National Park Timeline, Dayton Aviation to Gulf Islands National Seashore

National Park Timeline

National Park Unit	Location	Established Date
D
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park	Ohio	October 16, 1992
De Soto National Memorial	Florida	March 11, 1948
Death Valley National Park	California	February 11, 1933.
- Authorized as Death Valley National Monument, 1933. Incorporated Death Valley Park, October 31, 1994.
Delaware Water National Recreation Area	Pennsylvania and New Jersey	September 1, 1965
Denali National Park and Preserve	Alaska	December 1, 1978
- Authorized as Denali National Monument, 1978, and Mount McKinley National Park, February 26, 1917. Incorporated in Denali NP and Preserve by ANILCA, 1980.
DeSoto National Memorial	Florida	March 11, 1948
Devil's Postpipe National Monument	California	July 6, 1911
Devils Tower National Monument	Wyoming	September 24, 1890
Dinosaur National Monument	Colorado & Utah	October 4, 1915
Dry Tortugas National Park	Florida	January 4, 1935
- Authorized as Fort Jefferson National Monument, 1935. Redesignated Dry Tortugas National Park, 1992.
E
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Washington	November 10, 1978
Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	November 10, 1978
Edison National Historic Site	New Jersey	December 6, 1955
- Authorized as Edison Home NHS, December 6, 1955, and Edison Laboratory NM, July 14, 1956. Incorporated in Edision NHS, September 5, 1962.
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Iowa	October 25, 1949
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	November 27, 1967
El Malpais National Monument	New Mexico	December 31, 1987
El Morro National Monument	New Mexico	December 8, 1906
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	May 26, 1977
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	California	October 18, 1976
The Everglades National Park	Florida	May 30, 1934
F
Federal Hall National Memorial	New York	May 26, 1939
- Authorized as Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site, 1939. Redesignated Federal Hall National Memorial, 1955.
Fire Island National Seashore	New York	September 11, 1964
First Ladies National Historic Site	Ohio	October 11, 2000
Flight 93 National Monument	Pennsylvania	September 24, 2002
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Colorado	August 20, 1969
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site	District of Columbia	April 7, 1866
- Originally acquired April 7,1866. Authorized as National Historic Site, 1970.
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Arizona	August 30, 1964
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Florida	September 21, 1950
Fort Clatsop	Oregon	May 29, 1958
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Texas	September 8, 1961
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Tennessee	March 26, 1928
- Authorized as Fort Donelson National Military Park, 1928. Redesignated Fort Donelson National Battlefield, 1985.
Fort Frederica National Monument	Georgia	March 26, 1936
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Wyoming	July 16, 1938
- Authorized as Fort Laramie National Monument, 1938. Redesignated Fort Laramie National Historic Site, 1960.
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Kansas	August 31, 1964
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Florida	October 15, 1924
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Site	Maryland	March 3, 1925
- Authorized as Fort McHenry National Park, 1925. Redesignated Fort McHenry NM & Historic Shrine, 1939.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1931
- Authorized as Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, 1931. Redesignated Fort Necessity NB, 1961.
Fort Point National Historic Site	California	October 16, 1970
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Georgia	October 15, 1924
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	North Carolina	April 5, 1941
Fort Scott National Historic Site	Kansas	October 19, 1978
Fort Smith National Historic Site	Arkansas	September 13, 1961
Fort Stanwix National Monument	New York	August 21, 1935
- Acquired 1973
Fort Sumter National Monument	South Carolina	April 28, 1948
Fort Union National Monument	New Mexico	June 28, 1954
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	North Dakota and Montana	June 20, 1966
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Washington	June 19, 1948
- Authorized as Fort Vancouver National Monument, 1948. Redesignated Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 1961.
Fort Washington Park	Maryland	May 29,1930
Fossil Butte National Monument	Wyoming	October 23, 1972
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	District of Columbia	September 1, 1959
- Authorized 1959. Dedicated 1997.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	District of Columbia	September 5, 1962
- Authorized as Frederick Douglass Home, 1962. Redesignated Frederick Douglass NHS, 1988.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site	Massachusetts	October 12, 1979
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park	Virginia	February 14, 1927
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	November 10, 1978
G
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Alaska	December 1, 1978
- Authorized as Gates of the Arctic National Monument, 1978. Incorporated in Gates of the Arctic NP & Preserve by ANILCA, 1980.
Gateway National Recreation Area	New York and New Jersey	October 27, 1972
Gauley River National Recreation Area	West Virginia	December 26, 1988
General Grant National Memorial	New York	August 14, 1958
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park	Indiana	May 23, 1928
- Authorized as George Rogers Clark Memorial, 1928. Incorporated in George Rogers Clark NHP, July 23, 1966.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Virginia	January 26, 1930
George Washington Carver National Monument	Missouri	July 14, 1943
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Virginia and Maryland	May 23, 1928
- Authorized as Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, May 23, 1928. Incorporated as George Washington Memorial Parkway, May 29, 1930.
Gettysburg National Military Park	Pennsylvania	February 11, 1895
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	New Mexico	November 16, 1907
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Alaska	February 26, 1925
- Authorized as Glacier Bay National Monument, 1925, with additional lands added December 1, 1978. Both incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and Preserve by ANILCO, 1980.
Glacier National Park	Montana	May 11, 1910
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Utah & Arizona	April 18, 1958
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	California	October 27, 1972
Golden Spike National Historic Site	Utah	July 30, 1965
- Designated 1957.
Governor's Island National Monument	New York	January 20, 2001
Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona	January 11, 1908
- Authorized as Grand Canyon National Monument, 1908. Incorporated in Grand Canyon National Park, Feb. 26, 1919. Authorized Grand Canyon National Monument, Dec. 22, 1932. Authorized Marble Canyon National Monument, January 20, 1969. Incorporated various areas into NP, 1975.
Grand Portage National Monument	Minnesota	September 2, 1958
- Authorized as National Monument, desgnated a NHS in 1951.
Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming	February 26, 1929
- Authorized as Grand Teton NP, 1929, and Jackson Hole NM, March 15, 1943. Incorporated as Grand Teton NP, September 14, 1950.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Montana	August 25, 1972
Great Basin National Park	Nevada	January 24, 1922
- Authorized as Lehman Caves National Monument, 1922. Incorporated in Great Basin NP, October 27, 1986.
Great Egg Harbor Scenic & Recreatioal River	New Jersey	October 27, 1992
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Colorado	March 17, 1932
- Authorized as Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 1932. Great Sand Dunes National Preserve added November 22, 2000. Redesignated NP & Preserve, September 24, 2004.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina and Tennessee	May 22, 1926
Greenbelt Park	Maryland	August 3, 1950
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Texas	October 15, 1966
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	North Carolina	March 2, 1917
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Florida and Mississippi	January 8, 1971
- Santa Rose Island National Monument established May 17, 1939, and abolished in 1946. Island included in Gulf Islands National Seashore, 1971.

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