United States yearbook - 1940 (1)

9 1 4 NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
N o. 9 0 8 .— Ar e a s Ad m in is t e r e d b y N a t io n a l P a r k S e r v ic e — N a m e , Y e a r
E s t a b l is h e d , L o c a t io n, A c r e a g e, a n d S p e c ia l C h a r a c t e r is t ic s : J u n e 30,
1940—Continued
n a t io n a l b a t t l e f ie l d s it e s — continued
NAME AND TEAR
ESTABLISHED
Location Area (aeros) Special characteristics
Kennesaw Mountain *. 1917 Qeorgia................. 60.00 Cheatham’s Hill, on which the m ost desperate
action during the B attle of
Kennesaw Mountain took place (Juno
27,1864).
Tupelo........................1929 Mississippi........... 1.00 Commemorates tho Battle of Tupelo,
July 13 and 14,1804.
White Plains.............1926 Now Y o rk .......... Memorials showing the positions held hy
Washington’s army at tho B attle of
White Plains.
Federal Hall Memor- 1939
ial.
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Now York City— .49 On this spot, the sito of the present Federal
Subtreasnry Building, stood tho
famous Federal Hall, the first soat of
the new Federal Government.
Hopewell Village____ 1938 Pennsylvania....... 213.70 One of the finest examples of American
18th century iron-making villages.
Manassas National 1940 Virginia................ 1,604.67 Here were fought the battles of F irst and
Battlefield Park.
O ld Philadelphia 1939
Custom House.
Second Manassas on July 21,1861, and
August 29-30,1862.
Philadelphia........ .79 This building, completed in 1824, is ono
of the finest examples of Greek revival
architecture; was the home of tho Second
Bank of the United States, which
figured so prominently in tho historic
controversy over national banking
policies.
Salem Maritime......... 1938 Massachusetts___ 8.61 Includes the Derby Wharf, tho Richard
Derby House, and the old Customs
House in which Nathaniel Hawthorno
workod, all important in the early
maritime history of New England.
NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA
Boulder Dam 1........... 1930 Arizona—Nevada. 1,699,573 Boulder Dam and Lnko M ead, tho
largest artificial lake in the world, 115
miles long.
NATIONAL MEMORIALS
Camp Blount Tablets. 1930 Tennessee............. Tablets marking tlio sitoof m ilitia mobilization
under Andrew Jackson for
Indian campaigns.
House Where Lin- 1896
coin Died.
Washington, D. C. .05 Lincoln died here on April 16,1866. Has
been refurnished to give atmosphere of
a typical home of tho 1800’s.
ICill Devil Hill........... 1927 North Carolina... 314.40 Site of the first sustained flight by a
heavicr-than-air machino, m ade hy
Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Leo Mansion.............. 1925 Virginia................ .50 Home of Robert E. Lee, commander-inchief
of tho Confederate Array.
Lincoln Memorial...... 1922 Washington, D.O. .61 Classical structure of great beauty with
a seated figure, 20 foot high, of tho
Groat Emancipator.
Lincoln Museum........1982 Washington, D.C- .18 Ford’s Theater in which Lincoln wns
shot by John Wilkes Booth on tile
night of April 14,1866.
M o u n t Rushmore 1929 South Dakota___ 1,465.51 Colossal figures carved on tlio face of
Memorial.
Mount Rushmore, delineating the
features of 4 great presidents.
New Echota Marker..1931 Georgia................. 1.00 Site of the last capital of the Cherokee
Washington Monu- 1885
meat.
Indians in Georgia.
Washington, D. C_ .37 Monument (in the form of an obollsk,
566 feet high), is one of the dominating
features of the Nation’s capital.
1 On Juno 26,1936, Congress authorized the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park project to
include this area.
s Area established by inter-bureau agreement. The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for tho water
conservation and power generation phases of tho projoot. The National Park Service administers tho
area for public recreation.