HistoRY
Years before Glacier Bay was a national park, it was inhabited by the Huna Tlingit tribe, who
were eventually forced out by glaciers. Years later, a scientist by the name of John Muir came to Glacier Bay, and after a few successful expeditions, it became a popular tourist attraction. Once the expeditions ended, tourism slowed and then completely dried up after an earthquake in 1899. Decades later, S. Cooper visited glacier bay and convinced the Ecological Survey of America to campaign for preservation, which resulted in President Coolidge making the bay a national monument in 1925. The monument was doubled in size in 1939, and eventually burgeoning interest to develop the monument for visitor use and talk of elevating the monument's status to a national park resulted in the monument's borders being extended and it's status being raised to a Glacier Bay National Park in 1980.
were eventually forced out by glaciers. Years later, a scientist by the name of John Muir came to Glacier Bay, and after a few successful expeditions, it became a popular tourist attraction. Once the expeditions ended, tourism slowed and then completely dried up after an earthquake in 1899. Decades later, S. Cooper visited glacier bay and convinced the Ecological Survey of America to campaign for preservation, which resulted in President Coolidge making the bay a national monument in 1925. The monument was doubled in size in 1939, and eventually burgeoning interest to develop the monument for visitor use and talk of elevating the monument's status to a national park resulted in the monument's borders being extended and it's status being raised to a Glacier Bay National Park in 1980.