If you asked 250 national park enthusiasts a simple question — whether or not Yellowstone was the first national park — less than half would answer correctly. I ran this exact test on my Instagram. The correct answer is that, technically, Yellowstone was not the first unit in our national park system to be protected […]
Will De Man
Will is a social studies teacher from Michigan who moonlights as an American conservation historian. He graduated from Calvin University with degrees in history, education, and classics, degrees he employs to teach ancient history to 7th graders and research the history of the national parks. He published his first book, A Short History of the National Parks: the Southeast, in 2023. You can find out more about him at nationalparkshistory.com and on Instagram @nationalparkhistory.
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