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THE NATIONAL MILITARY AND OTHER PARKS ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR [Number, 7; total area, 22 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.]

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6,543 Beautiful natural park-Embraces battle fields of
Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge and scenes of
other conflicts of the Civil War fought in the vicinity
of Chattanooga during 1863.

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Contains the log cabin and part of the farm where
Abraham Lincoln was born.

125 Near Greensboro-Scene of one of the great battles of
the Revolution; fought in 1781.

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i Donated in whole or in part to the United States.

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THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

[Number, 24; total area, 1,815 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.]

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Shoshone Cavern (sho-sho'nê) Wyoming..

[Gallup, N. Mex., or Flag-Mar. 20, 1909 staff, Ariz., Santa Fe sys- Mar. 14, 1912 Cody, Burlington route.. Sept. 21, 1909

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THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS-Continued.

ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Number, 11; total area, 510 square miles: chronologically in order of creation.]

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Limestone cavern of much beauty and considerable
extent, 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.

800 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.

38.3 Abandoned Indian village in which there are numerous
remarkable totem poles and other objects of his-
torical interest.

593.03 Limestone caverns of much beauty and of scientific
interest and importance.

ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
[Number, 2; total area, 6 acres; chronologically in order of creation.]
Divide, Union Pacific..

June 23, 1910

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5 Site of battle field on which battle was fought Aug. 9,
1877, between a small force of United States troops
and a much larger force of Nez Perce Indians, result-
ing in rout for the Indians.

1 Of historic interest because of discovery of the territory
now partly embraced in the State of California by
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who at this point first
sighted land on Sept. 28, 1542.

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Set aside by Executive order.

Big Hole Battle Field .

Montana.

Cabrillo (kä-brél'yo).

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Crater Lake, Alex Sparrow, superintendent, Medford, Oreg.

Glacier, J. Ross Eakin, superintendent, Belton, Mont.

Grand Canyon, W. W. Crosby, superintendent, Grand Canyon, Ariz.
Hawaii, Thomas Boles, superintendent, Volcano House, Hawaii.

Hot Springs, Dr. Clarence H. Waring, 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, Nenana, Alaska.
Mount Rainier, C. L. Nelson, acting superintendent, Ashford, Wash.
Platt, Thomas Ferris, 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.

Capulin Mountain, Mrs. W. H. Jack, custodian, Folsom, Union County, N. Mex. Casa Grande, Frank Pinkley, custodian, Blackwater, Ariz.

Colorado, John Otto, custodian, Grand Junction, Colo.

Devils Tower, John M. Thorn, custodian, Hulett, Wyo.

El Morro, Evon Z. Vogt, custodian, Ramah, N. Mex.

Montezuma Castle, Martin L. Jackson, custodian, Camp Verde, Ariz.

Muir Woods, Richard F. O'Rourke, custodian, 317 Flood Building, San Francisco, Calif.

Navajo, John Wetherill, custodian, Kayenta, Ariz.

Papago Saguaro, J. E. McClain, custodian, Tempe, Ariz.

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

Scotts Bluff, Will M. Maupin, custodian, Gering, Nebr.

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

No superintendent has been appointed for the Lassen Volcanic National Park, nor have custodians been appointed for the Chaco Canyon, Dinosaur, Gran Quivira, Katmai, Lewis and Clark Cavern, Natural Bridges, Pinnacles, Rainbow Bridge, Shoshone Cavern, Sitka, Verendrye, or Yucca House National Monuments.

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