List of Illustrations 



Frontispiece 

 Harry Yount, of Yellowstone, the first national park ranger 



Following page 2 



A national park ranger cabin 



A national park ranger riding patrol 



Horace M. Albright, former Superintendent of Yellowstone Park, now 



Director of the National Park Service 

 Ready for the trail to the Grand Tetons 

 Many Glaciers Hotel, Glacier National Park 

 Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park 



Following page 34 



Bears raiding a garbage can in Yosemite 



Bear cubs in Yosemite Park 



"This is the bedtime story hour, friends. Once there was a bear . . . . " 



Saturday night 



Mount Rainier, from Tatoosh Range, Mount Rainier National Park 



A view from Timberline Ridge in Mount Rainier National Park 



Following page 66 



The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Yellowstone Falls 



Old stagecoach in Yellowstone 



A buffalo roundup in Yellowstone 



Sagebrushers camping at Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier National Park 



Young deer in a national park 



Old Faithful Geyser, which erupts every hour 



Following page 98 



Yosemite Valley, with Half Dome in the background 

 Yosemite Falls 



Half Dome, above Yosemite Valley. A view from Glacier Point 

 The Wawona Tree, Yosemite National Park 



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