. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . es. 4 to 9 and W. \ sees. 3 and 10, T. 16 N., R. 24 E.; sees. 34, 35, 36, T. 17 N., R. 23 E.,sees. 3 to 10,15 to 22, 27 to 33, and W. h sees. 2,11,14, 23, 26, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., Gila and Salt River merid-ian, containing square miles, originally created December 8, 1906, boundaries modified as aboveJuly 31,1911. lages. These villages are small, in some cases having merely a few houses, but whatgives them a peculiar interest is that they were built of logs of beautiful fossil wood.* * The prehistoric dwellers of the land selected cy
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . es. 4 to 9 and W. \ sees. 3 and 10, T. 16 N., R. 24 E.; sees. 34, 35, 36, T. 17 N., R. 23 E.,sees. 3 to 10,15 to 22, 27 to 33, and W. h sees. 2,11,14, 23, 26, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., Gila and Salt River merid-ian, containing square miles, originally created December 8, 1906, boundaries modified as aboveJuly 31,1911. lages. These villages are small, in some cases having merely a few houses, but whatgives them a peculiar interest is that they were built of logs of beautiful fossil wood.* * The prehistoric dwellers of the land selected cylinders of uniform size, whichwere seemingly determined by the carrying strength of a man. It is probable thatprehistoric builders never chose more beautiful stones for the construction of theirhabitations than the trunks of the trees which flourished ages before man appearedon the earth. This wood agate also furnished material for stone hammers, arrowheads, and knives,which are often found in ruins hundreds of miles from the forest. IT i\ Magj C^. / /. *«« Mo/vr •^/^c tv* J \9HariMan I NATIONAL PAHH ftpS^ • »« ^~! NEB. I Worst Br, Itondr COLO. ~flat/mon r-JS&l Us*-* , von mp^lS-i - ££2»*i*K~ \ /3&S* i *** ! / i ^ptiir i , xr -J KAN£ OKI Ptxr NATIONAL
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