Your National Parks Part 24

Niagara Falls International Stupendous waterfall; might well Park between become an international park.

Canada, and New York near Buffalo Mount Shasta Northern Highest peak in northern California California; alpine flowers; lava deposits; scenery.

Mount Hood Northern Volcanic peak; icefields and Oregon, near forests.

Columbia River Roosevelt Arizona Enormous dam; vast reservoirs; Project desert areas; cactus park; historic ground.

Canon de Ch.e.l.ly Arizona Towering monolithic rocks; high vertical colored canons; cliff dwellings.

Sierra Madre Near Los Sierra Madre mountains; rare plant Angeles, life; commands unusual scenes.

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NATIONAL MONUMENTS

ADMINISTERED BY THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT

----------+----------+---------+--------+-------------------------------- _Name_ _Location_ _When _Area _Description_ created_ (acres)_ ----------+----------+---------+--------+-------------------------------- Devil's Wyoming Sept. 24, 1152 Remarkable natural rock tower, Tower 1906 of volcanic origin, 1200 feet in height.

Montezuma Arizona Dec. 8, 160 Prehistoric cliff dwelling ruin Castle 1906 of unusual size, situated in a niche in face of a vertical cliff; of scenic and ethnological interest.

El Morro New Dec. 8, 160 Enormous sandstone rock eroded Mexico 1906 in form of a castle, upon which inscriptions have been placed by early Spanish explorers; contains cliff dweller ruins; of great historic, scenic, and ethnological interest.

Chaco New Mar. 11, 20,629 Contains numerous cliff dweller Canon Mexico 1907 ruins, including communal houses in good condition and but little excavated.

Muir Woods California Jan. 9, 295 Contains one of the most noted 1908 redwood groves in California; was donated by Hon. William Kent, Member of Congress; located seven miles from San Francisco.

Pinnacles California Jan. 16, 2080 Contains many spirelike rock 1908 formations, 600 to 1000 feet high, which are visible for many miles; also numerous caves and other formations.

Tumacacori Arizona Sept. 15, 10 Contains ruins of Franciscan 1908 mission dating from sixteenth century, until recent years in fair preservation, but now rapidly disintegrating.

Mukuntuweap Utah July 31 15,840 Contains magnificent gorge, 1909 depth from 800 to 2000 feet, with precipitouswalls and many waterfalls. Of great beauty and scenic interest.

Shoshone Wyoming Sept. 21, 210 Cavern of considerable extent, Cavern 1909 located near Cody.

Natural Utah Sept. 25, 2740 Contains three natural bridges, Bridges 1909 among largest examples of their kind. Largest bridge is 222 feet high, 65 feet thick at top of arch; arch is 28 feet wide; span 261 feet; height of span 157 feet. Other two are only slightly smaller.

Gran New Nov. 1, 160 One of the most important of Quivira Mexico 1909 earliest Spanish mission ruins in the Southwest. Monument also contains Pueblo ruins.

Sitka Alaska Mar. 23, 57 Park of great natural beauty 1910 and historic interest as scene of ma.s.sacre of Russians by Indians. Contains 16 totem poles of best native workmans.h.i.+p.

Rainbow Utah May 30, 160 Unique natural bridge of great Bridge 1910 scientific interest and symmetry. Height 309 feet above water; span is 278 feet, in shape of rainbow.

Lewis Montana May 16, 160 Immense limestone cavern of and 1911 great scientific interest, Clark magnificently decorated with Cavern stalact.i.te formations. Cavern now closed to public because of depredations by vandals.

Colorado Colorado May 24, 13,883 Contains many lofty monoliths 1911 and is wonderful example of erosion; of great scenic beauty and interest.

Petrified Arizona July 31, 25,625 Contains abundance of petrified Forest 1911 coniferous trees, one of which forms a small natural bridge.

Is of great scientific interest.

Navajo Arizona Mar. 14, 360 Contains numerous pueblo or 1912 cliff dweller ruins, in good preservation.

Papago Arizona Jan. 31, 2050 Contains splendid collection Saguaro 1914 of characteristic desert flora and numerous pictographs.

Interesting rock formations.

Dinosaur Utah Oct. 4, 80 Contains deposits of fossil 1915 remains of prehistoric animal life of great scientific interest.

Sieur de Mount July 8, About Beautiful island scenery, Monts Desert 1916 5000 mountains, lakes, meadows, Island, numerous varieties of birds Maine and plants. Historical a.s.sociations.

Capulin Northeast 1916 681 Magnificent specimen of a Corner volcanic cinder cone, 8000 New feet high; crater 1500 feet Mexico in diameter, cone-shaped; numerous "blister cones."

ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- _Name_ _Location_ _When _Area _Description_ created_ (acres)_ ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- Gila Cliff New Nov. 16, 160 Contains numerous cliff Dwellings Mexico 1907 dweller ruins of much interest and in good preservation.

Tonto Arizona Dec. 19, 640 Contains numerous cliff 1907 dweller ruins of much interest and in good preservation.

Grand Arizona Jan. 11, 806,400 Contains the most wonderful Canon 1908 portion of the Grand Canon of the Colorado.

Jewel Cave South Feb. 7, 1280 Contains a limestone cavern Dakota 1908 of much beauty and considerable extent, limits of which are as yet unknown.

Wheeler Colorado Dec. 7, 300 Of much interest from 1908 geological standpoint as example of eccentric erosion and extinct volcanic action.

Of much scenic beauty.

Oregon Oregon July 12, 480 Extensive caves in limestone Caves 1909 formation of much beauty.

Magnitude not entirely ascertained.

Devil California July 6, 800 Spectacular ma.s.s of hexagonal Postpile 1911 basaltic columns, like an immense pile of posts. Said to rank with famous Giant's Causeway, in Ireland.

Mount Was.h.i.+ngton Apr. 17, 299,370 Contains many objects of Olympus 1912 great and unusual scientific interest, including many glaciers. Is summer range and breeding-ground of Olympic elk.

Walnut Arizona Nov. 30, 960 Contains cliff dwellings of Canon 1915 much scientific and popular interest.

Bandelier New Feb. 11, 18,000 Contains vast numbers of Mexico 1916 cliff dweller ruins, with artificial caves, stone sculpture and other relics of prehistoric life.

ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT[1]

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[1] "Lincoln National Park or Reservation" in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, was established in 1916 and is administered by the War Department. It might well become a regular National Park.

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DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA

(Number, 11; total area, 7945 square miles)

----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- _Date of _Area in _Distinctive _Name of _Location_ creation_ square characteristics_ park_ miles_ ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- Rocky Alberta 1886 1800 Scenic park; Banff Hot Mountains Springs; Hoodoos; Lake Park Louise; Victoria and Lefroy Glaciers; Lakes in the Clouds; Mount Temple, 11,626 feet; Valley of the Ten Peaks; Mt. a.s.siniboine, 11,860 feet; Bow River Valley.

Yoho British 1886 560 Yoho Valley; Lakes O'Hara and Park Columbia MacArthur; Takakkaw Falls; Twin Lakes; Emerald Lake; Natural Bridge; President Range and Glacier; Kickinghorse River, Ottertail Range and Valley; Fossil Beds.

Glacier British 1886 468 Mount Sir Donald and highest Park Columbia peaks of the Selkirks; great Illecillewaet and Asulkan Glaciers; Nakimu marble caves; Marion Lake, Rogers Pa.s.s.

Revelstoke British 1914 95 Mount Revelstoke; Park Columbia Clach-na-coodin Range and Ice-Field; Automobile Road building to summit of Mount Revelstoke; Lake Eva.

Jasper Alberta 1907 4400 Athabasca River and Valley; Park Yellowhead Pa.s.s; the oldest route across the Rockies; historic a.s.sociations; Maligne Lake and Canon; Fiddle Creek Canon; Punchbowl Falls; Mount Robson, 13,036 feet, and highest peaks of the Canadian Rockies; Miette Hot Springs.

Waterton Alberta 1895 423 Waterton Lakes; Cameron Lakes Falls, Bertha and Beaver Park Lakes; beautiful Wilson Range; exceptional fis.h.i.+ng; great game preserve.

St. Ontario 1905 140 Among the Thousand Islands Lawrence acres of the St. Lawrence; Islands especially for summer Park campers.

Fort Howe New 1913 19 Historic park; old fort; Park Brunswick acres memorials of United Empire Loyalists, French regime, Lady Latour.

Buffalo Alberta 1907 162 Animal park; home of the Park Canadian government buffalo herd, numbering over 2000 head.

Elk Island Alberta 1899 16 Animal park; established for Park the protection of the elk, moose, deer; also herd of buffalo.

Maple Saskatchewan 1914 19 Animal park; established for Creek the preservation of the Antelope antelope.

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