Chapter XIII: Appendix: I. National Parks

Map No. Name Location Established Characteristic Area: Acres Private Revenue Appropriation, Visitors Features Claims: 1908 1909 1908 Acres11 1 Yellowstone1 Wyoming March 1, 18723 Unique volcanic mountain scenery 22,142,720.00 None $4,125.65 $73,000.0018 19,542 2 Hot Springs1 Arkansas June 16, 18803 Medicinal springs, wooded mountains 911.63 None 28,090.00 None 898,00422 14,418 3 Sequoia1 California Sept. 25, 18903 “Big Trees” 161,597.00 3,716.9612 59.72 15,550.00 1,251 4 Yosemite1 8 California Oct. 1, 18903 Unique glacial valleys and snow mountains 719,622.00 19,827.0013 18,260.98 30,000.00 8,850 5 Gen. Grant1 California Oct. 1, 18903 “Big Trees” 2,536.00 160.0012 None 2,000.00 1,773 6 Casa Grande1 Arizona June 22, 18924 Prehistoric dwellings 480.009 None None 900.00 No count 7 Mt. Rainier2 Washington March 2, 18993 Snow peak and glaciers 207,360.00 18.2014 1,064.84 28,000.0019 2,826 8 Crater Lake1 Oregon May 22, 19023 Lake in extinct volcano 159,360.0010 1,914.22 15.00 3,000.00 5,27523 9 Platt6 Oklahoma July 1, 19023 Mineral springs 848.22 None 72.00 16,000.0020 26,00024 10 Wind Cave1 So. Dakota Jan. 9, 19033 Caverns 10,522.00 719.3915 400.00 2,500.00 3,17124 11 Sully’s Hill5 No. Dakota June 2, 19045 Wooded hills and lake 780.00 None None None21 25023 12 Mesa Verde1 Colorado June 29, 19063 Prehistoric dwellings 42,376.00 2,080.0016 None 7,500.00 8025 5-mile strip surrounding Mesa Verde1 Colorado June 29, 1906 Prehistoric dwellings 175,360.00 50,346.1417 TOTALS 3,624,9472.85 78,781.9111 $52,088.19 $178,450.00 13* Glacier Montana Pending 915,000.00 6,000.00

_Name, location, and establishment:_

1 Constituted from unpatented lands of the public domain.

2 Constituted from unpatented lands of National Forests.

3 By direct Act of Congress.

4 By executive order authorized by Sundry Civil Act, March 2, 1889.

5 By executive order authorized by Act of April 27, 1904, amending agreement with Devil’s Lake Indians. A cash purchase.

6 Cash purchase from Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, acts of July 1, 1902, and April 21, 1904. Renamed in honor of late Senator Platt of Connecticut, long member of Indian Affairs Committee, by Act of June 29, 1906.

7 A small percentage of park laps over into Montana and Idaho.

8 Yosemite _Valley_ set aside June 30, 1864, as a _State_ park. Receded to United Sates by California, March 3, 1905, and accepted by acts of Congress, March 3, 1905, June 11,1906.

9 Extension recommended to include neighboring ruins.

10 Extension recommended by Superintendent to include lower slopes of mountain to supply winter sanctuary for game.

_Private Lands:_

11 Three areas are included in total areas of parks. Total private claims amount to about 2.8% of total park areas. State school lands may be exchanged if same lie within any government reservation, under