The national parks portfolio . Pliolograph by W. L. Hubcr Ascending Mount Lyell. Photograph by W. L. Huber Crossing Snow Hummocks in the Ascent of Mount Lyell THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE Number, 17; Total Area, 9,774 Square Miles. Arranged chronologically in the order of their creation. NATIONAL PARKand Date location AREA insquaremiles DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Hot Springs Res-ervation1832 MiddleArkansas T^A 46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotelsand boarding houses in adjacent city of Hot Springs—•Bathhouses under public control. Yellowstone1872 North-westernWyoming 3,3
The national parks portfolio . Pliolograph by W. L. Hubcr Ascending Mount Lyell. Photograph by W. L. Huber Crossing Snow Hummocks in the Ascent of Mount Lyell THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE Number, 17; Total Area, 9,774 Square Miles. Arranged chronologically in the order of their creation. NATIONAL PARKand Date location AREA insquaremiles DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Hot Springs Res-ervation1832 MiddleArkansas T^A 46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotelsand boarding houses in adjacent city of Hot Springs—•Bathhouses under public control. Yellowstone1872 North-westernWyoming 3,348 More geysers than in all rest of world together—Boilingsprings—Mud volcanoes—Petrified forests—Grand Canyonof the Yellowstone, remarkable for gorgeous coloring—Large lakes and waterfalls—Vast wilderness inhabited bydeer, elk, bison, moose, antelope, bear, mountain sheep,etc.; greatest wild bird and animal preserve in world. YOSEMITE1890 MiddleeasternCalifornia 1,125 Valley of world-famed beauty—Lofty clififs—Romantic vis-tas—Waterfalls of extraordin
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