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National Park Service in Cities

August 25, 2016 marks the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. For at least 11,000 years Native Americans have lived near the headwaters of “Mi tsi a-da-zi”, the Rock Yellow River. Not so long ago in 1872, the U.S. Congress and President Grant established the country’s first national park in this watershed. This grand…

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