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AMERICAN I'ORESTRY 



The park area is the fountainhead of the game supply 

 of this part of Alasl<a. The newly completed Govern- 

 ment Abska Railroad closely approaches the northeast 

 comer of the park. McKinJey Station is the point of 

 entrance, but travel into the park as yet is only for the 

 most hardy traveler, as there are no roads or accommo- 

 dations. 



The Hot Springs reservation in the Ozark Mountains 

 of Arkansas is really the oldest National Park in one 

 sense, having been reserved in 1832, 40 years before the 

 wonders of the Yellowstone first inspired Congress with 

 the idea that scenery was a national asset deserving of 



Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, offers in 

 Lassen Peak, altitude 10,465 feet, the only active volcano 

 in the United States. While its last violent eruption oc- 

 curred May 22, 191 5, steaming mud pots may be observed 

 in its crater. The climb of the cindery summit trail is 

 more than rewarded by the superb view to be obtained. 

 In the far distance Mount Shasta rears its snow-crowned 

 head ; occasionally Mount Hood in Oregon may be seen. 

 Within the Park camp accommodations are to be had at 

 Drakesbad reached by road from Chester which in turn 

 is reached from Paxton, California, on the Western Pa- 

 cific Railroad and from Red B'.ufif on the Southern Pacific 



THE KILAUEA LAKE OF FIRE 



Photograph copyrighted by E. M. Newman 



One of the most spectacular exhibits in the world is this crater in Hawaii, now visited by many tourists. 



by the light of its flaming lavas. 



Photographed at night 



preservation for the use and enjoyment of succeeding 

 generations. The City of Hot Springs bordering the 

 park is visited annually by thousands of persons seeking 

 health from the beneficent waters of the hot springs and 

 pleasure in the high and beautiful country with its excel- 

 lent drives and woodland paths, its mountain and river 

 views, and its exceptional golf. The park is readily ac- 

 cessible by train and by automobile and is open the year 

 around. 



Our newest National Park, Zion, in southwest Utah 

 has for its principal exhibit a deep canyon between sand- 

 stone cliflFs of great height and vivid color. It is reached 

 from either Salt Lake City or Los Angeles, train tourists 

 k-aving the railroad at Lund, Utah, for the 100-mile auto 

 drive to the park. From Zion other notable scenic ex- 

 hibits of this section can be visited including Bryce Can- 

 yon and Cedar Breaks and a trip may be extended to the 

 north rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. 



Railroad. The Park season is from June 15 to Sep- 

 tember I. 



Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the Black 

 Hills not far from one of Custer's famous battle fields, 

 exhibits a remarkable limestone cavern. The Park has 

 a surface area of 16 square miles a part of which is main- 

 tained as a National Game Preserve for bison, elk and 

 antelope. The Park is best reached from Hot Springs, 

 South Dakota, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 

 and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroads. While 

 the Park is open all the year, the tourist season is from 

 June I to September 30. 



Piatt National Park in southern Oklahoma contains 

 sulphur and other health-giving springs, hot and cold, 

 which gush plentifully from its area of i J^ square miles. 

 It lies in a high country of great beauty and delightful 

 climate and is locally extremely popular. Its entrance 

 point is Sulphur, Oklahoma, which is reached by several 



