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Identifier: bookofnationalpa1920yard (find matches)
Title: The book of the national parks
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945
Subjects: National parks and reserves
Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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From a photograph by Charles D. Walcott THE TETON MOUNTAIN FROM JACKSON HOLE, SOUTH OF YELLOWSTONE
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From a photograph by Haynes THE LAVA LANDSCAPE OF THE YELLOWSTONE AND GIBBON FALLS XI THREE MONSTERS OF HAWAII Hawaii National Park, Hawaiian Islands.Area, 118 Square Miles IF this chapter is confined to the three volcano topswhich Congress reserved on the islands of Hawaiiand Maui in 1917, wonderful though these are, it willdescribe a small part indeed of the wide range ofnovelty, charm, and beauty which will fall to the lotof those who visit the Hawaii National Park. One ofthe great advantages enjoyed by this national park,as indeed by Mount McKinleys, is its location in asurrounding of entire novelty, so that in addition tothe object of his visit, itself so supremely worth while,the traveller has also the pleasure of a trip abroad. In novelty at least the Hawaii National Park hasthe advantage over the Alaskan park because it in-volves the life and scenery of the tropics. We canfind snow-crowned mountains and winding glaciers athome, but not equatorial jungles, sandalwood groves,and

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