Carlsbad interior formations

National Park Timeline:

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  • New Mexico Becomes a State.

    New Mexico Becomes a State.

  • An act to help establish Carlsbad Caverns due to other purposes was held.

    An act to help establish Carlsbad Caverns due to other purposes was held.

  • Creation of Carlsbad Cave Monument:

    Creation of Carlsbad Cave Monument:

  • Executive Timeline:

    Executive Timeline:

    Calvin Coolidge was president during this time.
  • Supplemental Executive Order

    Supplemental Executive Order

  • The First Rock of Ages Ceremony Took Place.

    The First Rock of Ages Ceremony Took Place.

    The Rock of Ages ceremony is a very popular tradition of Carlsbad Caverns, to bond and bring groups of people together.
  • Creation of Carlsbad Caverns National Park

    Creation of Carlsbad Caverns National Park

    Carlsbad Caverns was established.
  • The Second Executive Order:

    The Second Executive Order:

    Herbert Hoover was president during this time.
  • Since the 1970s that geologists have come to understand that sulfuric acid played the major role in the dissolution of all Guadalupe Mountain caves.

    Since the 1970s that geologists have come to understand that sulfuric acid played the major role in the dissolution of all Guadalupe Mountain caves.

    Carlsbad Caverns is located near the Guadalupe Mountain Range
  • Jim white discover Lechuguilla Cave, within Carlsbad Cavern National Park.

    Jim white discover Lechuguilla Cave, within Carlsbad Cavern National Park.

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