THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

PREFACE

THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKS

ON THE APPRECIATION OF SCENERY

I. THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES

THE GRANITE NATIONAL PARKS

GRANITE'S PART IN SCENERY

II. YOSEMITE, THE INCOMPARABLE
III. THE PROPOSED ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK
IV. THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES
V. MCKINLEY, GIANT OF GIANTS
VI. LAFAYETTE AND THE EAST

THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARKS

ON THE VOLCANO IN SCENERY

VII. LASSEN PEAK AND MOUNT KATMAI
VIII. MOUNT RAINIER, ICY OCTOPUS
IX. CRATER LAKE'S BOWL OF INDIGO
X. YELLOWSTONE, A VOLCANIC INTERLUDE
XI. THREE MONSTERS OF HAWAII

THE SEDIMENTARY NATIONAL PARKS

XII. ON SEDIMENTARY ROCK IN SCENERY
XIII. GLACIERED PEAKS AND PAINTED SHALES
XIV. ROCK RECORDS OF A VANISHED RACE
XV. THE HEALING WATERS

THE GRAND CANYON AND OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS

ON THE SCENERY OF THE SOUTHWEST

XVI. A PAGEANT OF CREATION
XVII. THE RAINBOW OF THE DESERT
XVIII. HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST
XIX. DESERT SPECTACLES
XX. THE MUIR WOODS AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS


ILLUSTRATIONS
Zoraaster from the depths of the Grand Canyon
The Rainbow Natural Bridge, Utah
Middle fork of the Belly River, Glacier National Park
General Sherman Tree—believed to be the biggest and oldest living thing in the world
The Giant Geyser—greatest in the world
The Yosemite Falls—highest in the world
El Capitan, survivor of the glaciers
Half Dome, Yosemite's hooded monk
The climax of Yosemite National Park
The greatest waterwheel of the Tuolumne
Tehipite Dome, guardian rock of the Tehipite Valley
East Vidette from a forest of foxtail pines
Bull Frog Lake, proposed Roosevelt National Park
Under a giant sequoia
Estes Park Plateau, looking east
Front range of the Rockies from Bierstadt Lake
Summit of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
The Andrews Glacier hangs from the Continental Divide
A Rocky Mountain cirque carved from solid granite
Mount McKinley, looming above the great Alaskan Range
Archdeacon Stuck's party half-way up the mountain
The summit of Mount McKinley
In Lafayette National Park
Sea caves in the granite
Frenchman's Bay from the east cliff of Champlain Mountain
Lassen Peak seen from the southwest
Lassen Peak close up
Southeast slope of Mount Rainier
Mount St. Helens seen from Mount Rainier Park
Mount Adams seen from Mount Rainier Park
Sluiskin Ridge and Columbia Crest
Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma
Mount Rainier and Paradise Inn in summer
Winter pleasures at Paradise Inn, Mount Rainier
Dutton Cliff and the Phantom Ship, Crater Lake
Sunset from Garfield Peak, Crater Lake National Park
Applegate Cliff, Crater Lake
Phantom Ship from Garfield Peak
The Excelsior Geyser which blew out in 1888; Yellowstone
One of the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
Yellowstone valley from the upper fall to the lower fall
The lower fall and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The Teton Mountain from Jackson Hole, south of Yellowstone
The lava landscape of the Yellowstone and Gibbon Falls
The Kilauea Pit of Fire, Hawaii National Park
Within the crater of Kilauea
The Great Gable of Gould Mountain
The Cirque at the head of Cut Bank Creek
Ptarmigan Lake and Mount Wilbur, Glacier National Park
Scooped both sides by giant glaciers
Showing the Agazziz Glacier
Beautiful Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park
Prehistoric pottery from Mesa Verde
Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park
Spruce Tree House from across the canyon
On Hot Springs Mountain, Hot Springs of Arkansas
Bath House Row, Hot Springs of Arkansas
Sunset from Grand View, Grand Canyon National Park (missing in the printed edition)
Camping party on the South Rim
Down Hermit Trail from rim to river
Through the Granite Gorge surges the muddy Colorado
When morning mists lift from the depths of the Grand Canyon
El Gobernador, Zion National Monument
Zion Canyon from the rim
The Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon
Casa Grande National Monument
Prehistoric cave homes in the Bandelier National Monument
Tumacacori Mission
Montezuma Castle
Roosevelt party in Monument Valley
Rainbow Bridge in full perspective
The Petrified Forest of Arizona
Petrified trunk forming a bridge over a Canyon
Cathedral Isle of the Muir Woods
Pinnacles National Monument
The Devil's Tower


MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
Cross-section of Crater Lake showing probable outline of Mount Mazama
Cross-section of Crater Lake
Map of Hawaii National Park
Outline of the Mesa verde Formation
Outlines of the Western and Eastern Temples, Zion National Monument
Map of Yosemite National Park, California
Proposed Roosevelt National Park and the Sequoia and General Grant the National Parks, California
The Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Glacier National Park, Montana
Mesa verde National Park, Colorado
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Zion National Monument, Utah



TO
STEPHEN T. MATHER



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