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Letter from James Carson Needham to David Starr Jordan

Letter from James Carson Needham to David Starr Jordan

RepresentativeNeedham responds to David Starr Jordan’s letter regarding the Pinnacles. The National Forest Service intends to abandon the area’s designation as national forest but assures continued protection of the Pinnacles as a national monument. Needham has asked Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot to delay action until Needham has had the opportunity to talk with interested parties. Needham suggests that Jordan write to Pinchot on the topic.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1908-05-04

Creator(s)

Needham, James Carson, 1864-1942

Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument

Progress report on historical research regarding the Pinnacles National Monument

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

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1936-02-07

Creator(s)

Rensch, Hero Eugene, 1889-

Notes on the history of Pinnacles National Monument

Notes on the history of Pinnacles National Monument

Regional Supervisor of Historic Sites Hagen provides a brief history of the area containing Pinnacles National Monument, tracing its history from the time of Spanish occupation of the region and the possible first discovery of the Pinnacle rock formations by Captain George Vancouver. While Hagen notes that there is some evidence of prehistoric occupation of the area, he says that it does not appear to have supported permanent populations, and in fact “received little attention until long after the American occupation of California.” He notes that the area is believed to have been used as a hide-out for outlaws at one point.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1941-04-28

Creator(s)

Hagen, Olaf T. (Olaf Theodore), -1949

Pinnacles National Monument

Pinnacles National Monument

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.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1917-04-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Clyde Leavitt to William B. Greeley

Letter from Clyde Leavitt to William B. Greeley

Clyde Leavitt received the copies of District Forester William B. Greeley’s letters to David Starr Jordan and Schuyler Colfax Hain. Leavitt argues that little would materially change if the Pinnacles Division were eliminated from Monterey National Forest, as the Pinnacles would still be protected as a national monument. He suggests that if Jordan and Hain understood that, their opposition to the proposal might be lessened. He acknowledges, however, that provision for fire suppression and protection from vandalism would be lost.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1910-07-20

Creator(s)

Leavitt, Clyde

Pinnacles Forest Reserve proclamation

Pinnacles Forest Reserve proclamation

President Roosevelt, using the authority of an act of Congress entitled “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” reserves lands in California for the creation of the Pinnacles Forest Reserve. This proclamation also includes a plat map of Pinnacles Forest Reserve and a map of the Monterey Forest Reserve, which was established a month earlier.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1906-07-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Pinnacles National Monument proclamations

Pinnacles National Monument proclamations

A series of presidential proclamations first establish, and then expand the boundaries of, Pinnacles National Park. The establishment of the park was done by an act of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, with subsequent expansions coming from President Warren Harding in 1923, President Calvin Coolidge in 1924, President Herbert Hoover in 1931, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in both 1933 and 1941.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1947

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Appendix A: legislative history

Appendix A: legislative history

This appendix provides a list of the various proclamations and acts regarding Pinnacles National Monument. Beneath each title, the document describes what effect it had on the Monument. The total acreage of the Monument, 16,257.57, appears at the bottom of the page.

Collection

Pinnacles National Park

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Unknown