Shenandoah National Park a result of differential erosion during the Cenozoic, although some post-Paleozoic tectonic activity occurred in the region. Legislation to create a national park in the Appalachian mountains was first introduced by new Virginia congressman Henry D. Flood in 1901, but despite the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, failed to pass. The first national park was Yellowstone, in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was signed into law in 1872. Yosemite National Park was created in 1890. When Congress created the National Park Service (NPS) in 1916, additional parks had maintained the western pattern (Crater Lake in 1902, Wind Cave in 1903,
Wyoming Township, Chisago County, Minnesota Wyoming Township, Chisago County, Minnesota Wyoming Township is a former township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,379 at the 2000 census. Wyoming Township was organized in 1858, and named after the Wyoming Valley, in Pennsylvania. On August 15, 2008, the entire township was annexed in parts to the neighboring cities of Wyoming, Chisago City, and Stacy, thus rendering the township government defunct. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 32.3 square miles (83.7 km²), of which 29.7 square miles (76.8 km²) was land and 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²),