The national parks portfolio . , caves, and subterranean passages of the Pinnacles*? National Monument in San Benito County, California, are awe-inspiringon close inspection, and are well worth a visit by tourists and lovers of naturalphenomena. The name is derived from the spirelike formations arising from six hundredto a thousand feet from the floor of the canyon, forming a landmark visiblemany miles in every direction. Many of the rocks can not be scaled. A series of caves, opening one into the other, lie under each of the groupsof rock. These vary greatly in size, one in particular, known
The national parks portfolio . , caves, and subterranean passages of the Pinnacles*? National Monument in San Benito County, California, are awe-inspiringon close inspection, and are well worth a visit by tourists and lovers of naturalphenomena. The name is derived from the spirelike formations arising from six hundredto a thousand feet from the floor of the canyon, forming a landmark visiblemany miles in every direction. Many of the rocks can not be scaled. A series of caves, opening one into the other, lie under each of the groupsof rock. These vary greatly in size, one in particular, known as the BanquetHall, being about a hundred feet square, with a ceiling thirty feet high. CAPULIN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT /^APULIN MOUNTAIN is a volcanic cinder cone of recent origin, six miles^ southwest of Folsom, N. Mex. It is the most magnificent specimen fora considerable group of craters. Capulin has an altitude of eight thousandfeet, rising fifteen hundred feet above the surrounding plain. It is almost aperfect THE PETRIFIED FOREST OF ARIZONA THE Petrified Forest of Arizona lies in the area between the Little ColoradoRiver and the Rio Puerco, fifteen miles east of their junction. This areais of interest because of the abundance of petrified coniferous trees. It hasexceptional scenic features, also. The trees lie scattered about in great profusion; none, however, standserect in its original place of growth, as in the Yellowstone National Park. The trees probably at one time grew beside an inland sea; after fallingthey became water-logged, and during decomposition the cell structure of thewood was entirely replaced by silica from sandstone in the surrounding land. SITKA NATIONAL MONUMENT, ALASKA T^HIS monument reservation is situated about a mile from the steamboat- landing at Sitka, Alaska. Upon this ground was located formerly thevillage of a warlike tribe—the Kik-Siti Indians—where the Russians underBaranoff in 1802 fought and won the **decisive battle of Al
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