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The Book of the National Parks · Robert Sterling Yard — chapter 5 of 51 · ~178 words · public domain

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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

AT END OF VOLUME

Map of Yosemite National Park, California.

Proposed Roosevelt National Park and the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, California.

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