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,
Albany, Wyoming Albany, Wyoming Albany is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 55 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.0 square miles (28.5 km²), of which, 11.0 square miles (28.5 km²) of it is land and none of it is water. At the 2000 census, there were 80 people, 33 households and 22 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3.9 per square mile (1.5/km²). There were 99 housing units at an average density of 4.8/sq mi (1.9/km²). The racial makeup