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NPS Sites Authorized this Decade: 70
NPS Site Deauthorized: 2
NPS Sites Authorized to Date: 260

1960 through 1969
April 22, 1960 - Wilson's Creek NB, MO (authorized as NBP; redesignated Dec 16, 1970)
June 3, 1960 - Bent's Old Fort NHS, CO
July 6, 1960 - Arkansas Post NMem, AR
September 13, 1960 - Haleakala NP, HI (detached from Hawaii NP)
January 18, 1961 - Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP - DC-MD-WV (proclaimed NM under NPS since Sep 23, 1938; changed to NHP Jan 8, 1971)
January 19, 1961 - St. Thomas NHS, Virgin Islands (ceded to Virgin Island government Feb 1975)
May 11, 1961 - Russell Cave NM, AL
August 7, 1961 - Cape Cod NS, MA (authorized; established Jun 1, 1966)
September 8, 1961 - Fort Davis NHS, TX (authorized; established Jul 4, 1963)
September 13, 1961 - Fort Smith NHS, AR
October 4, 1961 - Piscataway Park, MD
December 28, 1961 - Buck Island Reef NM, Virgin Islands
February 19, 1962 - Lincoln Boyhood NMem, IN
April 27, 1962 - Hamilton Grange NMem, NY
July 25, 1962 - Sagamore Hill NHS, NY
July 25, 1962 - Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS, NY
September 5, 1962 - Frederick Douglass NHS, District of Columbia (authorized as Frederick Douglass Home; redesignated Feb 12, 1988)
September 13, 1962 - Point Reyes NS, CA (authorized; established Oct 20, 1972)
September 28, 1962 - Padre Island NS, TX (authorized; established Apr 6, 1968)
August 27, 1964 - Ozark NSR, MO (authorized; established Jun 10, 1972)
August 30, 1964 - Fort Bowie NHS, AZ (authorized; established Jul 29, 1972)
August 31, 1964 - Saint Gaudens NHS, NH (authorized; established May 30, 1977)
August 31, 1964 - Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, PA
August 31, 1964 - John Muir NHS, CA
August 31, 1964 - Johnstown Flood NMem, PA
September 3, 1964 - Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
September 11, 1964 - Fire Island NS, NY
September 12, 1964 - Canyonlands NP, UT
October 13, 1964 - Ice Age NSR, WI (affiliated area)
December 31, 1964 - Bighorn Canyon NRA, WY-MT (administered under cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation; established Oct 15, 1966)
February 1, 1965 - Arbuckle NRA, OK (incorporated in Chickasaw NRA Mar 17, 1976)
February 11, 1965 - Curecanti NRA, CO (administered under cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation)
March 15, 1965 - Lake Meredith NRA, TX (cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation originally as Sanford NRA; name changed to Lake Meredith RA Oct 16, 1972; redesignated Nov 28, 1990))
May 15, 1965 - Nez Perce NHP, ID
June 5, 1965 - Agate Fossil Beds NM, NE
June 28, 1965 - Pecos NM, NM (incorporated in Pecos NHP June 27, 1990)
August 12, 1965 - Herbert Hoover NHS, IA
August 21, 1965 - Alibates Flint Quarries NM, TX (authorized as Alibates Flint Quarries & Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture NM; redesignated Nov 10, 1978)
August 28, 1965 - Hubbell Trading Post NHS, AZ
September 1, 1965 - Delaware Water Gap NRA, PA-NJ
September 21, 1965 - Assateague Island NS, MD-VA
September 30, 1965 - Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia
October 22, 1965 - Roger Williams NMem, RI
November 8, 1965 - Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA, CA (authorized; established Oct 21, 1972)
November 11, 1965 - Amistad NRA, TX (cooperative agreement with US Section, International Boundary & Water Commission, US & Mexico)
March 10, 1966 - Cape Lookout NS, NC
June 20, 1966 - Fort Union Trading Post NHS, ND-MT
June 30, 1966 - Chamizal NMem, TX (authorized; establshed Feb 4, 1974)
July 23, 1966 - George Rogers Clark NHP, IN
September 9, 1966 - San Juan Island NHP, WA
October 15, 1966 - National Historic Preservation Act
October 15, 1966 - Guadalupe Mountains NP, TX (authorized; established Sep 30, 1972)
October 15, 1966 - Pictured Rocks NL, MI
October 15, 1966 - Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, VA
November 2, 1966 - Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, NY
November 5, 1966 - Indiana Dunes NL, IN
May 26, 1967 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, MA
November 27, 1967 - Eisenhower NHS, PA
April 5, 1968 - Saugus Iron Works NHS, Massachusetts
October 2, 1968 - National Trails System Act
October 2, 1968 - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
October 2, 1968 - Appalachian NST, ME-NH-VT-MA-CT-NY-NJ-PA-MD-VA-WV-TN-NC-GA
October 2, 1968 - Lake Chelan NRA, WA
October 2, 1968 - North Cascades NP, WA
October 2, 1968 - Redwood NP, CA
October 2, 1968 - Ross Lake NRA, WA
October 17, 1968 - Carl Sandburg Home NHS, NC (authorized; established Oct 27, 1972)
October 18, 1968 - Biscayne NP, FL (originally NM; redesignated NP Jun 28, 1980)
January 20, 1969 - Marble Canyon NM, AZ (incorporated in Grand Canyon NP Jan 3, 1975)
August 20, 1969- Florissant Fossil Beds NM, CO
September 4, 1969 - Saint Croix NSR, WI-MN (Lower Saint Croix NSR, MN-WI authorized Oct 25, 1972)
September 4, 1969 - Wolf NSR, WI (later removed from System)
December 2, 1969 - Lyndon B. Johnson NHP, TX (authorized as NHS; redesignated as NHP Dec 28, 1980)
December 2, 1969 - William Howard Taft NHS, OH