<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff><div><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial> Looks like they picked the Great Sand Dunes which are pretty cool too!<br>Tamsen <br>Tamsen Hert <br>Head of Special Collections <br>University of Wyoming Libraries <br>307.760.7416 <br> <br>Sent from my Verizon Wireless <br>Blackberry</font></div> <br><div><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> <font face=Tahoma size=2> <b>From</b>: geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu <geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu> <br><b>To</b>: Geyser Observation Reports <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu> <br><b>Sent</b>: Thu Sep 10 08:00:44 2009<br><b>Subject</b>: Re: [Geysers] National park quarters announced <br></font><br></div> <DIV>Where is Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1914?????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Assistant Curmudgeon</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=TSBryan@aol.com href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] National park quarters announced</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <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> <DIV> </DIV> <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> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ah, well, sez The Currrrrmudgeon</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV>------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=3><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US</SPAN></B></st1:country-region><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Mint 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 style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR>Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. 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