Rocky Mountain 国家の Park celebrates 100th 周年記念日
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) ― Rocky Mountain 国家の Park has had its ups and 負かす／撃墜するs during the past century. In the 1940s, gas rationing 削減（する） 出席, and the park is still trying to 回復する from 破滅的な floods in 2013.
On Monday, the park 示すs its 100th 周年記念日, celebrating a 記録，記録的な／記録する number of 訪問者s last year who were enjoying one of the nation's 栄冠を与える jewels.
For Colorado historian Tom Noel, Rocky Mountain 国家の Park is the 明言する／公表する's best brand.
"It epitomizes the image of Colorado," Noel said. "Mountains are everywhere, from our license plates to our public-relations 構成要素s."
Park attractions 含む many miles of 引き上げ（る）ing 追跡するs, and the 14,260-foot-high Longs 頂点（に達する） challenges even the best 登山者s year-一連の会議、交渉／完成する, いつかs 要求するing ヘリコプター 救助（する）s.
Not everyone was in 好意 of the park. 地元の 国民s like Freelan Oscar Stanley, who opened the 伝説の Stanley Hotel in 1909, were pitted against powerful proponents of 木材／素質, 採掘, 追跡（する）ing and grazing.
A six-year fight 要求するd six 法案s 現在のd to 議会 and five 改正s of those 法案s, the Denver 地位，任命する 報告（する）／憶測d Sunday (http://tinyurl.com/qylhlpn ).
The leader of the successful （選挙などの）運動をする was Enos Mills, a writer and nature guide, who moved to Colorado because of its （疑いを）晴らす 空気／公表する that helped him 対処する with health problems.
In 1889, Mills traveled to California to see the 太平洋の Ocean, and on a beach in San Francisco, he ran into the famous naturalist John Muir, who later became a 役割 model and encouraged Mills to follow his dream of creating Rocky Mountain 国家の Park.
Excitement 加速するd in 1907, when Stanley brought his famous Stanley Steamers to town. They met 旅行者s at the train 駅／配置する in Loveland and 素早い行動d them up to Estes Park much faster than the laborious stagecoach 旅行 up Big Thompson Canyon.
The park was finally 設立するd on Jan. 26, 1915, by 大統領 Woodrow Wilson. It covers 415 square miles of climbing 追跡するs and tundra, and it sits on both 味方するs of the 大陸の Divide.
During the past 100 years, the park has 追加するd campgrounds, roads, 訪問者's 中心s, a 追跡する system and many programs and recreational 選択s.
The number of 訪問者s 攻撃する，衝突する 682,000 in 1941 then dropped to 124,000 in 1942. Visitation remained lower during World War II when families were 分裂（する） and Americans were rationing ガソリン. The park bounced 支援する, and in 1948, the park broke the 1 million-訪問者 示す.
The 国家の park ran into another pothole when 破滅的な floods rampaged through the 前線 範囲 in 2013.
After the floods, the 連邦の 主要道路 行政 stepped in to 修理 Old 落ちる River Road, one of the biggest 再建 事業／計画（する）s. The road is 推定する／予想するd to 再開する on July 4.
