CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Informing the people 



Increased travel against adverse conditions 



Astonishing increase in motor travel 5 



Motor revenues for park improvement 



Congress materially helped . 6 



Cooperation of the National Geographic Society 



Creation of the National Park Service 7 



Two new national parks 



National parks to pay their own way 



Wanted : Gateways to our national parks 9 



Yellowstone National Park 9 



What has been accomplished in Yellowstone 9 



Automobiles to supplant horses 10 



Rangers take the place of soldiers 11 



Glacier National Park 



A good season at Glacier 11 



New enterprises planned 



Desirable road development 



Adequate administration buildings needed 



Improved roads and new trails 14 



Plenty of trail horses hereafter 15 



Yosemite's great development 15 



Congressional appropriations 17 



Mount Rainier developed 19 



Crater Lake prospects 22 



Sequoia National Park 23 



" The Greater Sequoia " 23 



General Grant National Park 24 



Heavy travel to Rocky Mountain National Park 24 



The Hot Springs Reservation 25 



Mesa Verde National Park 26 



In general 27 



Appendices 28 



National parks at a glance 28 



Statistics 30 



National-park publications , 36 



Distributed by the Secretary of the Interior 36 



Sold by the Superintendent of Documents 36 



Pamphlets 36 



Panoramic views 38 



Maps sold by the U. S. Geological Survey 38 



ILLUSTEATION. 



Map showing location of National parks and monuments 20 



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