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Glimpses of our National Monuments

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  • 26 OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS should be preserved in their natural condition. The new monument is also of historic interest, having been visited by explorers and scientists since the early voyage of Vancouver in 1794, who left valuable records of such visits and explorations. The boundaries of the monument include a part of the coast line of North Marble Island, Bear Track Cove, Barlett Cave, Excursion Inlet, Glacier Bay, Lynn Canal, and extend to the international boundary line between Alaska and British Columbia, including the summits of Mount Fairweather, Mount Lituya, Mount La Perouse, and several other mountain tops. GRAN QUIVIRA NATIONAL MONUMENT Long recognized as one of the most important of the earliest Spanish church or mission ruins in the Southwest, the Gran Qui- ISSSt^i PHOTO BY FRANK =>INKLEY Gran Cjuivlra vira was set aside as a national monument November 1, 1909, with an area of 160 acres. On November 25, 1919, the monument reservation was increased to 560 acres to protect the numerous Indian pueblo ruins situated near-by. The Gran Q'uivira stands upon an eminence of about 7,000 feet altitude, and commands a wide view of the surrounding country. The old church, of which only a few ruined walls remain, was established about the time the Pilgrim Fathers landed at, Plymouth Rock. The " new " church was built about 1649, of blue-gray limestone laid in mud mortar in the form of a cross, with the short arms forming the side chapels. Its walls, in places nearly 40 feet high
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