(National Park Service Inspector P. T. Primm on inspection trip)

A. C. Browne
Photograph
1935

Inspector P. T. Primm was sent to Joshua Tree to assess the appropriateness of adding Joshua Tree to the National Park System. Correspondence to his superiors indicates that he thought that it had some aspects worthy of the National Park System, but it was lacking in others. In spite of his hesitancy, the area became a national monument in 1936.

Joshua Tree National Park, JOTR 11350