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  • OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Number, 14; total area, 529 square miles or 338,866.33 acres; chronologically in order of creation] 71 Name Gila Cliff Dwellings (he'lit). 1907 Tonto 1907 Jewel Cave 1908 Wheeler 1906 Mount Olympus. 1909 Oregon Caves.. 1909 Devil Post pile. 1911 Location Area (acres) New Mexico.. Arizona South Dakota. Colorado Washington... Oregon... California Special characteristics 299,370 Walnut Canyon 1915 Bandelier (Ban-de- lcr). 1916 Old Kasaan (kii-san) 1916 Lehman Caves 1922 Timpanogos Cave. 1923 Bryce Canyon 1923 Chiricabua... 1924 Arizona New Mexico. Alaska Nevada . Utah._._ do_. Arizona. 250 7,440 4,480 Numerous cliff-dweller ruins of much interest and in good preservation. Do. Limestone cavern of much beauty and considerable extent, limits of which arc as yel unknown. Of much interest from geological standpoint as example of eccentric erosion and extinct volcanic action. Of much scenic beauty. Contains many objects of great and unusual scientific interest, Including many glaciers, fo summer range and breeding ground of the Olympic elk. Extensive caves in limestone formation of much beauty; magnitude not entirely ascertained. Spectacular mass of hexagonal basaltic columns, like an immense pile of posts. Said to rank with famous Giant's Causeway in Ireland, Contains cliff dwellings of much scientific and popular interest. Vast number of cliff-dweller ruins, with artificial eaves, stone sculpture, and other relics of prehistoric life. Abandoned Indian village in which there are numerous remarkable totem poles and other objects nf historical Interest. Limestone caverns of much beauty and of scientific interest and importance. Limestone cavern. Box canyon filled with countless array of fantastically eroded pinnacles. Best exhibit of vivid coloring of earth's materials. Natural formations known as the "Pinnacles," within Coronado National Fun-si. * Estimated. ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT [Number, 9; total area, 158.09 acres; chronologically in order of creation] Big Hole Battle 5 Site of battlefield on which battle was fought Aug. 9, Field.' 1877, between a small force of I lilted States troops 1910 and a much larger force of Nez Perce Indians, resulting in a rout for the Indians. 1 Of historic interest because of discovery of the terri 1913 tory now partly embraced in the State of California by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who at this point first sighted land on Sept. 28, 1542. Mound City Group.. 1923 Ohio 57 Famous group of prehistoric mounds in Camp Sher man Military Reservation. Fort Wood.. New York South Carolina. 2.5 3.5 Site of the Statue of Liberty. 1924 Castle Pinckney Fortification built in 1810 to replace a Revolutionary 1924 fort. Fort Pulaski Georgia 20 Built in 1810 to replace Fort (Ireene of the Revolution. Fort Marion Florida do 18.09 1 50 Fort built by Spaniards in 1656. 1924 Relic of Spanish Invasion. 1924 Meriwether Lewis .. Tennessee Contains grave of Captain I^ewis of the Lewis and 1925 Clark expedition. 1 Set aside by Executive order.
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