National Parks
5. Badlands National Park
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The name Badlands comes from the Lakota, who first called it “mako sica”, meaning “land that is bad”. The lack of water, strange rock formations, and northern temperatures were the likely reasons
4. New River Gorge
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The most common story seems to be that while exploring in 1764, Captain Byrd, was unable to find the river on the old map, so he named it the "New River"... And I guess it stuck
3. Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Teddy Roosevelt lived in the North Dakota territories at times in his life and even credits it to his presidency. He loved the territory and sometime after his death, land was sought out to create a park in honor of him.
2. Great Smoky Mountains
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Great Smoky Mountains is considered the Salamander Capital of the world, being home to 30 different species.
1. Glacier National Park
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I recently kicked off a brand new video series all about my national park paintings. But I thought the stories and fun facts would make for a good blog too!