earthstory:A NEW MAP FOR AN “OLD” PARK: Petrified Forest National ParkWhen I saw that a new geologic
earthstory:A NEW MAP FOR AN “OLD” PARK: Petrified Forest National ParkWhen I saw that a new geologic map had been made for the Petrified Forest National Park, my thoughts went back to my first visit there when I was just four-years-old; of all my childhood memories, these are among the most vibrant. It wasn’t until I could read that I could go through the “report” on the park published before I was born (I still have it and not until I was in second grade that my piece of petrified wood from the souvenir shop was glued to a board and included as part of my first science project.Petrified wood is rare; petrified wood of the quality in the National Park is very very rare. The existence of petrified wood in the area that would be the park was recognized in 1851, and documented in an early scientific study in 1853. First proposed to become a National Park in 1890, even with the help and study of John Muir, the area was initially declared a National Monument by Teddy Roosevelt in 1906, and finally gained National Park status in 1962.So why is this an “old” park? Keep reading -- source link
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