This is an interesting story, but misses a much more important aspect of the creation of national parks: the expulsion of native Americans who lived on those lands.  You see, america was never an empty wilderness.  It was always full of people.  The idea of unspoiled nature is an idealistic dream, like the myth of Paradise.<p>What&#x27;s worse, the myth of an empty wilderness provides a convenient excuse for white settlement into Indian lands: we never had to steal the land from the Indians, because the land was empty.<p>It wasn&#x27;t empty.<p>See a review of a relevant book:<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.h-net.org&#x2F;reviews&#x2F;showrev.php?id=4418" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.h-net.org&#x2F;reviews&#x2F;showrev.php?id=4418</a>