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Smokies C A National Park
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Park Service 1. March 1, 1872-the first National park is established by President Grant. (Yellowstone) 2. President Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the effort to create public parks.
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Park Status 3. N.P.S. was searching for an eastern park site. 4. Colonel David Chapman,Mr./ Mrs. Willis Davis, John D. Rockefeller, and others organized a plan to promote the Great Smoky Mtns. Of East TN. and Western N.C.
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The Man 5. In 1904, Horace Kephart (a librarian from St. Louis) saw the decimation of the area and along with others pushed for park status.
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June 15, 1934 1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established. 2. September 2, 1940- President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park.
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Park Facts Size-521,621 Acres 7,500 residents/1,200 farms were displaced and bought out. Some people were granted a lifetime lease and allowed to continue living in the park. A PARK FORMED FROM PRIVATE LANDS.
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Facts Logging, hunting, collecting, and commercial traffic was prohibited. Fishing, camping, and access was restricted.
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Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-CCC was started by FDR to fight the great depression and build public projects. A local CCC camp built many of the trails and the park infrastructure.
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"Save the Soil, Save the Forests, Save the Young Men."
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