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Show TtimtMNmom I WmiiTmm omsssasw:a I (1715577 canyons, emKN rwqes, pmnaclu MB) VIEW THROUGH CRWC Gradually nature's wonderlands In the United Stutes aro being brought under government control nnd set spnrt as parks, reservations and monuments mon-uments for tho uso nnd enjoyment of this and future generations, so that what otlierwlso would ho lost and obliterated ob-literated as tho years went on Is given n permanent chnrncter. Tho latest step In this direction Is tho recent proclamation signed nnd mado public by President Roosevelt creating Historical lutorcst also attaches t H tho region as It Is bcllovcd that Uo H Ill-fated expedition of Gen. John C. I Fremont wns overtaken by dlnnalrr hi this lmmedlato vicinity and was Ton fl to turn back. ' 'H This expedition which proved bo m H fortunnto was tho fourth which Gat. H Fremont mado across tho conusant, .H and was undertaken' nt his own e- H penso after he liad resigned from lie H army In 1848. His object wan the finding of a practicable passages to California by way of tho upper wains HJ or tho HIo Grande. With 33 men asd HJ 120 mules ho made his way .through HJ tho country of the Utcs, Apaches, Go- H inanches and other tribes of Indiana then at war with the United Stairs. H In attempting to cross the rrrcal HJ Sierra, covered with snow, his fctilde H loBt his wny, nnd Gen. Fremont's paity HJ encountered horrlblo Buffering' fiv t'J cold and hunger, n portion of them HJ being driven to .'Hi tho Wheeler nntlonnl monument, in tho HIo Grundo National Forest, Colorado. Colo-rado. Tho .tract Included by tho proclnma tion Is situated on tho south slope and nenr tho summit of tho continental divide at an elevation of approxliuato ly 11,500 feet nbovo sea level. j The prlnclpnl value of tho land ns I a nntlonnl monument Ilea In tho fuct that tho fantnBtlc forms resulting from the rapid erosion of rock nnd soil mnkc tho spot ono of exceptional beauty. Tho numerous winding ennyons, broken bro-ken ridges, pinnacles and buttcs form such striking and varied scenes that it will hu much visited by tourists when it has been mado accessible by road or trull. ycyv through Cftevce Kj dy was enacted, and skeletons S Jp5 mules, bits of harness and euxp ftH equlpago found there give credcwr to tho belief. jjju. |