Special features include: directions to monuments; Plains national monuments by date founded; Plains national monuments by state; Plains national monuments by President with biographies and pictures. Presented by Bo Svenson and Jordan Murphy.
Contents:
The geologic West. Legacy of the Great Plains. The great biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest. Souix Indian Wars ; Manifest destiny ; The Southern Plains -- The historic South. Prehistoric Native Americans ; Southern Spanish colonies ; Slavery and the plantation system ; Civil war and the confederacy -- Disc 2. The geologic West. Fossil treasures of the Pacific Northwest ; The Pacific Northwest's ring of fire ; The historic Pacific Northwest ; The great biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest.
Summary:
In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first national monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all America's significant pieces of history. Since then all National Monuments have been designated by Presidents as their personal memorials which they sought to protect above all others.
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