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Glimpses of our National Monuments

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  • OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS The national monuments at a glanee—Continued III Name Location Area (acres) Special characteristics Scotts Bluff k 1919 Yucca Housel <yuc-ca). 1919 D Fossil Cycad > 1922 Aztec Ruin 1 1923 Hovenweep . 11923 Pipe luring 1923 V Carlsbad Cave... 1923 Craters of the Moon. 1924 Wupatki 1924 Glacier Bay. 1925 Nebraska. Colorado- South Dakota. New Mexico.. Utah-Colorado Arizona New Mexico Idaho Arizona. Alaska.. 719.22 24,960 2, 234. 10 Region of historic and scientific interest. Many famous old trails traversed by the early pioneers in the winning of the West passed over and through this monument. Located on eastern slope of Sleeping Ute Mountain. Ruins of great archeological value, relic of prehistoric inhabitants. Area containing deposits of plant fossils. Prehistoric ruin of pueblo type containing 500 rooms. Four groups of prehistoric towers, pueblos and cliff dwellings. Old stone fort and spring of pure water in desert region serves as memorial to early western pioneer life. Limestone caverns of extraordinary size and of unusual beauty. Weird volcanic region containing remarkable fissure eruption together with its associated volcanic cones, craters, lava flows, caves, natural bridges, and other phenomena. Prehistoric dwellings of ancestors of Hopi Indians. Contains tidewater glaciers of first rank. i Donated to the United States.
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