Creating a National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park was established on January 26, 1915.
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Rocky Mountain National Park was established on January 26, 1915. The creation of the park was the result of decades of work by leaders like naturalist Enos Mills, who spent years crossing the country speaking about the beauty of the Rockies and the need to preserve it. Other park advocates included hotel owner F.O.Stanley, Colorado Gov. George Carlson, Mrs. John D. Sherman of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, and Congressman Edward Taylor, who worked to get community and legislative backing for the park, fought mining and lumber companies, and acquired land for public use. Many of the park's buildings and roads were originally built during the Great Depression, by workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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West Horseshoe Park/Horseshoe Inn
Glaciers carved this valley and deposited the sands that became the meadows of West Horseshoe Park.
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Lawn Lake Flood
At 5:30 am on July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake Dam, built in 1903, gave way.
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Elk Exclosures
A lack of natural predators has led the elk to overgraze the lower meadows and forests.
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Sheep Lakes Bighorn Crossing
The sheep cross Highway 34, aided by park rangers and volunteers who stop traffic.
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Alluvial Fan
The 1982 dam collapses inundated Horseshoe Park leaving a 42-acre alluvial fan of debris.
