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The Book of the National Parks · Robert Sterling Yard — chapter 4 of 51 · ~227 words · public domain

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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

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