| Show SPIRES PLACE IS- IS IS SET ASIDE Domes Pi Pinnacles les and andl Caves Attract to Na Na- National National National Monument Thirty national monuments nt n- n r by presidential pro pr lma are ar administered as a part of the national park prk system yit m by the tho th do- do d of the th interior through h the National l Park These Thelo monuments monument reserve to the tho th people of the tho th United States Staf Stat os historic land Ind landmark marks mark and prehistoric pro historic structures and other objects object of hlat historic or scientific interest In tore It The Th spires pire domes ome caves cava ard pa ao of PInnacles national monument n In California are aro awe inspiring and anet aro nr wen well orth a 0 vi visit It by tourists tourist and lo ir lo rs of nature In Its It primitive state tate The Th name nam Is I derived from the spire like pirt rooks rook rising rl front from 00 to 1000 feet t ct from the tho th floors floor of Its Us several everal canons They form a 0 land land- landmark landmark mark many miles mile In ery direction Many or the rocks rock r are 50 0 o precipitous that the they thOy c cannot lr to scaled A erie of es ca opening ono one on into the tho th othe othel othet II lies un under ler each ot of the tho th groups roup of rock rocks rh o n iao e been connected by traits trails trail with other vantage points point so o that the visitor may now get a n h sien Ie 1 o ot of tho th monument L IWi sc The Th wild life on the i e cri Is not only protected hy by federal authority but by special state tat 10 law lawIt It having been ben alio aiso created crated a 11 state tat game gamo am preserve In 1900 1 0 Aside from It Its and scenic In- In in In terest It Ja is J Important ns as a ono one of the thelast thelast lat last strongholds stronghold and r e ln I place of the tho California condor the largest and one of the Th most mont lIar lIar- lIarI har I birds of the tho th stat mat state The fhe Theother Theother other bird life lit Is abundant nt due du I har to the prot protection given ghon r n A peculiar r species of d deer deur r fIt first described by Dr C Hart Morn tm In 1898 Kit li Is also alo found In the th th menu menu- monument monument ment There Ther are ar now more mor thin th 2100 acres In the tho th monument which vas as first set net aside In 1908 and subsequently added to In itt 1921 1 21 and ind 1924 The original reservation a patented tract ot or acre ncr at the extreme mo northern end of ot the monument ment meal the th 0 owners nore of ot which havIng ed It for tor campIng purposes charge e each person pcr on entering thre on on a fee feo te of o 50 fO cents Th The depart depart- department sIlent ment of the tho th Interior s It to bo be known that while sonic some ome of the th no- no na nil natural tural formation formations are ar on this thi l Isri- Isri o rl- rl o ned n d tract the ilium n 11 scenIc I monument nt are a considerable distance and mil may bo reached by visitors visitor aith- aith out out entering on the th private proper proper- ty property and ana paying the tho th entrance charged RE nE mOM fROM WEST The Tho Th monument Is In ranched from the west we t by load toad from t elve lv miles mile distant nt arid and from rom the cut cast from 3 33 miles mile dl- dl dis distant tant The Tho Th best bat road tor fec or motorists is II that from Hollister which Is 1 macadam as a far a as Coo Cook From thelo to the camp grounds ground Just outside ot of or the monument which are aro ar tree free to tho the public tho dIstance Is Ie I tour four our miles mile 1 limo he tin LD Benito county farm bureau hr hUI re- re recently re recently tako taken over this rOM road n ai as a public highway and Is Improving It as f tar far r as n the tho camp rounds grounds Th National Park Service Is h 1 planning to tend o this ro road d S miles 1101 Into the tho th monument monument Dear Gulch the th main entrance as is soon oon as funds fund for tor this purpose become Bear Boar Gulch Is a ful tul canon with a good tream ream of water The Tho Th service of lacil l Lu- Lu hu guides guide aro are available for tor parties desIring to make the tha many Interesting r rail lI trips trip Into the th monti- monti monument monument ment mont the tho th custodian tot for or which Is Herman A Hermansen who I clear nar byNo byNo by byNo No tee fee li It charged cd enter enter- enter ng ng the tho th monument lands land and It Is IsI Inot not necessary to cross crois the tho th land IlInd unless the th visitor vl to towa I I see eo that 00 Section 00 |
