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INDEX 



Vicksburg National Military Park, 298 



Virgin Islands, area of, 19, 52 



Virginia, area of, 19; charter, 55; Na- 

 tional Forests in, 130, 144; neglected 

 lands in, 182; proposed National 

 Parks in, 258 



Volcanoes, in National Parks, 237, 238; 

 rejection of possible National Park, 

 247 



Walcott, Charles D., in, 169, 260, 348 



Walnut, black, in original forests, 90 



Walnut Canyon, 287, 291 



Walsh, Thomas B., 269 



Wapatki, 287, 291 



Wars, Indian, 209, 210 



Wasatch Mountains, 75, 94 



Washington, area of, 19; Public Lands 

 in, 21, 22, 159; mining in, 64, 65; fed- 

 eral roads in, 71; trees, 96; forest laws 

 passed by, 106; National Forests in, 

 129, 144; wild life in, 148, 149; desert 

 reclaimed in, 154; reclamation proj- 

 ects in, 162, 167; potential water 

 power in, 185; developed water power 

 of, 195; mineral withdrawals and 

 classifications in, 197; value of Indian 

 property in, 215, 216; National Monu- 

 ments in, 286, 294 



Washington, George, 219 



Water power, government regulation of, 

 44; percentage of U. S. reserve, 46; 

 public stewardship of, 118 ff.; esti- 

 mated U. S., 184, 185; beginning of 

 American, 186; authority of federal 

 control of, 187; development of, 187, 

 193; distribution of, 193-195; possi- 

 bilities of future achievement of, 193; 

 a national enterprise, 196 



WeekslBill, '125 ff. 



Weeks, John W., 126 



West Virginia, area of, 19; National 

 Forests in, 130, 144; wild life in, 149; 

 coal in, 185 



Wheeler National Monument, 286, 292 



Wheelock, Eleazer, 223 



Whipple, Bishop, 223 



White, Stewart Edward, 335 



White Mountains, 93, 130 



Whitman, 223 



Whitney, J. D., 106 



Whittlesby, Charles, 106 



Widtsoe, John A., 169 



"Wild Animals I Have Known," 334 



Wild life, conservation of, 78-81, 148 ff., 

 294, 305 ff., 339, 340; original wealth 

 of, 301 ff.; destruction of, 302-306; 



restoration of, 317 ff.; surplus of, 322, 

 323; refuges, 332 



Williamsons, the, 223 



Williston project, 162, 167 



Willits, Edwin, 310 



Willow, in original forests, 89 



Wilson, James, 125, 131 



Wilson, Woodrow, 267, 268 



Wind Cave National Park, 233, 248, 

 275, 276 



Winter, Charles E., quoted, 154, 155 



Wisconsin, area of, 19; Public Lands in, 

 21, 70; forest laws passed by, 106; de- 

 veloped water power of, 195; value of 

 Indian property in, 215 



Wolves, original wealth of, 302 



Women's Clubs, General Federation of, 

 resolutions of, 255, 256 



"Wonderland National Park," pro- 

 posed, 74 



Wood River country, 146 



Worcester, Samuel, 223 



Work, Hubert, 168, 169, 295; quoted, 

 57-62, 65, 180-183, 206, 251 



Wyoming, area of, 19; Public Lands in, 

 21, 22, 159; mining in, 64, 65; federal 

 roads in, 71; forest laws passed by, 

 106; National Forests in, 129, 144; 

 wild life in, 148, 149; reclamation 

 project in, 162, 167, 168; mineral 

 withdrawals and classifications in, 

 197; Indian wealth in, 214, 215; Na- 

 tional Monuments in, 286, 293, 294 



Yakima, 154; reclamation project, 162, 

 167, 174 



Yale, school of forestry founded at, 112, 

 114 



Yavapai Point, 263 



Yellowstone National Park, 237, 238, 

 258, 330; creation of, 232, 235, 245, 

 246; description, 232; visitors to, 276; 

 wild life in, 306, 319, 323; area devoted 

 to absolute primitive, 324, 325 



Yosemite National Park, 235, 238, 246, 

 247; description, 232; nature guide 

 service in, 261; visitors to, 276, 277; 

 museum in, 263; undisturbed primi- 

 tive conditions, 323-325 



Young, Brigham, 156 



Yucca House, 287, 291 



Yuma reclamation project, 161, 167 



Zeisberger, David, 223 

 Zion Canyon, 76 



Zion National Park, 75, 76, 234, 236, 

 238, 257, 275, 276 



