CONTENTS

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Preface[vii]
THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
On the Appreciation of Scenery[3]
I.The National Parks of the United States[17]
THE GRANITE NATIONAL PARKS
Granite's Part in Scenery[33]
II.Yosemite, the Incomparable[36]
III.The Proposed Roosevelt National Park[69]
IV.The Heart of the Rockies[93]
V.McKinley, Giant of Giants[118]
VI.Lafayette and the East[132]
THE VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARKS
On the Volcano in Scenery[145]
VII.Lassen Peak and Mount Katmai[148]
VIII.Mount Rainier, Icy Octopus[159]
IX.Crater Lake's Bowl of Indigo[184]
X.Yellowstone, a Volcanic Interlude[202]
XI.Three Monsters of Hawaii[229]
THE SEDIMENTARY NATIONAL PARKS
XII.On Sedimentary Rock in Scenery[247]
XIII.Glaciered Peaks and Painted Shales[251]
XIV.Rock Records of a Vanished Race[284]
XV.The Healing Waters[305]
THE GRAND CANYON AND OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS
On the Scenery of the Southwest[321]
XVI.A Pageant of Creation[328]
XVII.The Rainbow of the Desert[352]
XVIII.Historic Monuments of the Southwest[367]
XIX.Desert Spectacles[385]
XX.The Muir Woods and Other National Monuments[404]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Zoroaster from the depths of the Grand Canyon]Frontispiece
Facing Page
The Rainbow Natural Bridge, Utah8
[Middle fork of the Belly River, Glacier National Park]12
[General Grant Tree]18
[The Giant Geyser—greatest in the world]22
[The Yosemite Falls—highest in the world]26
[El Capitan, survivor of the glaciers]44
[Half Dome, Yosemite's hooded monk]46
[The climax of Yosemite National Park]56
[The greatest waterwheel of the Tuolumne]56
[Tehipite Dome, guardian rock of the Tehipite Valley]82
[East Vidette from a forest of foxtail pines]84
[Bull Frog Lake, proposed Roosevelt National Park]90
[Under a giant sequoia]90
[Estes Park Plateau, looking east]96
[Front range of the Rockies from Bierstadt Lake]96
[Summit of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park]110
[The Andrews Glacier hangs from the Continental Divide]114
[A Rocky Mountain cirque carved from solid granite]114
[Mount McKinley, looming above the great Alaskan Range]128
[Archdeacon Stuck's party half-way up the mountain]128
[The summit of Mount McKinley]128
[In Lafayette National Park]134
[Sea caves in the granite]134
[Frenchman's Bay from the east cliff of Champlain Mountain]140
[Lassen Peak seen from the southwest]152
[Lassen Peak close up]152
[Southeast slope of Mount Rainier]162
[Mount St. Helens seen from Mount Rainier Park]166
[Mount Adams seen from Mount Rainier Park]166
[Sluiskin Ridge and Columbia Crest]172
[Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma]172
[Mount Rainier and Paradise Inn in summer]174
[Winter pleasures at Paradise Inn, Mount Rainier]174
[Dutton Cliff and the Phantom Ship, Crater Lake]190
[Sunset from Garfield Peak, Crater Lake National Park]190
[Applegate Cliff, Crater Lake]194
[Phantom Ship from Garfield Peak]194
[The Excelsior Geyser which blew out in 1888; Yellowstone]216
[One of the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone]216
[Yellowstone Valley from the upper fall to the lower fall]220
[The lower fall and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone]220
[The Teton Mountain from Jackson Hole, south of Yellowstone]228
[The lava landscape of the Yellowstone and Gibbon Falls]228
[The Kilauea Pit of Fire, Hawaii National Park]238
[Within the crater of Kilauea]238
[The Great Gable of Gould Mountain]272
[The Cirque at the head of Cut Bank Creek]272
[Ptarmigan Lake and Mount Wilbur, Glacier National Park]276
[Scooped both sides by giant glaciers]276
[Showing the Agassiz Glacier]282
[Beautiful Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park]282
[Prehistoric pottery from Mesa Verde]298
[Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park]302
[Spruce Tree House from across the canyon]302
[On Hot Springs Mountain, Hot Springs of Arkansas]308
[Bath House Row, Hot Springs of Arkansas]308
[Sunset from Grand View, Grand Canyon National Park]340
[Camping party on the South Rim]344
[Down Hermit Trail from rim to river]344
[Through the Granite Gorge surges the muddy Colorado]346
[When morning mists lift from the depths of the Grand Canyon]346
[El Gobernador, Zion National Monument]362
[Zion Canyon from the rim]364
[The Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon]364
[Casa Grande National Monument]374
[Prehistoric cave homes in the Bandelier National Monument]374
[Tumacacori Mission]376
[Montezuma Castle]376
[Roosevelt party in Monument Valley]386
[Rainbow Bridge in full perspective]386
[The Petrified Forest of Arizona]396
[Petrified trunk forming a bridge over a canyon]396
[Cathedral Isle of the Muir Woods]406
[Pinnacles National Monument]412
[The Devil's Tower]412

MAPS AND DIAGRAMS

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Cross-section of Crater Lake showing probable outline of Mount Mazama[189]
Cross-section of Crater Lake[191]
Map of Hawaii National Park[230]
FACING PAGE
Outline of the Mesa Verde Formation[290]
Outlines of the Western and Eastern Temples, Zion National Monument[356]