On March 15, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Presidential Proclamation 2578 establishing a large swath of land east of the Teton National Park as a national monument. The area of land covered 221,6
1953 political cartoon illustrating how the US public's opinion of their national parks shifted in support of conservation and preservation against private interests.
Antiquities Act
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The Antiquities Act of 1906 is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the president of the United States the aut
Jackson Hole National Monument
…into a national forest so that the existing grazing permits could continue. Barret argued that Roosevelt was not in his right to use section two of the Antiquities Act of 1906 since he believed there was nothing geologically, biologically, historically, or culturally worth protecting in the valley. He then accused Roosevelt…
Devils Tower, the first national monument