. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . s most easily reached overthe crest of the range from the east. From Laws, on the SouthernPacific, there is an automobile stage through Bishop to Mammoth,which lies at the foot of the range, and from Mammoth animals canbe engaged for the trip by trail which takes only half a day overMammoth Pass to the national monument. The latter can also bereached from Fresno, in the San Joaquin Valley on the west, either 53 by automobile stage to Northfork, Madera County, thence by a sec-ondary road, passable for automobiles for some 10 miles farther
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . s most easily reached overthe crest of the range from the east. From Laws, on the SouthernPacific, there is an automobile stage through Bishop to Mammoth,which lies at the foot of the range, and from Mammoth animals canbe engaged for the trip by trail which takes only half a day overMammoth Pass to the national monument. The latter can also bereached from Fresno, in the San Joaquin Valley on the west, either 53 by automobile stage to Northfork, Madera County, thence by a sec-ondary road, passable for automobiles for some 10 miles farther,some 30 miles to Granite Creek, near the junction of the forks of theSan Joaquin River, and from thence by trail only some 25 miles ad-ditional, or by the Southern Pacific and the San Joaquin & EasternRailroads from Fresno to Cascada (or Big Creek, as the post officeis called), where animals can be hired for the trip by trail overKaiser Pass, or around the western flank of the Kaiser Ridge, abouta two days trip each way. NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNOARV. In unsurrf/ed T+S ~R26£Beginning at Corner No I. at ti . _, King Creek and Middle Fork SonJoagoThence N ZOO chains to Cirner No £Thence £ 40 chains to Corner No JThenct 5 Zot chains to Corner No 4Thence ff 40 chains to Comer No I, place of beginning, containing approximately COCA ores Devil Postpile National Monument, within the Sierra National Forest, Cal., created July 6, 1911. GILA CLIFF-DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT. The Gila Cliff-Dwellings National Monument was created by proc-lamation dated November 16, 1907. These cliff-dweller ruins areneither very large nor very important, but are located in a districtin which few prehistoric ruins are found. The ruins are situated approximately 50 miles northwest of SilverCity, N. Mex., and about 4 miles northwest of the Gila Hot best way to reach them is by wagon and trail from Silver Cityvia Pinos Altos. The ruins are located in the mouth of a deep, rough canyon, knownas th
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