----------+----------+---------+--------+-------------------------------- _Name_ |_Location_| _When |_Area | _Description_ | |created_ |(acres)_| ----------+----------+---------+--------+-------------------------------- | | | | Devil's | Wyoming |Sept. 24,| 1152 |Remarkable natural rock tower, Tower | | 1906 | | of volcanic origin, 1200 feet | | | | in height. | | | | Montezuma | Arizona | Dec. 8, | 160 |Prehistoric cliff dwelling ruin Castle | | 1906 | | of unusual size, situated in a | | | | niche in face of a vertical | | | | cliff; of scenic and | | | | ethnological interest. | | | | El Morro | New | Dec. 8, | 160 |Enormous sandstone rock eroded | Mexico | 1906 | | in form of a castle, upon | | | | which inscriptions have been | | | | placed by early Spanish | | | | explorers; contains cliff | | | | dweller ruins; of great | | | | historic, scenic, and | | | | ethnological interest. | | | | Chaco | New | Mar. 11,| 20,629 |Contains numerous cliff dweller Cañon | Mexico | 1907 | | ruins, including communal | | | | houses in good condition | | | | and but little excavated. | | | | Muir Woods|California| Jan. 9, | 295 |Contains one of the most noted | | 1908 | | redwood groves in California; | | | | was donated by Hon. William | | | | Kent, Member of Congress; | | | | located seven miles from San | | | | Francisco. | | | | Pinnacles |California| Jan. 16,| 2080 |Contains many spirelike rock | | 1908 | | formations, 600 to 1000 feet | | | | high, which are visible for | | | | many miles; also numerous | | | | caves and other formations. | | | | Tumacacori| Arizona |Sept. 15,| 10 |Contains ruins of Franciscan | | 1908 | | mission dating from sixteenth | | | | century, until recent years