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Your National Parks

by Enos A. Mills

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Author
Schmeckebier, Laurence Frederick, 1877-1959
Title
Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists
Credits
Produced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E151: History: America: United States
Subject
West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42248
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42248
Release Date
March 3, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.YOUR NATIONAL PARKS BY ENOS A. MILLS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.I THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — 1. A CAMP-FIRE THAT MADE HISTORY — 2. THE DISCOVERY OF THE YELLOWSTONE — 3. THE GEYSERS, LAKES, AND STREAMS — 4. AGES OF FIRE AND ICE — 5. THE PETRIFIED FORESTS — 6. AREA; TREES, FLOWERS, AND ANIMALS — 7. ENTRANCES — 8. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY — 9. LOST IN THE WILDERNESS
  6. 6.II THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — 1. ICE-KING TOPOGRAPHY — 2. TREES AND FORESTS — 3. PLANT LIFE — 4. THE REALM OF FALLING WATER — 5. SEEING YOSEMITE — 6. HISTORY OF YOSEMITE
  7. 7.III THE SEQUOIA AND THE GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS — THE BIG TREES
  8. 8.IV MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK — 1. THE SPLENDID WILD-FLOWER GARDEN — 2. GLACIERS OF MOUNT RAINIER
  9. 9.V CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
  10. 10.VI GLACIER NATIONAL PARK — HISTORY OF THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
  11. 11.VII MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
  12. 12.VIII ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
  13. 13.IX THE GRAND CAÑON
  14. 14.X LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
  15. 15.XI HAWAII NATIONAL PARK
  16. 16.XII THREE NATIONAL MONUMENTS — 1. THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL MONUMENT — 2. THE NATURAL BRIDGES AND RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL MONUMENTS — 3. MUKUNTUWEAP NATIONAL MONUMENT
  17. 17.XIII OTHER NATIONAL PARKS — 1. WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK — 2. SULLY'S HILL NATIONAL PARK — 3. CASA GRANDE RUIN RESERVATION — 4. HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION — 5. PLATT NATIONAL PARK — 6. MOUNT McKINLEY NATIONAL PARK
  18. 18.XIV CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS — 1. JASPER PARK — 2. ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK — 3. YOHO PARK — 4. WATERTON LAKES PARK — 5. REVELSTOKE PARK — 6. THE ANIMAL PARKS — 7. ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK — 8. FORT HOWE PARK
  19. 19.XV PARK-DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PARKS
  20. 20.XVI THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST
  21. 21.XVII WILD LIFE IN NATIONAL PARKS
  22. 22.XVIII IN ALL WEATHERS
  23. 23.XIX THE SCENERY IN THE SKY — 1. TIMBER-LINE — 2. ABOVE THE TIMBER-LINE — 3. THE WORK OF THE ICE KING — 4. HIGH PEAKS
  24. 24.XX JOHN MUIR
  25. 25.XXI NATIONAL PARKS THE SCHOOL OF NATURE
  26. 26.XXII WHY WE NEED NATIONAL PARKS
  27. 27.XXIII THE TRAIL
  28. 28.APPENDIX
  29. 29.A ACT OF DEDICATION OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
  30. 30.B THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE
  31. 31.C PROPOSED NATIONAL PARKS
  32. 32.D NATIONAL MONUMENTS
  33. 33.E DOMINION NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA
  34. 34.BIBLIOGRAPHY — GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS BY LAURENCE F. SCHMECKEBIER
  35. 35.Introduction — Railroads to the National Parks and the Grand Cañon — Railroads to Canadian Parks — Cost of Side Trips on Trans-Continental Tours — Equipment
  36. 36.Yellowstone National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Transportation — Principal Points — Mammoth Hot Springs — Upper Geyser Basin — Grand Cañon — Side Trips — Camping Trips — Clothing — Fishing
  37. 37.Yosemite National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Tours — Principal Points of Interest — Mariposa Big Tree Grove — Principal Points reached from the Camps — Height of Summits in Yosemite Valley — Height of Waterfalls in Yosemite Valley — Clothing and Equipment — Fishing
  38. 38.Sequoia National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Camp — Trips — Clothing and Equipment — Fishing
  39. 39.General Grant National Park
  40. 40.Mount Rainier National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Trips — Climbing the Mountain [1] — Clothing and Equipment — Fishing
  41. 41.Crater Lake National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Trips — Hotel and Camp — Clothing and Equipment — Fishing
  42. 42.Glacier National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Tours — Points of Interest — The Glaciers — Clothing and Other Equipment — Fishing
  43. 43.Mesa Verde National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Camp — Trips — Clothing
  44. 44.Rocky Mountain National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels — Trips — Fishing
  45. 45.The Grand Cañon — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Trips — Clothing
  46. 46.Lassen Volcanic National Park — Railroad Connections — Automobile Routes — Hotels and Camps — Trips — Fishing
  47. 47.Hawaii National Park
  48. 48.Mount McKinley National Park
  49. 49.Hot Springs of Arkansas
  50. 50.Minor National Parks — CASA GRANDE RUIN — WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK — PLATT NATIONAL PARK — SULLY'S HILL PARK
  51. 51.National Monuments
  52. 52.Canadian Parks — ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK — YOHO PARK — GLACIER PARK — JASPER PARK — REVELSTOKE PARK — WATERTON LAKES PARK — BUFFALO PARK — ELK ISLAND PARK — ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK — FORT HOWE PARK
  53. 53.INDEX

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