[CINC] Seventy Years Ago on April 30, 1938

[Shauna Bingham]

An interesting fact for your day, from Bob Schwemmer, CINMS Maritime 
Heritage Coordinator:


*Seventy Years Ago on April 30, 1938 the /Los Angeles Times/ reported: *

* "Islands Made Monuments -- President Sets Aside Geological Areas"*

Portions of the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast were 
named as national monuments yesterday by President Roosevelt because of 
their geological and scientific interest. Included were 538 acres of 
Anacapa Island, a group of three islets, and 581 acres on Santa Barbara 
Island. Certain lands on both islands also were reserved for use by the 
Bureau of Lighthouses.

The Presidential order described the islands as containing "fossils of 
Pleistocene elephants, ancient trees and noteworthy examples of ancient 
volsanism [sic], deposition and active sea erosion in addition to other 
objects of geological and scientific interest.

-- 
Shauna Bingham 
Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111
Oxnard, CA 93035
Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov
(805) 382-6149 ext. 102
Fax (805) 382-9791
http://channelislands.noaa.gov

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