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,
Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Noxen Township is a township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 902 at the 2010 census. The Noxen School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.73 square miles (74.4 km²), of which, 28.7 square miles (74 km²) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.1%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 902 people, 363 households, and 237 families residing in the township. The population