Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 1. A CAMP-FIRE THAT MADE HISTORY

II THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

III THE SEQUOIA AND THE GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS

IV MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK

V CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

VI GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

VII MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK

VIII ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

IX THE GRAND CAnON

X LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

XI HAWAII NATIONAL PARK

XII THREE NATIONAL MONUMENTS 1. THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL MONUMENT

XIII OTHER NATIONAL PARKS 1. WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK

XIV CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS

XV PARK-DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PARKS

XVI THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST

XVII WILD LIFE IN NATIONAL PARKS

XVIII IN ALL WEATHERS

XIX THE SCENERY IN THE SKY

XX JOHN MUIR

XXI NATIONAL PARKS THE SCHOOL OF NATURE

XXII WHY WE NEED NATIONAL PARKS

XXIII THE TRAIL

APPENDIX

A ACT OF DEDICATION OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

B THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE

C PROPOSED NATIONAL PARKS

D NATIONAL MONUMENTS

E DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

Sequoia National Park

General Grant National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

Crater Lake National Park

Glacier National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

The Grand Canon

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Hawaii National Park

Mount McKinley National Park

Hot Springs of Arkansas

Minor National Parks CASA GRANDE RUIN

National Monuments

Canadian Parks ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK

INDEX

By Enos A. Mills


YOUR NATIONAL PARKS. Illustrated.
THE STORY OF SCOTCH. Illustrated.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERLAND. Illustrated.
THE STORY OF A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE. Illustrated.
IN BEAVER WORLD. Illustrated.
THE SPELL OF THE ROCKIES. Illustrated.
WILD LIFE ON THE ROCKIES. Illustrated.


HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York


YOUR NATIONAL PARKS



A Guide to the National Parks

YOUR
NATIONAL PARKS

BY
ENOS A. MILLS

WITH DETAILED INFORMATION
FOR TOURISTS

BY
LAURENCE F. SCHMECKEBIER

And with Illustrations and Maps


BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1917


COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY ENOS A. MILLS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Published June 1917


TO
GEORGE W. PERKINS
AND
WILLIAM A. WELCH

WHOSE STATESMANSHIP, ENERGY, IDEALS, AND COURAGE
ARE MAKING THE PALISADES INTER-STATE PARK
"THE GREATEST PARK IN THE WORLD"


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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