History
First set aside as Pinnacles Forest Reserve in 1906, Pinnacles has had several different federal management agencies, ranging from the United States Forest Service to the General Land Office and ultimately to the National Park Service. In 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt created Pinnacles National Monument with the power given him in the Antiquities Act of 1906 to commemorate the people and organizations instrumental to the creation and early protection of the park. Pinnacles National Monument celebrated its Centennial in 2008 with numerous dedicatory events. The most recent addition to the Pinnacles National Monument was Clinton's Proclamation 7266 that increased the size of the monument by 7,900 acres (32 km2) and to include naturally formed caves.
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