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DEPARTMENl LW 1HL INTE 

 Franklin K. Lane, Secretary 



GUMPSES 



OF OUR 



NATIONAL 

 PARKS 



FX 





OLOGY V 



CONTENTS 



I. — Characteristics 3 



II. — The Rocky Mountain National Park 7 



III. — The Mesa Verde National Park 11 



IV. — The Yellowstone National Park 14 



V.— The Glacier National Park 19 



VI. — Mount Rainier National Park 22 



VII. — Crater Lake National Park 25 



VIII.— The Yosemite National Park 27 



IX. — The Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks . . 29 



X. — The Hot Springs Reservation 32 



XI. — The Grand Canyon (National monument administered 



by Department of Agriculture) 33 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1916 



