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On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service. This act spelled out the mission of the park service, stating it was to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein,” of America’s national parks, monuments and reservations. The park service would be a caretaker of these sites and would “leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Congratulations to the National Park Service for 100 years of protecting the best of America. This calendar features historic images from the NPS collection.
Front cover: Glacier National Park, hand colored photograph by T. J. Hileman, 1920. Back cover: Arches National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s. Top , clockwise from left : Yellowstone National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1890s; Grand Teton National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s; Grand Canyon National Park, photograph by George A. Grant, 1930. Mount Rainier National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1930s. Left: Yosemite National Park, color applied photograph, circa 1915. Unless noted all images courtesy of the National Park Service. Thanks to Wade Myers and Joan Bacharach of the National Park Service. For more information about our national parks, visit www.nps.gov
Copyright 2015 by Eastern National. Eastern National provides quality educational products and services to the visitors to America’s national parks and other public trusts. Visit us at www.eParks.com Printed on recycled paper Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone , by Thomas Moran, 1893. Granger Collection SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY DECEMBER 2015 FEBRUARY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year’s Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1956: Conrad L. Wirth 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 proposes a 10-year 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 program to upgrade 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 national park facilities.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The parks do 1973: Ronald H. Walker 1964: George B. becomes director of the Hartzog, Jr., becomes National Park Service. director of the National not belong to Park Service. one state…. The Yosemite, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1929: Horace M. 1975: Gary Everhardt the Yellowstone, Albright becomes becomes director of the director of the National National Park Service. Park Service. the Grand Canyon are national properties in 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Martin Luther King, Jr. 1935: Wilderness Society which every Day is founded. citizen has a vested interest.
– Stephen T. Mather 24&31 25 26 27 28 29 30 1879: National cemetery is established for the burial of U.S. cavalry troops at Little Bighorn Battlefield. JAN UARY Sunset in the Yosemite Valley , by William Bradford, 1881. Courtesy of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 1905: U.S. Forest Service is established.
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The nation Chinese New Year Ash Wednesday behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day President’s Day which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 impaired, in value.
JANUARY 2016 MARCH 2016 28 29 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 31 FE BRUARY Rainbow Bridge National Monument, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2016 APRIL 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1872: Yellowstone 1933: Morristown 1879: Congress 1929: First national 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 becomes the world’s becomes the first establishes the U.S. monument established first national park. national historical park. Geological Survey. by Congress, rather 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 than by presidential 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 proclamation, at South 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dakota’s badlands.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Once our natural International Women’s Day splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 And once man can Daylight Savings St. Patrick’s Day Time begins no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 his spirit will wither Palm Sunday/ Good Friday Spring begins and his sustenance be wasted. – Lyndon B. Johnson 27 28 29 30 31 Easter
MA RCH Saguaro National Park, photograph by Natt N. Dodge, 1942. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH 2016 MAY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1951: Arthur E. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Demaray becomes director of the National 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Park Service. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the Civilian Wilderness itself Conservation Corps, which builds facilities in many national parks. is the basis of all our civilization. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I wonder if we have enough reverence for life to concede to 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1989: James M. Earth Day wilderness the Ridenour becomes director of the Passover begins at dusk National Park Service. right to live on? – Margaret Murie
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APRIL Lassen Volcanic National Park, color applied NPS photograph, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cinco de Mayo 1894: Department of the Interior granted authority to arrest and punish law violators in national parks.
There is nothing 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mother’s Day 1918: A letter from so American Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane to as our national Stephen T. Mather lays out the first management policies parks. The scenery for national parks. and the wildlife 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1980: Russell E. 1917: Stephen T. Mather 1985: William Penn are native. The Dickenson becomes becomes director of the Mott, Jr., becomes director of the National Park Service. director of the National National Park Service. Park Service. fundamental idea behind the parks is native…. The 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1892: The Sierra Club parks stand as the is founded. outward symbol of the great
APRIL 2016 JUNE 2016 human principle. 29 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Memorial Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 – Franklin D. Roosevelt 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 MAY Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, color applied NPS photograph, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MAY 2016 JULY 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 1993: Roger G. Kennedy 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 becomes director of the National Park Service. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 One may lack 31 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 words to express 1906: Antiquities Act becomes law. the impact of beauty but no one who has felt it 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 remains untouched. Flag Day 1825: Cornerstone for Bunker Hill Monument It is renewal, is laid, one of the first monuments in the U.S. to mark a military enlargement, battle. intensification. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The parks preserve Father’s Day Summer begins it permanently in the inheritance of the American 26 27 28 29 30 citizens. 1864: President Lincoln signs legislation – Bernard DeVoto withdrawing Yosemite Valley from public domain to be “preserved for the benefit of mankind.” JUNE Petrified Forest National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JUNE 2016 AUGUST 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independence Day 1977: William J. Whalen 1916: Sieur de Monts becomes director of the National Monument National parks National Park Service. (Acadia National Park), established as the first NPS area east of the are the best idea Mississippi River. we ever had. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 they reflect us at 2001: Fran P. Mainella becomes director of the our best rather National Park Service. than our worst. – Wallace Stegner 24&31 25 26 27 28 29 30
JULY Grand Canyon , by William Robinson Leigh, circa 1909. Granger Collection SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 1997: Robert Stanton becomes director of the National Park Service.
The idea of wild 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 or wilderness 1933: Reorganization 1933: Arno B. Plan brings areas Cammerer becomes managed by the War director of the National national parks is a Department, Forest Park Service. Service, and District of Columbia into the distinctly American National Park System. idea and did not 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1886: U.S. Cavalry units 1890: Chickamauga 1940: Newton B. have a European enter Yellowstone NP to and Chattanooga Drury becomes enforce regulations, and established as the first director of the manage the park. national military park. National Park Service. tradition. The European tradition is about formal 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1935: Historic Sites 1916: President park design rather Act becomes law and Woodrow Wilson signs establishes significant National Park Service preservation Organic Act. than large wild principles. parks, such as our
JULY 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016 national parks. 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 – Charles C. Adams 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST Mesa Verde National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AUGUST 2016 OCTOBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1964: The Wilderness 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Act becomes law as does the Land and 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Water Conservation 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Fund Act. 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The national park idea 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 has been nurtured Labor Day by each succeeding generation of Americans. Today, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 across our land, the National Park System represents America at its best. Each park 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 contributes to a Fall begins 1906: President Theodore Roosevelt deeper understanding designates Devils Tower the first national monument under the of the history of the provisions of the Antiquities Act. United States and 25 26 27 28 29 30 our way of life. – George B. Hartzog, Jr. SEPTEM BER Zion National Park, color applied photograph by Henry G. Peabody, circa 1930s. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 It is the course of Rosh Hashanah 1968: National Trails begins at dusk System Act and National wisdom to set aside Wild and Scenic Rivers 2009: Jonathan B. System Act is passed. Jarvis becomes an ample portion director of the National Park Service. of our national 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 resources as Columbus Day Yom Kippur begins 1966: President at dusk Lyndon B. Johnson national parks signs the National 1974: Big Cypress and Historic Preservation Big Thicket authorized Act into law. and reserves, as first national preserves. thus ensuring that 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 future generations 2006: Mary Bomar becomes director of the may know the National Park Service. majesty of the earth as we know it today. 23&30 24&31 25 26 27 28 29 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy 31: Halloween October 31, 1979: The Archaeological Resources Protection Act is approved. OCT OBER Devils Tower National Monument, photograph by George A. Grant, 1947. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 2016 DECEMBER 2016 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Daylight Savings Election Day 1978: National Parks Veterans Day Time ends and Recreation Act becomes law. Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1966: Old Slater Mill, 1990: Native American play in and pray Rhode Island, is the Graves Protection and first property listed on Repatriation Act passes the National Register Congress. in, where Nature of Historic Places. may heal and cheer and give 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Thanksgiving strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir
27 28 29 30 1955: Support for the Echo Park Dam that would have flooded thousands of acres of Dinosaur National Monument officially ends. NOVEMBER Mount Rushmore National Memorial, photograph by Woodbridge Williams, 1974. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2016 JANUARY 2017 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1978: President Carter 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 proclaims 15 new national monuments in 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Alaska. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 The national 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 parklands have 1941: Parks used for 1951: Conrad L. Wirth wartime training— becomes director of the a major role mountain climbing and National Park Service. desert operations. in providing superlative 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 opportunities for outdoor recreation… they can help create social values, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 contribute to our 1971: Alaska Native Winter begins Hanukkah begins Claims Settlement Act at dusk civic consciousness, is passed. and remind us of our debt to the 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 land of our fathers. Christmas Kwanzaa begins New Year’s Eve – Stewart Udall DECEM BER 2016 COMMEMORATIVE CALENDAR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 100TH ANNIVERSARY In 2016, the National Park Service commemorates the 100th anniversary of its founding. This calendar features historic color photographs and paintings from the NPS collection.