USES OF NATURAL AREAS 



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Wind Cave, South Dakota, 1903; 17 sq. 



mi.; S. D., page 555. 

 Platt, Oklahoma; 1902, 1904; H sq. mi. 



Contains sulphur and other springs 



of medicinal value; wooded area with 



wild flowers and birds. 

 Sullys Hill, North Dakota; 1904; H 



sq. mi.; N. D., page 547. 

 Mesa Verde, Colorado; 1906, 1913; 77 



sq. mi.; Colo., page 527. 

 Glacier, Montana; 1910; 1534 sq. mi.; 



Mont., page 539. 

 Rocky Mountain, Colorado; 1915, 1917; 



397 sq. mi.; Colo., page 527. 

 Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands; 1916, 1922; 



186 sq. mi., in three separate areas. 

 Lassen Volcanic, California; 1916; 124 



sq. mi.; Calif., page 198. 

 Mount McKinley, Alaska; 1917, 1922; 



2645 sq. mi. 

 Grand Canyon, Arizona; 1908, 1919; 958 



sq. mi.; Ariz., page 568. 

 Lafayette. Maine; 1916, 1919; 8 sq. mi.; 



Me., page 310. 

 Zion, Utah; 1909, 1918, 1919; 120 sq. mi.; 



includes former Mukuntuweap Na- 

 tional Monument; Utah, page 559. 



NATIONAL MILITARY AND OTHER PARKS 



ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR 



DEPARTMENT 



Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Georgia 

 and Tennessee; 1890; 6543 acres. 

 "Beautiful natural park. Embraces 

 battle fields of Chickamauga and 

 Missionary Ridge and scenes of other 

 conflicts of the Civil War fought in 

 the vicinity of Chattanooga during 

 1863." 



Antietam Battle Field, Maryland; 1890; 

 50 acres. "Scene of one of the greatest 

 battles of the Civil War." 



Shiloh, Tennessee; 1894; 3546 acres. 

 "Natural park embracing the battle 

 field of Shiloh near Pittsburg Land- 

 ing." 



Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; 1895; 2451 

 acres. "Beautiful natural park. 

 Scene of Civil War combat. Probably 

 better marked than any other battle- 

 field in the world." 



Vicksburg, Mississippi; 1899; 1323 acres. 

 "Beautiful natural park. Scene of 

 the siege and surrender of Vicksburg 

 in 1863 during the Civil War." 



Lincoln's Birthplace, Kentucky; 1916; 

 "Contains the log cabin and part of 

 the farm where Lincoln was born." 



Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina; 

 1917; 125 acres. "Near Greensboro. 

 Scene of one of the great battles of 

 the Revolution; fought in 1781." 



NATIONAL MONUMENTS ADMINISTERED 

 BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



Devils Tower, Wyoming; 1906; 1152 

 acres. "Remarkable natural rock 

 tower, of volcanic origin, 1200 ft. in 

 height." 



Montezuma Castle, Arizona; 1906; 160 

 acres. "Prehistoric cliff-dwelling 

 ruin ... of scenic and ethnologic 

 interest." 



El Morro, New Mexico; 1906, 1917; 240 

 acres. "Enormous sandstone rock 

 eroded in form of a castle, upon which 

 inscriptions have been placed by 

 early Spanish explorers. Contains 

 cliff-dweller ruins. Of great historic 

 scenic, and ethnologic interest." 



Petrified Forest, Arizona; 1906, 1911; 

 25, 625 acres. "Abundance of petrified 

 coniferous trees, one of which forms 

 a small natural bridge." 



Chaco Canyon, New Mexico; 1907; 

 20,629 acres. "Numerous cliff-dweller 

 ruins." 



Muir Woods, California; 1908, 1921; 

 426.43 acres. (See Calif.) 



Pinnacles, California; 1908, 1923; 2653.46 

 acres. (See Calif.) 



Natural Bridges, Utah; 1908, 1909, 1916; 

 2740 acres. (See Utah.) 



Lewis and Clark Cavern, Montana; 

 1908, 1911; 160 acres. Temporarily 

 closed to the public. "Immense lime- 

 stone cavern of great scientific in- 

 terest, magnificently decorated with 

 stalactite formations." 



Tumacacori, Arizona; 1908; 10 acres. 

 Ruin of Franciscan mission. 



Navajo, Arizona; 1909, 1912; 360 acres. 

 "Numerous pueblo or cliff-dweller 

 ruins, in good preservation." 



Shoshone Cavern, Wyoming; 1909; 210 

 acres. "Cavern of considerable ex- 

 tent, near Cody." 



Gran Quivira, New Mexico; 1909, 1919, 

 560 acres. Early Spanish mission 

 ruins and pueblo ruins. 



Sitka, Alaska; 1910; 57 acres. "Park of 

 great natural beauty and historic 

 interest as scene of massacre of 

 Russians by Indians. Contains 16 

 totem poles of best native workman- 

 ship." 



Rainbow Bridge, Utah; 1910; 160 acres. 

 "Unique natural bridge of great 

 scientific interest and symmetry. 

 Height 309 feet above water, and span 

 is 278 feet, in shape of rainbow." 



Colorado, Colorado; 1911; 13,883 acres; 

 "Many lofty monoliths, and is won- 

 derful example of erosion, and of 

 great scenic beauty and interest." 



