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By that time, 44 years after the establishment of Yellowstone as the first National Park, a total of sixteen
National Parks and twentytwo National Monuments had been created. The Parks 'Were established by Congressional action and the Monuments by Presidential proeJ*p9tioQ». V>.v s - . Since then, the National Park Service has grown. Today there are 31 National Parks, at least 80 National Monuments, many National Historic Sites, National Seashores, National Military Parks, National Capital Parks, and other areas with a total of over 190 areas administered by the National Park Service. • Over 82,300,000 people visited the National Park Service areas in 1962. Thiswas an 8.6% increase over 1961. In 1962 over 2,049,000 people visited Shenandoah National Park. Travel to Shenandoah for the 1963 calendar year shows over 10.1% increase over the same date last year.
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