come. Hearing about a big hunting game had initially brought him to the west, as he had arrived a large heard of bison had by hide hunters and disease. Conservation had now become increasingly one of Roosevelt's main concerns. The North Dakota badlands became one of Roosevelt's personal concerns which, first gave rise to his later environmental efforts. Roosevelt is remembered with a national park that bears his name and honors the memory of this great conservationist, named Theodore's National Park. Roosevelt had said,
"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all marred." Theodore Roosevelt
"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all marred." Theodore Roosevelt