FORT HOWE PARK 520 INDEX 521 ILLUSTRATIONS JOHN COLTER, THE DISCOVERER OF YELLOWSTONE PARK _Frontispiece_ _From a drawing by E. S. Paxson_ MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS 1 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 30 _From a photograph by George R. King_ OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 34 _From a photograph by Haynes, St. Paul, Minn._ GRAND CAÑON FROM ARTIST POINT, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 42 _From a copyright photograph by Haynes, St. Paul_ PETRIFIED FORESTS IN AMETHYST MOUNTAIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 46 _Adapted from an illustration of the United States Geological Survey_ BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF YOSEMITE VALLEY 66 HALF DOME, YOSEMITE 70 _From a photograph by George R. King_ UPPER AND LOWER YOSEMITE FALLS 84 _From a photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company_ LAKE TENAYA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 88 _From a photograph by the Desmond Company_ THE FOUR BROTHERS, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK 104 _From a photograph by Lindley Eddy, Ranger, Cal._ STAGE ROAD, MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK 118 _From a photograph by Curtis & Miller, Seattle, Wash._ MOUNT RAINIER FROM PARADISE VALLEY 124 _From a photograph by Curtis & Miller_ CRATER LAKE AND WIZARD ISLAND 138 _From a photograph by the Kiser Studio_ PHANTOM SHIP, CRATER LAKE 144 _By permission of the National Park Service_ MCDERMOTT FALLS AND GRINNELL MOUNTAIN, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 150 _From a photograph by Haynes, St. Paul_ SPRUCE TREE HOUSE, MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 166 _From a photograph by Arthur Chapman_ ESTES PARK AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 176 _From a photograph by Enos A. Mills._ LOCH VALE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 180 _From a photograph by W. T. Parke, Estes Park, Colo._ FERN LAKE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 188 _From a photograph by H. T. Cowling_ LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH SIDE OF GRAND CAÑON, SHOWING POINT SUBLIME AND ISIS TEMPLE 192 _By permission of the Department of the Interior_ LASSEN PEAK IN ERUPTION 214 _From a copyright photograph by B. F. Loomis_