NPS Historic Timeline

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite NP

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1860's
June 30, 1864 - Yosemite State Park, California (incorporated in Yosemite NP 1906)
April 7, 1866 - Ford's Theater, District of Columbia, acquisition authorized; designated a NHS 1970

1870's
March 1, 1872 - Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
March 3, 1875 - Mackinac NP, Michigan (abolished in 1895)
August 2, 1876 - Washington Monument, District of Columbia, accepted; dedicated 1885
March 3, 1877 - Statue of Liberty, New York, accepted; dedicated 1886; designated a NM in 1924

1880's
December 7, 1886 - National Cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation (redesignated Custer Battlefield NM 1946; redesignated Little Bighorn Battlefield NM 1991)
March 2, 1889 - Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, Arizona (redesignated Casa Grande NM 1918; redesignated Casa Grande Ruins NM 1926)

1890's
August 19, 1890 - Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Georgia and Tennessee
August 30, 1890 - Antietam NBS, Maryland (redisgnated a NB 1978)
September 25, 1890 - Sequoia NP, California
September 27, 1890 - Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia
October 1, 1890 - General Grant NP, California (incorporated in Kings Canyon NP 1940)
October 1, 1890 - Yosemite NP, California
December 27, 1894 - Shiloh NMP, Tennessee
February 11, 1895 - Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania
February 21, 1899 - Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi
March 2, 1899 - Mount Rainier NP, Washington