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Yellowstone: The World's First National Park

Dan Snow's History Hit

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What Are People Ken to Protect?

The yellowstone act created the first national park in the world. There was a growing sense, because of industrialization and increased organization, that people really needed green spaces to just go and sit in and walk through. And so you see a lot of city parks being built and used starting in about the 18 forties and fifties in the united states.

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