Pruning the Parks: Verendrye National Monument (1917-1956)

On July 30, 1956, Verendrye National Monument was delisted from the National Park System and transferred to the state of North Dakota. Congress decided that the claim of historical significance on which the 1917 national monument proclamation had been based was spurious.
- By Bob Janiskee - July 30th, 2010 3:55am