Chapter I: Preface

In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure.

Martinez, California _September_, 1901

INDEX TO THE MAP

(There are two National Forests in Florida and two in Michigan which are included in the table on page 373 are not shown on the map.)

NATIONAL PARKS

(In black on map)

1. Yellowstone, Wyo., Mont., and Ida. 2. Hot Springs, Ark. 3. Sequoia, Cal. 4. Yosemite, Cal. 5. General Grant, Cal. 6. Casa Grande, Ariz. 7. Mt. Rainier, Wash. 8. Crater Lake, Ore. 9. Platt, Okla. 10. Wind Cave, S. D. 11. Sully’s Hill, N. D. 12. Mesa Verde, Colo. 13. Glacier (see pp. 368, 369), Mont.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS (Cross-hatched) 14. Devil’s Tower, Wyo. 15. Petrified Forest, Ariz. 16. Montezuma Castle, Ariz. 17. El Morro, N. M. 18. Chaco Canyon, N. M. 19. Lassen Peak, Cal. 20. Cinder Cone, Cal. 21. Gila Cliff-Dwellings, N. M. 22. Tonto, Ariz. 23. Muir Woods, Cal. 24. Grand Canyon, Ariz. 25. Pinnacles, Cal. 26. Jewel Cave, S. D. 27. Natural Bridges, Utah 28. Lewis and Clark Cavern, Mont. 29. Tumacocori, Ariz. 30. Wheeler, Colo. 31. Mt. Olympus, Wash. 32. Navajo, Ariz. 33. Oregon Caves, Ore.

NATIONAL FORESTS (Shaded) 34. Absaroka, Mont. 35. Alamo, N. M. 36. Angeles, Cal. 37. Apache, Ariz. 38. Arapaho, Colo. 39. Arkansas, Ark. 40. Ashley, Utah and Wyo. 41. Battlement, Colo. 42. Beartooth, Mont. 43. Beaverhead, Ida. and Mont. 44. Bighorn, Wyo. 45. Bitterroot, Mont. 46. Blackfeet, Mont. 47. Black Hills, S. D. 48. Boise, Ida. 49. Bonneville, Wyo. 50. Cabinet, Mont. 51. Cache, Ida. and Utah 52. California, Cal. 53. Caribou, Ida. and Wyo. 54. Carson, N. M. 55. Cascade, Ore. 56. Challis, Ida. 57. Chelan, Wash. 58. Cheyenne, Wyo. 59. Chiricahua, Ariz. and N. M. 60. Clearwater, Ida. 61. Cleveland, Cal. 62. Cochetopa, Colo. 63. Coconino, Ariz. 64. Cœur d’Alene, Ida. 65. Columbia, Wash. 66. Colville, Wash. 67. Coronado, Ariz. 68. Crater, Cal. and Ore. 69. Crook, Ariz. 70. Custer, Mont. 71. Dakota, N. D. 72. Datil, N. M. 73. Deerlodge, Mont. 74. Deschutes, Ore. 75. Dixie, Ariz. and Utah 76. Fillmore, Utah 77. Fishlake, Utah 78. Flathead, Mont. 79. Fremont, Ore. 80. Gallatin, Mont. 81. Garces, Ariz. 82. Gila, N. M. 83. Gunnison, Colo. 84. Hayden, Wyo. and Colo. 85. Helena, Mont. 86. Holy Cross, Colo. 87. Humboldt, Nev. 88. Idaho, Ida. 89. Inyo, Cal. and Nev. 90. Jefferson, Mont. 91. Jemez, N. M. 92. Kaibab, Ariz. 93. Kaniksu, Ida. and Wash. 94. Kansas, Kan. 95. Klamath, Cal. 96. Kootenai, Mont. 97. La Sal, Utah and Colo. 98. Las Animas, Colo, and N. M. 99. Lassen, Cal. 100. Leadville, Colo. 101. Lemhi, Ida. 102. Lewis and Clark, Mont. 103. Lincoln, N. M. 104. Lolo, Mont. 105. Madison, Mont. 106. Malheur, Ore. 107. Manti, Utah 108. Manzano, N. M. 109. Medicine Bow, Colo. 110. Minidoka, Ida. and Utah 111. Minnesota, Minn. 112. Missoula, Mont. 113. Moapa, Nev. 114. Modoc, Cal. 115. Mono, Cal. and Nev. 116. Monterey, Cal. 117. Montezuma, Colo. 118. Nebo, Utah 119. Nebraska, Neb. 120. Nevada, Nev. 121. Nezperce, Ida. 122. Olympic, Wash. 123. Oregon, Ore. 124. Ozark, Ark. 125. Payette, Ida. 126. Pecos, N. M. 127. Pend d’Oreille, Ida. 128. Pike, Colo. 129. Plumas, Cal. 130. Pocatello, Ida. and Utah 131. Powell, Utah 132. Prescott, Ariz. 133. Rainier, Wash. 134. Rio Grande, Colo. 135. Routt, Colo. 136. Salmon, Ida. 137. San Isabel, Colo. 138. San Juan, Colo. 139. San Luis, Cal. 140. Santa Barbara, Cal. 141. Sawtooth, Ida. 142. Sequoia, Cal. 143. Sevier, Utah 144. Shasta, Cal. 145. Shoshone, Wyo. 146. Sierra, Cal. 147. Sioux, Mont, and S. D. 148. Siskiyou, Ore. and Cal. 149. Sitgreaves, Ariz. 150. Siuslaw, Ore. 151. Snoqualmie, Wash. 152. Sopris, Colo. 153. Stanislaus, Cal. 154. Sundance, Wyo. 155. Superior, Minn. 156. Tahoe, Cal. and Nev. 157. Targhee, Ida. and Wyo. 158. Teton, Wyo. 159. Toiyabe, Neb. 160. Tonto, Ariz. 161. Trinity, Cal. 162. Uinta, Utah 163. Umatilla, Ore. 164. Umpqua, Ore. 165. Uncompahgre, Colo. 166. Wallowa, Ore. 167. Wasatch, Utah 168. Washington, Wash. 169. Wenaha, Ore. and Wash. 170. Wenatchee, Wash. 171. Weiser, Ida. 172. White River, Colo. 173. Whitman, Ore. 174. Wichita, Okla. 175. Wyoming, Wyo. 176. Zuñi, Ariz. and N. M.