By Enos A. Mills
YOUR NATIONAL PARKS. Illustrated. THE STORY OF SCOTCH. Illustrated. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERLAND. Illustrated. THE STORY OF A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE. Illustrated. IN BEAVER WORLD. Illustrated. THE SPELL OF THE ROCKIES. Illustrated. WILD LIFE ON THE ROCKIES. Illustrated. |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York
YOUR NATIONAL PARKS
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A Guide to the National Parks
YOUR
NATIONAL PARKS
BY
ENOS A. MILLS
WITH DETAILED INFORMATION
FOR TOURISTS
BY
LAURENCE F. SCHMECKEBIER
And with Illustrations and Maps
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1917
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COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY ENOS A. MILLS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published June 1917
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TO
GEORGE W. PERKINS
AND
WILLIAM A. WELCH
WHOSE STATESMANSHIP, ENERGY, IDEALS, AND COURAGE
ARE MAKING THE PALISADES INTER-STATE PARK
"THE GREATEST PARK IN THE WORLD"
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PREFACE
St. Louis had a memorable "flag day"a little more than a century ago. Withintwenty-four hours the yellow and red flagof Spain was run down and the tricolor runup; this hauled down and the Stars andStripes run up. The Louisiana Territorythus became a part of the United States.In a flash, the western boundary of thiscountry was changed from the MississippiRiver to the Rocky Mountains.
Scarcely were the Stars and Stripes flying,before Lewis and Clark were on theirway to explore the vast and mysteriousLouisiana Territory—the West. Theirswas one of the most comprehensive andsuccessful exploring expeditions on record—oneof the greatest of outdoor expeditions.There were adventures and hardships,but after two years the party returnedto civilization with the loss of only[viii]one man. The resources of the great Westwere definitely placed before the world.
This expedition revealed the extraordinaryresourcefulness of Lewis and Clark andbrought out also two other characters whoare worthy of a place in American literatureand whose achievements might well bea source of inspiration in American life.These are John Colter, who afterwards discoveredthe Yell