. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . oftened by natural processes as to produce a rapidlycumulative deterioration of its precious wildness. The desert is in general worth so little for any other purpose thanoccasional enjoyment of its untamed character, and so much of it insoutheastern California is within easy reach by automobile of so largea population, that it seems a clear duty of the state to acquire and [51] CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SURVEY preserve inviolate several desert areas large enough for future gener
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . oftened by natural processes as to produce a rapidlycumulative deterioration of its precious wildness. The desert is in general worth so little for any other purpose thanoccasional enjoyment of its untamed character, and so much of it insoutheastern California is within easy reach by automobile of so largea population, that it seems a clear duty of the state to acquire and [51] CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SURVEY preserve inviolate several desert areas large enough for future genera-tions to enjoy in perfection the essential desert qualities. As in thecase of the ancient redwood forests, only such public action by thepresent generation on an adequate scale can preserve this heritagefor the people of centuries to come. Nowhere else are casual thought-less human changes in the landscape so irreparable, and nowhere elseis it so important to control and completely protect wide areas. On the map some of the regions of special desert interest are indi-cated by symbols. {See also pages 13, 4S, 67.). LAWTON Old Mining Town of Columbia, Tuolumne County (See pages 52 and 66) Areas of other special interest, historic, scientific and otherwise. The places of historic interest brought to attention by the surveyare broadly of two sorts: Those marked by buildings or other objectsof intrinsic architectural or picturesque interest having historicassociations, and those which have historic interest, merely becauseof some event which is associated with the site but which left no sub-stantial physical reminder. In general I believe that the latter can best be dealt with by theerection of suitable tablets or markers, with or without public acquire-ment of land for a setting; and except when such a site is worthy forother reasons of being made into a state park its acquirement andadministration hardly seems to be an appropriate function of theState Park Commission. [52 1 PRES
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