THE NATIONAL MILITARY AND OTHER PARKS ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR [Number, 7; total area, 22 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.] 6,543 Beautiful natural park-Embraces battle fields of Contains the log cabin and part of the farm where 125 Near Greensboro-Scene of one of the great battles of i Donated in whole or in part to the United States. 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.] Navajo (nav'á-ho)... 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 THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS-Continued. ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Number, 11; total area, 510 square miles: chronologically in order of creation.] Limestone cavern of much beauty and considerable Contains many objects of great and unusual scientific Extensive caves in limestone formation of much beauty; 800 Spectacular mass of hexagonal basaltic columns, like Contains cliff dwellings of much scientific and popular Vast number of cliff-dweller ruins, with artificial caves, 38.3 Abandoned Indian village in which there are numerous 593.03 Limestone caverns of much beauty and of scientific ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT. June 23, 1910 5 Site of battle field on which battle was fought Aug. 9, 1 Of historic interest because of discovery of the territory Set aside by Executive order. Big Hole Battle Field . Montana. Cabrillo (kä-brél'yo). Crater Lake, Alex Sparrow, superintendent, Medford, Oreg. Glacier, J. Ross Eakin, superintendent, Belton, Mont. Grand Canyon, W. W. Crosby, superintendent, Grand Canyon, Ariz. Hot Springs, Dr. Clarence H. Waring, superintendent, Hot Springs, Ark. Mount McKinley, Henry P. Karstens, superintendent, Nenana, Alaska. Rocky Mountain, Roger W. Toll, superintendent, Estes Park, Colo. General Grant, John R. White, acting superintendent, Three Rivers, Calif. Yellowstone, Horace M. Albright, superintendent, Yellowstone Park, Wyo. 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. |