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"Good for you, and for the five boys who are to keep the name of Kent 

 alive ! I have four who I hope will do the same thing by the name of 

 Roosevelt. Those are awfully good photos. 



"Sincerely yours, 



"THEODORE ROOSEVELT" 



PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT 



The spires, domes, caves, and subterranean passages of this extraordinary 

 area in California, about one hundred miles south of San Francisco, are awe- 

 inspiring and colorful. The spire-like forms which rise six hundred to a 

 thousand feet above the floor of the canyons give the monument its name. 

 In addition to its geological interest, the monument, comprising twenty-three 

 hundred acres, is a wild life sanctuary. In it are found a species of black-tail 

 deer, and it is one of the last homes of that now almost extinct species, the 

 condor, the largest bird found on the continent. 



Pinnacles Monument is easily reached by motor from Hollister or 

 Soledad on the Pacific Highway, and good campsites are available for the 

 camper, particularly in Bear Gulch where there is a fine stream. By rail, it 

 is reached from Hollister on the Southern Pacific coast line. 



CASA GRANDE MONUMENT 



Casa Grande National Monument, in the heart of Arizona about half 

 way between Tucson and Phoenix, preserves the "Great House," a prehistoric 

 ruin of the pueblo type. These ruins were discovered in 1694 by Father Kino, 

 the Jesuit priest and the founder of Tumacacori Mission. In addition to the 

 Great House there are ruins of a considerable city built by the ancient 

 Americans in the heart of the desert. Students think that these people, who 

 attained a fair degree of civilization, left the Casa Grande ruins at least seven 

 hundred years ago, and that their civilization may have flourished twelve 

 hundred years, as indicated by the improvements made in their masonry. It 

 is possible that their city antedated Christianity. 



Casa Grande is one of the most easily seen of the old pueblo ruins. It is 

 near the Old Spanish Trail and the Bankhead Highway between Phoenix 

 and Tucson, not far from the town of Florence. It can also be reached from 

 the Casa Grande station of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Winter and 

 springtime are the most desirable times to visit Casa Grande, because of the 

 heat on the desert at other times of the year. Motorists who enjoy camping 

 are urged to pitch their camps in the desert, under the open skies, a rare and 

 enjoyable experience on the Arizona desert. 



TUMACACORI MISSION 



Tumacacori Mission, located forty-nine miles south of Tucson, Arizona, 

 on the road to Nogales, was constructed by the Papago Indians about 1691 

 under the direction of the Jesuit padre, Eusebio Francisco Kino. It ante 

 dated the California missions by a century. After prospering for almost 150 



