Rocky Mountain National Park lies in northern Colorado, near Estes Park, and covers a high, glaciated region of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It was established thanks in large part to the campaign of the naturalist Enos Mills, and President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill that created it. The park contains more than a hundred peaks above 3,500 metres, including Longs Peak, and more than a hundred lakes, as well as alpine tundra, meadows and forests. Trail Ridge Road, one of the highest continuous paved roads in the country, crosses the park. Elk, bighorn sheep, moose and marmots are among the animals that visitors can see.
Before and after
- 16 December 1914Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
- from 17 December 1914 to 13 January 1915First Battle of Artois
- from 20 December 1914 to 17 March 1915First Battle of Champagne
- 25 December 1914Christmas truce
- 1915Establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park
- 1915Armenian Genocide
- 1915Bedrich Hrozny shows that Hittite is an Indo-European language
- from 28 January 1915 to 30 October 1918Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- from 18 February 1915 to 26 March 1915Battles of Przasnysz
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- 1919Establishment of Grand Canyon National Park
- 19 November 1919Establishment of Zion National Park
- 18 December 1922Establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park
- 1 September 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake
- 29 June 1938Establishment of Olympic National Park
- 1 July 1941Establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park
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