Iowa Congressman John Fletcher Lacey strongly advocated protecting public lands and the resources within them. He is most prominently associated with the Lacey Act of 1900, which protected both plants and wildlife. He was also an active supporter and integral figure in the establishment of the Antiquities Act, traveling to the Southwest to observe firsthand the impact of looting on public lands. After President Theodore Roosevelt signed the act in 1906, the Petrified Forest became the second designated National Monument because of the sheer abundance of its archaeological and fossil resources. Lacy Point, with its broad vistas, was named in honor of this visionary conservationist.