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Rep. Bishop Calling For Golden Spike National Historic Site To Be Renamed As Historical Park

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By NPT Staff - May 11th, 2018

A congressman from Utah wants to rename Golden Spike National Historic Site as a national historical park/David and Kay Scott

U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop wants to honor Golden Spike National Historic Site on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad by renaming it as a national historical park.

The Utah Republican says the designation of "national historical park" is reserved for those sites whose place in the American story is without equal. 

"The Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act further acknowledges Utah's Promontory Summit as a place that changed the world," said the congressman. "This new park will not only preserve the history made on that spring day in 1869, but also the herculean efforts which led to the driving of the spike and the new course of history that followed."

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Submitted by Harryb3570 on May 12, 2018 - 10:28am.

Changing the designation to a national historic park will not help the park. Now if Rep. Bishop really wants to help he can add a couple of hundred thousand dollars to the park budget to hire more rangers and do additional maintenance. A national historic site is just as significant as a national historic park.

 


Submitted by Lee Dalton on May 12, 2018 - 12:35pm.

But won't calling it a "Park" produce more profits for businesses in Brigham City and Tremonton?

Hey, what are parks for if not to generate revenue?  Isn't that all that really counts?


Submitted by Zel on May 13, 2018 - 11:20am.

What's in a namw


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