The first official National Park in the United States was created when President Grant signed a bill in 1872. What park was it?

Yellowstone National Park was established by the passage of a law in 1872, signed by Ulysses S. Grant. It wasn't until 1916 that the so-called Organic Act created the National Park Service whose mission was "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

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