John Muir in the Petrified Forest, 1905

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After his time among the petrified trees, some more than 200 million years old, Muir worried that plans to pulverize them into industrial abrasives and to cart others off for table tops would destroy a valuable scientific record. He persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to declare a national monument, which later became a national park.

Source:
Bancroft Library

Episode:
Episode Two: 1890-1915

Associated Park:
Petrified Forest National Park

Era:
1900-1920

Associated Person:
John Muir