National Park Birthdays

Zion National Park was established on January 22, 1937.
Rocky Mountain National Park celebrates its birth this month - January 26, 1915.

During the heart of the Civil War, a young Irish-American senator John Conness created a bill to set aside Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as Yosemite National Park. On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the bill in law establishing the park.