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  2. Theodore Roosevelt Island - Wikipedia

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    Theodore Roosevelt Island is an 88.5-acre (358,000 m 2) island and national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. [2] [3] During the Civil War, it was used as a training camp for the United States Colored Troops.

  3. List of national parks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 433 units of the National Park System can be broadly referred to as national parks, but most have other formal designations. [ 4 ] A bill creating the first national park, Yellowstone , was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, followed by Mackinac National Park in 1875 (decommissioned in 1895), and then Rock Creek Park ...

  4. List of lands protected by Theodore Roosevelt through ...

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    This nationalization of the spaces of nature accelerated with the 1906 National Monuments legislation (American Antiquities Act) under President Theodore Roosevelt, and in 1916 the National Park Service was created as a unified system to administer these national parks." Palgrave Macmillan Education Press

  5. List of areas in the United States National Park System

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    There are 21 national preserves in the United States, 19 of which are counted by the National Park System as official units. Ten are stand-alone official units, while eleven others are designated areas where hunting or grazing is permitted as part of a larger "national park and preserve" or "national monument and preserve".

  6. An unexpected gem: What travelers will find at Theodore ...

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    Here’s what travelers should expect at Theodore Roosevelt, the latest national park in USA TODAY’s yearlong series. Sunset basks Theodore Roosevelt National Park's South Unit in brilliant ...

  7. Roosevelt Protected Landscape - Wikipedia

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    The park was established as Roosevelt National Park covering an area of 1,485 hectares (3,670 acres) on March 30, 1933, through Proclamation No. 567 signed by Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [3] [4] In 1965, the national park was reduced to 1,334 hectares (3,300 acres). On April 23, 2000, the park was reclassified as a protected ...

  8. Theodore Roosevelt Park - Wikipedia

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    Theodore Roosevelt Park may refer to: Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, Washington DC; Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, Oyster Bay, New York; Theodore Roosevelt Monument, New Jersey; Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness; Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Mississippi

  9. Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Wikipedia

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    Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a national park of the United States in the badlands of western North Dakota comprising three geographically separated areas. This park pays homage to the time that Theodore Roosevelt spent in the surrounding area and in the Dakota Territories before they were states. Roosevelt lived in the area after his ...