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THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS-Continued

ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Number, 14; total area, 529 square miles or 338,866.33 acres; chronologically in order of creation]

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Limestone cavern of much beauty and considerable ex-
tent, limits of which are as yet unknown.

Of much interest from geological standpoint as example
of eccentric erosion and extinct volcanic action. Of
much scenic beauty.

[Contains many objects of great and unusual scientific
interest, including many glaciers. Is summer range
and breeding ground of the Olympic elk.
Extensive caves in limestone formation of much beauty;
magnitude not entirely ascertained.

Spectacular mass of hexagonal basaltic columns, like an
immense pile of posts. Said to rank with famous
Giant's Causeway in Ireland.

Contains cliff dwellings of much scientific and popular
interest.
Vast number of cliff-dweller ruins, with artificial caves,
stone sculpture, and other relics of prehistoric life.

Abandoned Indian village in which there are numerous
remarkable totem poles and other objects of historical
interest.
Limestone caverns of much beauty and of scientific in-
terest and importance.

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ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT

[Number, 3; total area, 63 acres; chronologically in order of creation]

Big Hole Battle Field 4.

Montana..

Divide, Union Pacific.

June 23, 1910

5

Cabrillo (ka-brél'yo)

California.

San Diego, Southern Pacific, Oct. 14, 1913 and Santa Fe systems.

38 Stat., 1965

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Mound City Group.

Ohio.

Chillicothe, B. & O., and Mar. 2, 1923
N. & W.

42 Stat., Proc.
1653.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

(Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.),

Stephen T. Mather, director.

Arno B. Cammerer, assistant director.
A. E. Demaray, administrative assistant.
R. M. Holmes, chief clerk.

FIELD SERVICE

GENERAL

(Yellowstone Park, Wyo.)

Horace M. Albright, field assistant to the director.

CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION

(811 Couch Building, Portland, Oreg.)

George E. Goodwin, chief civil engineer.

Merrill F. Daum, locating engineer.

LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING DIVISION

(Yosemite, Calif.)

Daniel R. Hull, landscape engineer.

THE NATIONAL PARKS

Crater Lake, Charles Goff Thomson, superintendent, Medford, Oreg.
Glacier, Charles J. Kraebel, superintendent, Belton, Mont.
Grand Canyon, J. Ross Eakin, superintendent, Grand Canyon, Ariz.
Hawaii, Thomas Boles, superintendent, Volcano House, Hawaii.
Hot Springs, Dr. Joseph Bolten, superintendent, Hot Springs, Ark.
Lafayette, George B. Dorr, superintendent, Bar Harbor, Me.
Mesa Verde, Jesse L. Nusbaum, superintendent, Mancos, Colo.

Mount McKinley, Henry P. Karstens, superintendent, McKinley Park, Alaska.
Mount Rainier, Owen A. Tomlinson, superintendent, Ashford, Wash.

Platt, Robert G. Morris, superintendent, Sulphur, Okla.

Rocky Mountain, Roger W. Toll, superintendent, Estes Park, Colo.

Sequoia, John R. White, superintendent, Three Rivers, Calif.

General Grant, John R. White, acting superintendent, Three Rivers, Calif.
Sullys Hill, Wm. H. Beyer, acting superintendent, Fort Totten, N. Dak.
Wind Cave, Roy Brazell, superintendent, Hot Springs, S. Dak.
Yellowstone, Horace M. Albright, superintendent, Yellowstone Park, Wyo
Yosemite, W. B. Lewis, superintendent, Yosemite National Park, Calif.
Zion, Walter Ruesch, acting superintendent, Springdale, Utah.

THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Aztec Ruin, Earl Morris, custodian, Aztec, N. Mex.
Capulin Mountain, Homer J. Farr, custodian, Capulin, N. Mex..
Carlsbad Cave, W. F. McIlvain, custodian, Carlsbad, N. Mex.
Casa Grande, Frank Pinkley, custodian, Blackwater, Ariz.
Chaco Canyon, C. A. Griffin, custodian, Crown Point, N. Mex.
Colorado, John Otto, custodian, Grand Junction, Colo.
Devils Tower, John M. Thorn, custodian, Hulett, Wyo.
El Morro, Evon Z. Vogt, custodian, Ramah, N. Mex.

Gran Quivira, W. H. Smith, custodian, Gran Quivira, N. Mex.
Montezuma Castle, Martin L. Jackson, custodian, Camp Verde, Ariz
Muir Woods, John T. Needham, custodian, Mill Valley, Calif.
Natural Bridges, Zeke Johnson, custodian, Blanding, Utah.
Navajo, John Wetherill, custodian, Kayenta, Ariz.
Papago Saguaro, J. E. McClain, custodian. Tempe, Ariz.

Petrified Forest, William Nelson, custodian, Holbrook, Ariz.

Pinnacles, Herman A. Hermansen, custodian, Pinnacles, San Benito County, Calif.

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Sitka, Peter Trierschield, custodian, Sitka, Alaska.

Tumacacori, Frank Pinkley, acting custodian, Blackwater, Ariz.

Verendrye, Adolph Larsen, custodian, Sanish, N. Dak.

No superintendent has been appointed for the Lassen Volcanic National Park, nor have custodians been appointed for the Dinosaur, Katmai, Lewis and Clark Cavern, Rainbow Bridge, Shoshone Cavern, Yucca House, Fossil Cycad, Hovenweep, Pipe Spring or Craters of the Moon National Monuments.

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APPENDIX B

STATISTICS

Visitors to the national parks, 1909-1924

Visitors to some of the national monuments, 1919-1924.

Private automobiles entering the national parks during seasons 1917-1924.
Automobile and motorcycle licenses issued during seasons 1920-1924-

Receipts collected from automobiles and motorcycles during seasons 1920-1924

Statement of appropriations made for and revenues received from the various national parks and national monuments and expenditures made therefrom during the fiscal years 1917-1924, inclusive; also appropriations for the fiscal year 1925.

Summary of appropriations for the administration, protection, and improvement of the national parks and national monuments, together with the revenues received for the fiscal years 1917-1925, inclusive..

National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to national
forest lands, including national monument lands administered by the Forest Service.
National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to the
States and Territories in which they are located...

National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to the
Federal lands...

STATISTICS

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3 Indicated loss in travel from 1921 due largely to better methods of checking and estimating employed.

• Actual park visitors; many miners and prospectors passed through park.

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