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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 31 Views

The Land of Wonders—Threefold Personality—Geysers Spout and Steaming Vapors Rise—Many Colored Canyon—Greatest Animal Refuge—Animals Really at Home—The Paradise of Anglers—Living in the Yellowstone.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 28 Views

Land of Enchantment—The Valley Incomparable—Charm of the Scenic Wild—Living in the Wilderness—Tioga Road—North of the Valley's Rim—Mad Waters of Tuolumne—The Everlasting Snows.

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK 27 Views

Land of Giant Trees—The Biggest Thing Alive—The Oldest Thing Alive—Other People's Sequoias—Kings and Kern Canyons—Sierra's Crest and Our Loftiest Mountain.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK 24 Views

The Frozen Octopus—The Giant Rivers of Ice—In an Arctic Wonderland—Glacier and Wild Flower—Easiest Glaciers to See.

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK 2 Diagrams 23 Views

The Lake of Mystery—"The Sea of Silence"—Story of Mount Mazama— The Legend of Llao Viewed from the Rim—The Mine of Beauty—Unusual Fishing—Hotels and Camps.

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 27 Views

Cities of the Past—The Story of the Mesas—In the Cliff Dwellings—Discovery of Sun Temple—The Mesa's Little People—The Principal Dwellings—Summer upon Mesa Verde.

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 25 Views

An Alpine Paradise—Making a National Park—Its Lakes and Valleys—Comfort Among Glaciers—Purchased from Indians—Creatures of the Wild.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 29 Views

"Top of the World"—Precipice-Walled Gorges—The King and His Kingdom—Metropolis of Beaverland—Records of the Glaciers—Easy to Reach and See.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT 24 Views

Colossus of Canyons—By Sunset and Moonrise—Painted in Magic Colors—Romantic Indian Legend—Masterpiece of Erosion—Powell's Great Adventure—Easy to Reach and to See.

National Parks and Principal Railroad Connections (click on image for a PDF version)