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# America's National Parks Were Never Wild and Untouched
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/americas-national-parks-were-never/
- Published: 2018-06-11T21:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-15T22:19:42.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, zocalo public square, publication, 2018, national parks, glacier national park, environmental history, indigenous history, history, Public Lands, dispossession, american west, montana

"America's National Parks Were Never Wild and Untouched: Montana's Emblematic Glacier National Park Reveals the Impact of Human History and Culture," *Zócalo Public Square* (June 11, 2018).

[America’s National Parks Were Never Wild and Untouched | Essay | Zócalo Public SquareIn 1872, Congress created the first national park, Yellowstone, so that its scenic features would be “dedicated and set apart as a public park or![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-Zocalo-Z-Apple-512-3.png)Zócalo Public SquareAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/nps-1.jpg)](https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/06/11/americas-national-parks-never-wild-untouched/ideas/essay/?ref=adamsowards.net)