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<DIV>Where is Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1914?????</DIV>
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<DIV>The Assistant Curmudgeon</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:57
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] National park quarters
announced</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ah, well, sez The Currrrrmudgeon</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV>
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list of new national park quarters</SPAN></B></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>By The Associated Press
(AP)<BR><BR>The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of
quarters highlighting <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'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
<st1:State w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State>' <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hot Springs</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">National
Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, founded in 1832.<BR><BR>Here are the states,
with their images and the years in which they were established as federal
sites.<BR><BR>2010<BR>Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, 1832<BR>Wyoming,
Yellowstone National Park, 1872<BR>California, Yosemite National Park,
1890<BR>Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, 1893<BR>Oregon, Mt. Hood National
Forest, 1893<BR><BR>2011<BR>Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park,
1895<BR>Montana, Glacier National Park, 1897<BR>Washington, Olympic National
Park, 1897<BR>Mississippi, Vicksburg National Military Park, 1899<BR>Oklahoma,
Chickasaw National Recreation Area, 1902<BR><BR>2012<BR>Puerto Rico, El Yunque
National Forest, 1903<BR>New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park,
1907<BR>Maine, Acadia National Park, 1916<BR>Hawaii, Hawai'i Volcanoes
National Park, 1916<BR>Alaska, Denali National Park, 1917<BR><BR>2013<BR>New
Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest, 1918<BR>Ohio, Perry's Victory and
International Peace Memorial, 1919<BR>Nevada, Great Basin National Park,
1922<BR>Maryland, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine,
1925<BR>South Dakota, Mount Rushmore National Memorial,
1925<BR><BR>2014<BR>Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
1926<BR>Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, 1926<BR>Utah, Arches National
Park, 1929<BR>Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, 1932<BR>Florida,
Everglades National Park, 1934<BR><BR>2015<BR><BR>Nebraska, Homestead National
Monument of America, 1936<BR>Louisiana, Kisatchie National Forest,
1936<BR>North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway, 1936<BR>Delaware, Bombay Hook
National Wildlife Refuge, 1937<BR>New York, Saratoga National Historical Park,
1938<BR><BR>2016<BR>Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, 1939<BR>Kentucky,
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 1940<BR>West Virginia, Harpers Ferry
National Historical Park, 1944<BR>North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National
Park, 1946<BR>South Carolina, Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument),
1948<BR><BR>2017<BR>Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1949<BR>District of
Columbia, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1962<BR>Missouri, Ozark
National Scenic Riverways, 1964<BR>New Jersey, Ellis Island National Monument
(Statue of Liberty), 1965<BR>Indiana, George Rogers Clark National Historical
Park, 1966<BR><BR>2018<BR>Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,
1966<BR>Wisconsin, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 1970<BR>Minnesota,
Voyageurs National Park, 1971<BR>Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore,
1972<BR>Rhode Island, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge,
1973<BR><BR>2019<BR><BR>Massachusetts, Lowell National Historical Park,
1978<BR>Northern Mariana Islands, American Memorial Park, 1978<BR>Guam, War in
the Pacific National Historical Park, 1978<BR>Texas, San Antonio Missions
National Historical Park, 1978<BR>Idaho, Frank Church River of No Return
Wilderness, 1980<BR><BR>2020<BR>American Samoa, National Park of American
Samoa, 1988<BR>Connecticut, Weir Farm National Historic Site, 1990<BR>U.S.
Virgin Islands, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological
Preserve, 1992<BR>Vermont, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical
Park, 1992<BR>Kansas, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve,
1996<BR><BR>2021<BR>Alabama, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, 1998<BR
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