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.] 1 In Wyoming, 3,114 square miles; in Montana, 198 square miles: in Idaho, 36 square miles. 2 Estimated. 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. [Number, 7; total area, 22 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.] Special characteristics. 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. Scene of one of the greatest battles of the Civil War. Natural park embracing the battle field of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing. Beautiful natural park-Scene of Civil War combat-Probably better marked than any other battle field in the world. Beautiful natural park--Scene of the siege and surrender of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. Contains the log cabin and part of the farm where Abraham Lincoln was born. Near Greensboro-Scene of one of the great battles of the Revolution; fought in 1781. 1 Donated in whole or in part to the United States. THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS. ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. [Number, 23; total area, 1,931 square miles; chronologically in order of creation.] Special characteristics. Remarkable natural rock tower, of volcanic origin, 1,200 feet in height. Prehistoric cliff-dwelling ruin of unusual size situated in a niche in face of a vertical cliff. Of scenic and ethnological interest. Enormous sandstone rock eroded in form of a castle, upon which inscriptions have been placed by early Spanish explorers. Contains cliff-dweller ruins. Of great historic, scenic, and ethnologic interest. Abundance of petrified coniferous trees, one of which forms a small natural bridge. Is of great scientific interest. Numerous cliff-dweller ruins, including communal houses, in good condition and but little excavated. One of the most noted redwood groves in California, and was donated by Hon. William Kent, ex-Member of Congress. Located 7 miles from San Francisco. 2,080 Many spirelike rock formations, 600 to 1,000 feet high, visible many miles; also numerous caves, and other formations. From Mar. 2, 1889, until Aug. 3, 1918, classified as a National Park Estimated. Donated to the United States. |