DaviD McSpaDDen 1916 1926 1933 1934 * National Park Service established * Authorization for Great Smoky and Shenandoah National Parks * Civilian Conservation Corps established * Reorganization of NPS authorizes transfer of selected properties from the War Department and the Forest Service * Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park under NPS * Kings Mountain National Military Park transferred to NPS from the War Department * Great Smoky Mountains National Park established 1935 1936 1937 1940 * Blue Ridge Parkway groundbreaking * Shenandoah National Park dedicated * Appalachian Trail completed; became first National Scenic Trail (under NPS) in 1968 * Cumberland Gap National Historical Park established * Harpers Ferry established as National Monument * Carl Sandburg Home National Historical Park authorized; established 1972 * Big South Fork National Recreation area authorized; established 1976 ToDD van HooSear 1956 1963 1968 1974 * Booker T. Washington National Monument established * Andrew Johnson National Historical Park established (had been National Monument since 1935) 1978 1988 1996 2015 * National Heritage Coal Area established * New River Gorge National Recreation Area authorized * Bluestone National Scenic River & Gauley River National Recreation Area authorized * Blue Ridge National Heritage Area established Joe TenniS 2003 * Manhattan Project National Historical Park established July/August 2016 31