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territory in 1742 and who continued their pioneering during the following 

 years, dreaming of a great trapping and hunting empire which was to be the 

 possession of France. Their dreams failed, but their ideals are commemorated 

 by this monument, the most conspicuous feature of which is Crowhigh Butte, 

 towering above the upper Missouri River. 



LEWIS AND CLARK CAVERN 



So named because it overlooks the Lewis and Clark Trail for fifty miles, 

 the Lewis and Clark Cavern Monument is located in Montana about forty-five 

 miles northeast of Butte. It is near the highway known as the Yellowstone 

 Trail and is not far from Whitehall on the Northern Pacific Railroad. The 

 cave contains many beautiful stalagmites and stalactites, and curious drip 

 formations in its various chambers add to its interest and beauty. It is a 

 very large cave and is one of the finest caverns of the West. 



CRATERS OF THE MOON 



Nowhere else in the United States can so many features of volcanic 

 activity be found in a small area as in the thirty-nine square miles that make 

 up the Craters of the Moon National Monument in central Idaho at the foot 

 of the White Komb Mountains. The monument takes its name from the 

 fact that it resembles the moon as seen through a high-powered telescope. 

 The profusion of cinder cones, craters, hornitos, black lava floods, and lava 

 caves indicate that this section is of comparatively recent volcanic activity. 

 The region is rich in geologic interest. The nearest railroad station is Arco 

 on the Oregon Short Line. Comfortable accommodations are available here. 

 The monument is reached by motorists over the Idaho Central Highway from 

 Boise or from Yellowstone. 



SITKA NATIONAL MONUMENT 



Sitka National Monument, fifty-seven acres on Sitka Bay, commemorates 

 the "Battle of Alaska" in 1804, when the Russians finally established their 

 supremacy over the warlike Indian tribes of the northwest territory. It is 

 likewise the site of a fine collection of totem poles, sixteen in number, among 

 the finest in Alaska. These totem poles record the genealogy of the old Alaska 

 Indian tribes, each family having as its emblem an animal, which figures 

 prominently in the carvings of the totem pole. Each pole tells the exploits 

 of the family it represents. The Indians were bound by tradition to offer 

 shelter to traveling members of the same family, and the totem pole in the 

 front of a hut told the traveler whether or not he could find welcome in that 

 particular hut. The Sitka Monument totem poles are from two different 

 tribes, the Thlingits and the Hycahs. The former hollowed out their totem 

 poles and deposited in them the charred bones of their dead. The monument 

 also contains some unusual forest growth, including a "witch tree" much 

 feared even by the present generation of Indians, because in olden times 



