The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act was a law passed by the 42nd US Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, creating Yellowstone National Park.[1] Yellowstone was the first national park in the US and is considered to be the first national park in the world.[2]
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[edit]- ^ "Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park (1872)". National Archives. February 8, 2022. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Birth of a National Park". National Park Service. February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
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