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On 1 March 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant created Yellowstone National Park - widely believed to be the first National Park in the world. Is that true? Did other counties have National Parks? Where did the idea for National Parks come from?

by /u/ajbrown141 in /r/AskHistorians

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