[Geysers] National park quarters announced

[Bruce Jensen]

Chase and everyone, FWIW, Yosemite was already commemorated on the previous California State quarter (Half Dome appeared along with John Muir and a condor), so prior appearance is probably not the whole story (although it may also account for the fact that Crater Lake is not on the new Oregon quarter).  My guess is that there partially clueless politicians were involved...
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"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened"
-Anatole France


--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Chase Ellison <crellison at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Chase Ellison <crellison at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Geysers] National park quarters announced
> To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:08 PM
> I believe Colorado may have chosen
> the great sand dunes as I believe  
> longs peak was on the state quater I maybe wrong. As for
> great basin I  
> agree it had something to do with the caves but even 1921
> is wrong it  
> was not established until January 24 1922. It also might be
> noted that  
> this is a first "draft" or listing and further listings
> maybe  
> corrected in the future or at least I hope.
> 
> Chase Ellison
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:42 AM, Bruce Jensen <bpnjensen at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > The parks are also not necessarily listed at the
> correct dates -  
> > IIRC, "Great Basin National Park" still had about 70
> or so years to  
> > go in 1921...They're probably talking about Lehman
> Cave NM, but  
> > nonetheless...
> >
> > Do we want to preserve historical inaccuracy on our
> metal currency?
> >
> > Bruce Jensen
> > **************
> > "Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul
> remains  
> > unawakened"
> > -Anatole France
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 9/9/09, TSBryan at aol.com
> <TSBryan at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: TSBryan at aol.com
> <TSBryan at aol.com>
> >> Subject: [Geysers] National park quarters
> announced
> >> To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
> >> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 3:57 PM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The list isn't that long, so I'll just append
> >> it to this -- today the mint
> >> released the list of national parks (so called,
> see below)
> >> to be honored in the
> >> series of US quarters starting in 2010.
> >>
> >> You might recall that a few months ago I noted
> that
> >> Yellowstone would not
> >> necessarily be #1, and it isn't. More
> importantly,
> >> though, I do wonder who came
> >> up with this list, and if there will be noise
> about it.
> >> Because, as you can see,
> >> there are a number of places on the list that are
> not
> >> national parks. Like Mt.
> >> Hood National Forest and Block Island National
> Wildlife
> >> Refuge, to name
> >> two.
> >>
> >> Ah, well, sez The Currrrrmudgeon
> >>
> >> Scott Bryan
> >> ------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> US Mint list
> >> of new national park quarters
> >> By The Associated Press
> >> (AP)
> >>
> >> The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will
> produce a
> >> series of
> >> quarters highlighting
> >> America 's national parks, one per
> >> state and territory, beginning next year. The
> coins will be
> >> minted based on the
> >> dates the parks or historic sites were established
> and
> >> start with
> >> Arkansas '
> >> Hot Springs National
> >> Park , founded in 1832.
> >>
> >> Here are the states,
> >> with their images and the years in which they
> were
> >> established as federal
> >> sites.
> >>
> >> 2010
> >> Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, 1832
> >> Wyoming,
> >> Yellowstone National Park, 1872
> >> California, Yosemite National Park,
> >> 1890
> >> Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, 1893
> >> Oregon, Mt. Hood National
> >> Forest, 1893
> >>
> >> 2011
> >> Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park,
> >> 1895
> >> Montana, Glacier National Park, 1897
> >> Washington, Olympic National
> >> Park, 1897
> >> Mississippi, Vicksburg National Military Park,
> 1899
> >> Oklahoma,
> >> Chickasaw National Recreation Area, 1902
> >>
> >> 2012
> >> Puerto Rico, El Yunque
> >> National Forest, 1903
> >> New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical
> Park,
> >> 1907
> >> Maine, Acadia National Park, 1916
> >> Hawaii, Hawai'i Volcanoes National
> >> Park, 1916
> >> Alaska, Denali National Park, 1917
> >>
> >> 2013
> >> New Hampshire,
> >> White Mountain National Forest, 1918
> >> Ohio, Perry's Victory and International
> >> Peace Memorial, 1919
> >> Nevada, Great Basin National Park, 1922
> >> Maryland,
> >> Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic
> Shrine, 1925
> >> South Dakota, Mount
> >> Rushmore National Memorial, 1925
> >>
> >> 2014
> >> Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains
> >> National Park, 1926
> >> Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, 1926
> >> Utah, Arches
> >> National Park, 1929
> >> Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park,
> >> 1932
> >> Florida, Everglades National Park, 1934
> >>
> >> 2015
> >>
> >> Nebraska,
> >> Homestead National Monument of America, 1936
> >> Louisiana, Kisatchie National
> >> Forest, 1936
> >> North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway, 1936
> >> Delaware, Bombay
> >> Hook National Wildlife Refuge, 1937
> >> New York, Saratoga National Historical
> >> Park, 1938
> >>
> >> 2016
> >> Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, 1939
> >> Kentucky,
> >> Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 1940
> >> West Virginia, Harpers Ferry
> >> National Historical Park, 1944
> >> North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National
> >> Park, 1946
> >> South Carolina, Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter
> National
> >> Monument),
> >> 1948
> >>
> >> 2017
> >> Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1949
> >> District of
> >> Columbia, Frederick Douglass National Historic
> Site, 1962
> >> Missouri, Ozark
> >> National Scenic Riverways, 1964
> >> New Jersey, Ellis Island National Monument
> >> (Statue of Liberty), 1965
> >> Indiana, George Rogers Clark National Historical
> >> Park, 1966
> >>
> >> 2018
> >> Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,
> >> 1966
> >> Wisconsin, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
> 1970
> >> Minnesota,
> >> Voyageurs National Park, 1971
> >> Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore,
> >> 1972
> >> Rhode Island, Block Island National Wildlife
> Refuge,
> >> 1973
> >>
> >> 2019
> >>
> >> Massachusetts, Lowell National Historical Park,
> >> 1978
> >> Northern Mariana Islands, American Memorial Park,
> 1978
> >> Guam, War in
> >> the Pacific National Historical Park, 1978
> >> Texas, San Antonio Missions
> >> National Historical Park, 1978
> >> Idaho, Frank Church River of No Return
> >> Wilderness, 1980
> >>
> >> 2020
> >> American Samoa, National Park of American Samoa,
> >> 1988
> >> Connecticut, Weir Farm National Historic Site,
> 1990
> >> U.S. Virgin
> >> Islands, Salt River Bay National Historical Park
> and
> >> Ecological Preserve,
> >> 1992
> >> Vermont, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
> Historical
> >> Park,
> >> 1992
> >> Kansas, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve,
> >> 1996
> >>
> >> 2021
> >> Alabama, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site,
> 1998
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Copyright
> >> © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights
> reserved.
> >>
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