For over 103 years. It was declared a U.S. National Monument on December 8, 1906.
When European Americans discovered them in the 1860s, they named them for the Aztec emperor (of Mexico) Montezuma II, due to mistaken beliefs that the emperor had been connected to their construction] Neither part of the monument's name is correct. The Sinaqua dwelling was abandoned 100 years before Montezuma was born and the Dwellings were not a castle. From Wikipedis
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Warwick Castle is not owned by the National Trust. It was sold by the Earl of Warwick to the Tussauds Group in 1978.
The area that is now Dinosaur National MONUMENT (it's not a National PARK) has been known to humans for over 10,000 years. The name of the person who first discovered the area has been lost to the millenia.
The Washington Monument and Mount Rushmore.
As of May 5, 2013, only one civil union has been registered with Montezuma County, Colorado. Source: Montezuma County Clerk & Recorder's office.
Washington Monument
In 1919. It had previously been a game preserve and a National Monument. Each of those designations was used to preserve the area for viewing by future generations.
Ellis Island is a National Monument. After having been the examination center for about 12,000,000 immigrants, it has been converted to a museum. It holds documents and artifacts commemorating four hundred years of American immigration.
Mount Rushmore is located in Black Hills, South Dakota. Crazy Horse Memorial is a monument that has been under construction in Black Hills since 1948.
Long before it was a national monument, native people have used the quarries within the Monument's grounds for hundreds of years, up to 3,000 years ago. The first European to see the site may have been Philander Prescott. George Catlin painted the scene at the quarries in September 1836. Joseph Nicollet's expedition reached the quarries in June and July 1838, making the first map of the area.
I do not know for sure it may have been _____________ _________________ or _______________ _________________ we may never know for sure.