HISTORY 35 



and October i, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 478 and 650) set aside, 

 with the usual conditions as to control by the Secretary of the 

 Interior, the making by him of rules and regulations, and the 

 granting of leases, etc., two park areas in California which 

 received the names, respectively of Sequoia and General Grant. 

 The history of these two parks between 1891 and 19 14 cor- 

 responds exactly to that of the Yosemite during the same pe- 

 riod. 



By the act of July i, 19 16 (39 Stat. L., 308) there was ap- 

 propriated the sum of $50,000, which was added to $20,000 

 contributed by the National Geographic Society, and the whole 

 used to purchase some private holdings in Sequoia Park, which 

 included parts of the Giant Forest. Since then other gifts 

 by the National Geographic Society and certain citizens, to- 

 talling over $80,000, have resulted in over a thousand acres 

 of privately owned land in this park being returned to public 

 possession. 



As these parks are only a short distance apart, and as the 

 General Grant Park is very small, being only four square miles 

 in extent, they are administered together under one superin- 

 tendent. 



Mount Rainier. This park, which includes within its bound- 

 aries the mountain after which it was named and the adjacent 

 territory, was created by the act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 

 L., 993) which differs from the ordinary park-creating act 

 in that it provides for the extension of the mineral land laws 

 to the territory set aside. This provision was nullified, how- 

 ever, by the act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 365) which 

 prohibited the location of further claims. 



A concession for transportation was allowed in 1902, and 

 the park placed under the supervision of the Forest Supervisor 

 of the State of Washington. Protection has been provided 

 by means of civilian rangers from the first opening of the park, 

 although much of the original road construction was per- 

 formed by army engineers. 



Cession by the State of Washington of exclusive jurisdic- 



