National Park History
Isle Royale/St. Croix
Theodore Roosevelt
Wind Cave/Bad Lands
Hot Springs
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What is the first national park?
Yellowstone
100
What can visitors do at St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.
Float down beautiful waters
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Why did Preisdent Roosevelt first come to North Dakota?
To hunt bison (1883)
100
Wind Cave was the first cave to be designted a national park anywhere in the world, True or False?
True
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What State is Hot Springs NP located?
Arkansas
200
What year was the National Park Service established?
1916
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What state is St. Croix National Scenic Riverway located?
Wisconsin
200

How many miles of walking and horse trails are in the park?

100 miles

200
What state is Wind Cave located?
South Dakota
200
What is hot spring water popular for?
The hot springs are believed to possess medicinal properties
300
How many official national parks are there?
58
300
What 3 of the Great Lakes border Michigan?
Superior, Michigan and Huron
300

How many species of birds are in the Roosevelt National Park?

186

300

What animal that was thought to be extinct was discovered again in 1981?

Black-footed Ferret

300
What was Hot Springs NP name changed from in 1921?
Hot Springs Reservation
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Which president was responsible for starting the first national park?

President Ulysses Grant

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Name the only carefree national park in the US.
Isle Royale National Park
400
Did Present Roosevelt return to the park one year, five years or ten years later?
One year later after the death of his mother and wife
400

Which Indian tribe came to the Badlands in the 18th Century?

Lakota

400
When was Hot Springs Reservation intiailly ceated by and act of the US Congress?
1832 (April 20)
500

What is the symbol for the National Park Service?

Arrowhead

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What large animal roams around Isle Royale National Park?
Moose
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What was the name of the cabin President Roosevelt had built for himself?
Elkhorn Ranch
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Who discovered Wind Cave?
Tom & Jesse Beingham in 1881
500

What people lived in the park for hundreds of years?

Indigenous people

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