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Glimpses of our National Monuments

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  • 72 OUK NATIONAL MONUMENTS THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE [Number, 19; total area, 11,372 square miles] National parks in order of creation Area in square miles Distinctive characteristics Hot Springs. 1832 Yellowstone. 1872 Sequoia.. Yosemite 1890 General Grant. 1890 Mount Rainier.. 1899 Crater Lake. 1902 Middle Arkansas.. Wind Cave.. 1903 Piatt 1904 Sullys Hill.. 1904 Mesa Verde. 1900 Glacier 1910 Rocky Mountain. 1915 Hawaii 1916 Lassen Volcanic. 1916 Northwestern Wyoming. Middle eastern California. Middle eastern California. Middle eastern California. West central Washington. Southwestern Oregon South Dakota Mount McKinley. 1917 Grand Canyon 1919 Lafayette 1919 Zion.__ 1919 Southern Oklahoma.. North Dakota _ Southwestern Colorado. Northwestern Montana. North middle Colorado. Hawaii Northern California- South central Alaska- North central Arizona Maine coast... Southwestern Utah.. 3,348 1,125 4 324 249 17 m IK 77 1, 534 186 124 2,645 958 8 120 46 hot springs possessing curative properties- Many hotels and boarding houses—20 bathhouses under public control. More geysers than in all rest of world together- Boiling springs—Mud volcanoes—Petrified forests—Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, remarkable for gorgeous coloring—Large lakes- Many large streams and waterfalls—Vast wilderness, greatest wild bird and animal preserve in world—Exceptional trout fishing. The Big Tree National Park—Several hundred sequoia trees over 10 feet in diameter, sum to 36 feet in diameter—Towering mountain ranges—Startling precipices—Mile-long cave of delicate beauty. Valley of world-famed beauty—Lofty cliiYs—Romantic vistas—Many waterfalls of extraordinary height—3 groves of big trees—I [ Igh Sierra—Waterwheel Falls—Good trout fishing. Created to preserve the celebrated General Grant Tree, 35 feet in diameter—6 miles from Sequoia National Park. Largest accessible single-peak glacier system—28 glaciers, some of large size—48 square miles of glacier, 50 to 500 feet thick—Wonderful sub- alpine wild flower fields. Lake of extraordinary blue in crater of ex volcano—Sides 1,000 feet high—Interesting lava formations—Fine fishing. Cavern having several miles of galleries and numerous chambers containing peculiar formations. Many sulphur and other springs possessing medicinal value. Small park with woods, streams, and a lake; is an important wild-animal preserve. Most notable and best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in United States, if not in the world. Rugged mountain region of unsurpassed All character—250 glacier-fed lakes of romantic beauty—00 small glaciers—Precipices thousands of feet deep—Almost sensational scenery of marked individuality—Fine trout fishing. Heart of the Rockies—Snowy range, peaks 11,000 to 11,255 feet altitude—Remarkable records of glacial period. Three separate areas—Kilauea and Mauna Loa on Hawaii; naleakala on Maui. Only active volcano in United States proper— Lassen Peak 10,465 feet—Cinder Cone 6,870 feet—Hot springs—Mud geysers. Highest mountain in North America—Rises higher above surrounding country than any other mountain in the world. The greatest example of erosion and the most sublime spectacle in the world. The group of granite mountains upon Mount Desert Island. Magnificent gorge (Zion Canyon), depth from 800 to 2,000 feet, with precipitous walls—Of great beauty and scenic interest.
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