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In this article, which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the location of Pinnacles National Monument is described, along with information on the Pinnacles’ discovery by George Vancouver, and their designation as a national monument through the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt and David Starr Jordan.
1917-04-08
Schuyler Colfax Hain invites David Starr Jordan of Stanford University to visit his section of California at his earliest convenience. Judge Ambrose M. Cunning in Hollister, California, would be pleased to help transport Jordan. Hain is trying to establish the Pinnacles as a national park, and would appreciate the opportunity to show Jordan the area for a few days and, if he agrees, get his recommendation to that end.
1903-01-13
Dr. Jordan forwards to Congressman Needham a petition from several residents of San Benito County, California, to set aside lands containing the Pinnacles and establish them as a National Park. Jordan encloses a map of the proposed park, the book A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean by George Vancouver, who describes the area, and a book of photographs of the area. Jordan endorses the effort to create this National Park and asks Needham to pass along the request to Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
1904-04-23