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8 our national monuments crystalline onyx marble, which remind one of the hot-springs formations of Yellowstone National Park. The basins are decorated at the rims with crusts of onyx resembling lily pads, formed at the surface of the water in much the same way that ice forms around the edge of a pool. Other pads in the center of the spring beds rest on strong pedestals. The pads are a foot or more in diameter. Many places, like the Music Room, have formations resembling huge pipe organs, whose stalactites when lightly tapped give forth musical sounds. In yet other places the stalactites have grown together laterally, resembling curtains. Some of the curtains reach the floor, while others come but part way down, suggesting a stage curtain partially raised. In another room a stalactite of white limestone stretches down from the roof to the level of a pool of cool water. An idea of the overwhelming beauty of the cave and its formations is suggested in the following words with which one of the Government officials prefaced his description of it: "I enter upon this task with a feeling of temerity, as I am wholly conscious of the feebleness of my efforts to convey in words the deep conflicting emotions, the feelings of fear and awe, and the desire for an inspired understanding of the Divine Creator's work which presents to the human eye such a complex aggregate of natural wonders in such a limited space." The area of the present monument is 719.22 acres, but investigations are now under way to determine the advisability of increasing its size. Pending the result of these investigations, 82,710 acres of public land surrounding the monument have been withdrawn from entry and settlement by Executive order. The cave is open to the public under competent guidance authorized and controlled by the United States. Means of access is through a natural opening down which an excellent and safe stairway for the use of the public has been constructed. While the cavern is in darkness, with many steep drops from one level to another and slippery declivities, it is safe for tourists to visit it, and the National Park Service will, as funds are provided from time to time, improve the various paths and trails. Under existing funds considerable trail work will be done during the 1926 fiscal year, including the installation of safe hand railings, stairways, and ladders, and the beginning of a lighting system which it is hoped in time can be extended to the electrification of the cave by flood lighting, to measure up to the best in modern cave practice. The temperature throughout the cave is about 50° F. and the air is pure. Plenty of pure water for drinking purposes is available in all parts of the cave except in Pera's Chamber. The water in this room contains salts which have a tendency to make one ill.
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This 80-page booklet, “Glimpses of our National Monuments” was published in 1926 by the National Park Service. The booklet begins by outlining the distinction between America’s national parks and its national monuments. Subsequent pages show and describe the monuments. Page 72 lists all the national parks to date, all in the western U.S. One argument for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is that there were no national parks in the eastern U.S. This situation was not changed until 1934 when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established.
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