----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- _Name_ |_Location_| _When | _Area | _Description_ | |created_ |(acres)_| ----------+----------+---------+--------+----------------------------- | | | | Gila Cliff| New | Nov. 16,| 160 |Contains numerous cliff Dwellings| Mexico | 1907 | | dweller ruins of much | | | | interest and in good | | | | preservation. | | | | Tonto | Arizona | Dec. 19,| 640 |Contains numerous cliff | | 1907 | | dweller ruins of much | | | | interest and in good | | | | preservation. | | | | Grand | Arizona | Jan. 11,|806,400 |Contains the most wonderful Cañon | | 1908 | | portion of the Grand Cañon | | | | of the Colorado. | | | | Jewel Cave| South | Feb. 7, | 1280 |Contains a limestone cavern | Dakota | 1908 | | of much beauty and | | | | considerable extent, limits | | | | of which are as yet unknown. | | | | Wheeler | Colorado | Dec. 7, | 300 |Of much interest from | | 1908 | | geological standpoint as | | | | example of eccentric erosion | | | | and extinct volcanic action. | | | | Of much scenic beauty. | | | | Oregon | Oregon | July 12,| 480 |Extensive caves in limestone Caves | | 1909 | | formation of much beauty. | | | | Magnitude not entirely | | | | ascertained. | | | | Devil |California| July 6, | 800 |Spectacular mass of hexagonal Postpile | | 1911 | | basaltic columns, like an | | | | immense pile of posts. Said | | | | to rank with famous Giant's | | | | Causeway, in Ireland. | | | | Mount |Washington| Apr. 17,|299,370 |Contains many objects of Olympus | | 1912 | | great and unusual scientific | | | | interest, including many | | | | glaciers. Is summer range | | | | and breeding-ground of | | | | Olympic elk.