II. THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 65 1. ICE-KING TOPOGRAPHY 70 2. TREES AND FORESTS 76 3. PLANT LIFE 79 4. THE REALM OF FALLING WATER 83 5. SEEING YOSEMITE 88 6. HISTORY OF YOSEMITE 93 III. THE SEQUOIA AND THE GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS 99 THE BIG TREES 104 IV. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK 116 1. THE SPLENDID WILD-FLOWER GARDEN 122 2. GLACIERS OF MOUNT RAINIER 130 V. CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK 137 VI. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 148 HISTORY OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 157 VII. MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 161 VIII. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 175 IX. THE GRAND CAÑON 190 X. LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK 211 XI. HAWAII NATIONAL PARK 221 XII. THREE NATIONAL MONUMENTS 1. THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL MONUMENTS 230 2. THE NATURAL BRIDGES AND RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL MONUMENTS 236 3. MUKUNTUWEAP NATIONAL MONUMENT 239 XIII. OTHER NATIONAL PARKS 242 1. WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK 242 2. SULLY'S HILL PARK 244 3. CASA GRANDE RUIN RESERVATION 245 4. HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION 246 5. PLATT NATIONAL PARK 248 6. MOUNT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK 248 XIV. CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS 251 1. JASPER PARK 252 2. ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK 254 3. YOHO PARK 256 4. WATERTON LAKES PARK 258 5. REVELSTOKE PARK 260 6. THE ANIMAL PARKS 260 7. ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK 261 8. FORT HOWE PARK 262 XV. PARK-DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PARKS 264 XVI. THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST 282 XVII. WILD LIFE IN NATIONAL PARKS 296 XVIII. IN ALL WEATHERS 317