US National Parks Turn 100 – National Park Service
In a wonderful piece put together by BBC Travel, “The US National Parks Turn 100” you get a look at the men an women who make these amazing parks operate year after year. The US National Park Service was founded as an act of congress in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. Although some national parks were in existence as early as 1872, it wasn’t until 1916 that things really got started. Yellowstone national park was the first…
