THE NATIONAL PARKS 



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Mountain Kuad, Hot SrraNGS Reservation. 



mations underlain by caves; Mukuntuweap in Utah — a peculiar and 

 beautiful gorge; Shoshone Cavern in Wyoming and Levris and Clark 

 Cavern in Montana — limestone caves of great beauty; Natural Bridges 

 and Eainbow Bridge in Utah — the four largest natural bridges in the 

 world; Sitka in Alaska — the location of one of the earliest settlements 

 and containing some of the finest totem poles known ; Colorado in 

 Colorado — an area of eroded monoliths similar to the well-known 

 Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs ; Petrified Forest in Arizona 

 — an area containing large deposits of silicified wood. Ten other na- 

 tional monuments are administered by the Department of Agriculture. 

 That the parks have been administered so ably and successfully is 

 due to the faithful and devoted work of the officers in charge for many 

 years. By much work beyond the regular office hours these officials 

 have managed to attend to the pressing questions and the current busi- 



One of the Bath Houses on the Hot Springs Reservation. 



