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NATURALIST'S GUIDE TO THE AMERICAS 



Papago Saguaro, Arizona; 1914, 1922; 

 1940.43 acres. "Splendid collection 

 of characteristic desert flora and 

 numerous pictographs. Interesting 

 rock formations." 



Dinosaur, Utah; 1915; 80 acres. (See 

 Utah.) 



Capulin Mountain, New Mexico; 1916; 

 681 acres. "Cinder cone of geologi- 

 cally recent formation. 



Verendrye, North Dakota; 1917; 253.04 

 acres. Includes Crowhigh Butte 

 SeeN.D. 



Casa Grande, Arizona; 1889, 1909, 1918; 

 480 acres. "These ruins are one of 

 the most noteworthy relics of a pre- 

 historic age and people within the 

 limits of the United States. Dis- 

 covered in ruinous condition in 1694." 



Katmai, Alaska; 1918; 1,088,000 acres. 

 "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes." 



Scotts Bluff, Nebraska; 1919; 2053.83 

 acres. "Region of historic and sci- 

 entific interest. Many famous old 

 trails traversed by the early pioneers 

 in the winning of the West passed over 

 and through this monument." 



Yucca House, Colorado; 1919; 9.6 acres. 

 "Relic of prehistoric inhabitants." 



Fossil Cycad. South Dakota; 1922; 

 320 acres. "Area containing deposits 

 of plant fossils." 



Aztec Ruin, New Mexico; 1923; 4.6 

 acres. "Prehistoric ruin of pueblo 

 type containing 500 rooms." 



Hovenweep, Utah-Colorado; 1923; 285.8 

 acres. "Four groups of prehistoric 

 towers, pueblos and cliff dwellings." 



Pipe Spring, Arizona; 1923; 40 acres. 

 "Old stone fort and spring of pure 

 water in desert region." 



Carlsbad Cave, New Mexico; 1923; 

 719.22 acres. Immense cavern; see 

 Nat. Geog. Mag., January, 1924. 



NATIONAL MONUMENTS ADMINISTERED 



BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE 



Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico; 1907; 

 160 acres. "Numerous cliff-dweller 

 ruins of much interest and in good 

 preservation." In Gila National 

 Forest. 



Tonto, Arizona; 1907; 640 acres; similar 

 to Gila Cliff Dwellings. In Tonto 

 National Forest. 



Jewel Cave, South Dakota; 1908; 1280 

 acres. "Limestone cavern of much 

 beauty and considerable extent, limits 

 of which are as yet unknown." In 

 Harney National Forest. 



Wheeler, Colorado ; 1908 ; 300 acres. ' 'Of 

 much interest from geological stand- 

 point as example of eccentric erosion 



and extinct volcanic action. Of much 

 scenic beauty." In Cochetopa and 

 Rio Grande National Forests. 



Mount Olympus, Washington; 1909, 

 1912, 1915; 299,370 acres. Contains 

 many objects of great and unusual 

 scientific interest, including many 

 glaciers. Is summer range and breed- 

 ing ground of the Olympic elk." In 

 Olympic National Forest. 



Oregon Caves, Oregon; 1909; 480 acres. 

 "Extensive caves in limestone of 

 much beauty; magnitude not entirely 

 ascertained." In Siskiyou National 

 Forest. 



Devil Postpile, California; 1911; 800 

 acres. "Spectacular mass of hexag- 

 onal basaltic columns, like an immense 

 pile of posts. Said to rank with 

 famous Giant's Causeway in Ireland." 

 In Sierra National Forest. 



Walnut Canyon, Arizona; 1915; 960 

 acres. "Contains cliff-dwellings of 

 much scientific and popular interest." 

 In Coconino National Forest. 



Bandelier, New Mexico; 1916; 22,075 

 acres. "Vast number of cliff-dweller 

 ruins, with artificial caves, stone 

 sculpture, and other relics of pre- 

 historic life." In Santa Fe National 

 Forest. 



Old Kasaan, Alaska; 1916; 38.3 acres. 

 "Abandoned Indian village in which 

 there are numerous remarkable totem 

 poles and other objects of historical 

 interest." In Tongass National 

 Forest, 



Lehman Caves, Nevada; 1922; 593.03 

 acres. "Limestone caverns of much 

 beauty and of scientific interest and 

 importance." In Nevada National 

 Forest. 



Timpanogos Cave, Utah; 1922; 250 

 acres. Limestone cavern. In Wa- 

 satch National Forest. 



Bryce Canyon, Utah; 1923; 7440 acres. 

 "Box canyon filled with countless 

 array of fantastically eroded pin- 

 nacles. Best exhibit of vivid coloring 

 of earth's materials." In Powell 

 National Forest. 



Extensions of a number of parks are 

 advocated by the Director of the Na- 

 tional Park Service: Crater Lake to 

 include Diamond Lake; Yellowstone to 

 include the Teton Country to the south; 

 Rainier to include Ohanapecosh Hot 

 Springs, to the southeast ; and the much 

 discussed extensions of Yosemite and 

 Sequoia, which involve elimination of 

 land now park territory, and inclu- 



