APPENDIX A. THE NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS. Map showing location of all national parks and monuments administered by National Park Service, Department of the Interior. See opposite page. The national parks administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The national military and other parks administered by the War Department. The national monuments administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The national monuments administered by the Department of Agriculture. The national monuments administered by the War Department. Organization of the National Park Service. THE NATIONAL PARKS. ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. [Number, 18; total area, 10,739 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.] Sullys Hill.. Glacier (gla'sher).. (June 29, 1906 4,026 Small park with woods, streams, and a lakeIs an important wild-animal preserve. (Most notable and best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in United States, if not in the world. 1 In Wyoming, 3,114 square miles; in Montana, 198 square miles; in Idaho, 36 square miles. • Estimated. 3 No record kept. By recent transaction, not yet formally completed, the private holdings have been reduced to approximately 10,800 acres. Formerly Grand Canyon National Monument. Formerly Sieur de Monts National Monument; donated to the United States. THE NATIONAL MILITARY AND OTHER PARKS. ADMINISTERED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Special characteristics. Beautiful natural park-Embraces battle fields of Chickamauga and Scene of one of the greatest battles of the Civil War. Natural park embracing the battle field of Shiloh near Pittsburg Land- Beautiful natural park-Scene of Civil War combat-Probably better Beautiful natural park-Scene of the siege and surrender of Vicksburg Contains the log cabin and part of the farm where Abraham Lincoln Near Greensboro-Scene of one of the great battles of the Revolution; ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Special characteristics. Remarkable natural rock tower, of volcanic origin, 1,200 feet in height. [Enormous sandstone rock eroded in form of a castle, upon which inscriptions Abundance of petrified coniferous trees, one of which forms a small natural Numerous cliff-dweller ruins, including communal houses, in good condition and but little excavated. |