Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument
Subject(s): California--Pinnacles National Monument, California--Santa Barbara County, California--Tres Pinos, Explorers--Manuscripts, Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman), 1860-, Geological surveys--U.S. states, Geology--Research, Hain, Schuyler Colfax, 1860-1930, Heagan, Richard Petty, 1863-1914, History, Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931, National monuments, National parks and reserves, Natural monuments, Pacific Ocean--Monterey Bay, Railroads--Surveys, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Stanford University, Vancouver, George, 1757-1798, Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
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Hero Eugene Rensch reports that the explorer Captain George Vancouver wrote the most about the Pinnacles in 1794, and that they were relatively undocumented from that time until Harold W. Fairbanks wrote about them in the 1890s. After 1900, local newspapers and tourism booklets mentioned the Pinnacles “as unusual wonders of nature.” It was David Starr Jordan, the President of Stanford University, taking an interest in the Pinnacles which spurred President Theodore Roosevelt to create Pinnacles National Monument.
Collection
Creation Date
1936-02-07
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Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Repository
Pinnacles National Park
Page Count
2
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Multi-image
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument. [February 7, 1936]. Pinnacles National Park.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294278. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Rensch, Hero Eugene, 1889-. Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument. [7 Feb. 1936]. Multi-image.
Pinnacles National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294278.
APA:
Rensch, Hero Eugene, 1889-., [1936, February 7]. Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument.
Pinnacles National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o294278.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Pinnacles National Park. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/pinnacles-national-park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pinnacles National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/pinnacles-national-park.
APA:
Pinnacles National Park. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/pinnacles-national-park.
