tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651762.post8957211180858443235..comments2012-04-22T15:25:27.794-07:00Comments on Random Ramblings...: M.I.A.?scmusicalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823355909809809907noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651762.post-52590765119727050202007-07-12T11:05:00.000-07:002007-07-12T11:05:00.000-07:00Hey Jim,Thanks for the clarification. I covered 7...Hey Jim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the clarification. I covered 7 states in 11 days, and I wrote this blog entry pretty quickly...so my mistake. Of course...Grant made Yellowstone the first National park...as well as made Devils Tower the first National monument. I even stayed in the Grants Village lodge the first night in Yellowstone and read up on it...so shame on me for making the mistake.<BR/><BR/>I think the problem was that I also had Roosevelt in my head. He's on Mount Rushmore...he has his own National Park in North Dakota. He did a lot for the National Parks as well. But, mea culpa...Grant deserves the Yellowstone credit.scmusicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10823355909809809907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651762.post-57204508061967562812007-07-12T04:14:00.000-07:002007-07-12T04:14:00.000-07:00I'm going to have to write a blog about this as of...I'm going to have to write a blog about this as often as I see this mistake on the Web and people's blogs. Even a former employee of the Department of Interior recently made this mistake.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, the mistake is that Teddy Roosevelt did not found the national parks or Yellowstone, which was founded in 1872 when Grant was President, almost 30 years before Teddy became President.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to track down the source of this common myth, but so far haven't found good info. Do you or anyone remember where you first came to the impression that Teddy founded Yellowstone? Just curious.<BR/><BR/>All my best,<BR/><A HREF="http://www.yellowstone-online.com/eclecticworld.html" REL="nofollow">Jim</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.yellowstone-online.com/paper.html" REL="nofollow">a little park history</A>Jim Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315953965470221458noreply@blogger.com