<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Comic Sans MS, cursive" size="2"> <div>AP reported today:</div> <div> </div> <div>US Mint list of new national park quarters</div> <div>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 <b>start with Arkansas' Hot Springs National Park, founded in 1832.</b></div> <div>Here are the states, with their images and the years in which they were established as federal sites.</div> <div> </div> <div>2010</div> <div>Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, 1832</div> <div>Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, 1872</div> <div>California, Yosemite National Park, 1890</div> <div>Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, 1893</div> <div>Oregon, Mt. Hood National Forest, 1893</div> <div> </div> <div>2011</div> <div>Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park, 1895</div> <div>Montana, Glacier National Park, 1897</div> <div>Washington, Olympic National Park, 1897</div> <div>Mississippi, Vicksburg National Military Park, 1899</div> <div>and the list goes on . . . </div> <div> </div> <div>Scott was right in his earlier post about Hot Springs AR being first. </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS, cursive" color="#007600">Thanks,</font></div> <div><font face="Script MT Bold, cursive" size="4" color="#007600">Udo Freund</font></div> <div> </div> </font> </body> </html>