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Black History Month: Park Service’s first Black superintendent started at GTNP

JACKSON, Wyo. — The National Park Service’s (NPS) first Black superintendent and director began his career right here in Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). According to an oral history from NPS, Robert Stanton left his Texas home as a college student in 1962 to begin his NPS career. The Department of the Interior was actively […]

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