| Show at r PARK arvn 0 o x I 1 ACT loftiest Loft iest moun haills the most Vall ells the Dial rest T ees in keeiling Kee ilina with former fresi dent s love of great outdoors aie za I 1 y I 1 e V 77 fa EM EL r could be con conf wilted therm there la is little doubt that the meino riot plan pla nest most acceptable L to him we would i it be the ci cation tt ot of a great national park in hla his inner honor 1 in all the world a more inore powerful expression pressile et of 0 the great outdoors in all 11 its contrasts would hardly be found than the no 1600 manre miles of 0 mountain and valley alley mcenery in california chosen chose to no coin me the lt lato 1 ex pres president II 11 dent s n name th the b big up appealed p ad to ouse velt as to fe few B me men with fitting sym holism the cont controlling mIlIng note of the new park Is bigness breadth exuberance e r anc e 1 and force the loft flent tat massing I u g 0 of f mountains in the united states tile the moat meet rugged valleys the roost most ausent ant at forests ferrets the biggest trees from the plan has received spontaneous support the suggestion itself was spontaneous ruido made 1 in new york un on tier der circumstances well worth telling roosevelt was a member of the boone crockett club and had been raged to be present rt at its annual dinner at the metropolitan club in joel january u ho fie said mid he doubted if he a could old but that he would be there them I 1 in spirit in ID tin the interim he be died at the meeting am te pher phen mather director of the no na tamal park service made a speech on the establishment of the greater se quola park in 01 california I 1 gorrila afterward the dinner to turned mail into a memorial meeting to colonel roosevelt As the tributes were vies being paid an idea came to capt frank lyman a member of the alie club why not same dame the new park the Roo roosevelt instead of the greater se quoin he said and there vrna a I 1 in steel ant ap great hi mountain fall cli climax for it its eastern boundary ghertine ther the roose tine velt valt national 1 park will h have 75 malpa IF nate of fine crest me of the sierra nevada N anum mountain bohn from its extreme north to M mount t whitney near ear it its southern mine boundary th the region is s a magnificent mountain climax a collection of peaks ranging from feet to mount whimsy a 14 feet of altitude tue the highest in the united states state proper mount mcknley MeM McM nley in alaska Is IG the fine loffle loftiest loft iest t north american peak this area I 1 afi connected by ridges and sign gigan tie tic mountain masses sea scarcely reely less in fc height for ten or ar fifteen miles east of the crest peaks ranges range and circled are am massed in a tremendous gla rated und and snow sprinkled area known k 1 own to mountain climbers climber as high S sierra ar it 1 Is tile most celebrated high moun tell tain region in america its dellit devotees als have long compared it with min the swiss alps alp wool west again from the zone mom of the hh ah sierra the range subsides subside low alow ly y ansa tills great some area of Is leaser B altitudes Is 8 crossed sad by hi innumerable ranges r and divides balme between a which h h flow rills ri erg buried 1 in deep forested I 1 can ons w which aich are among the noblest in the united states some of the heights exceed feet the preel piece immediately terpling terl ling the valley range from fl to feet above the floor level the zone me n mill ill become a when alien trails trail are developed the me most mon wonderful derf playground for t the b a traveler at and the camper out 1 in the far s south west corter corner lie lies the present sequoia national park with it its supreme tor for ests esto j out of the high glaciated shoulders of the crest of the sierra flum flow count I 1 leis streams outlets of their snow fields these combine into three great grear er river sester ss terna whit which ch find their origin wl within thin the park ark the river of 0 tile the south itile ithe la kern ker for far 30 80 miles it ile alea in a precipice bordered valley with in mountains from to feet in height rising upon either side aide here H ale are arc kings of forest the hawlish kaweah river with ith its four forks fork drains tho the giant forest of the present sequoia park its in waters her bor dered dared by more or than a million trunks of washingtonians Washington ians in this forest growa grew the biggest and oldest llila thing in the woold the G general lent sherman tree free the diameter of whole trunk Is 36 feet the sequoia trees have dark purplish red trunks thick flick sad and tell tall they are am the kings of the american forest th the g greatest test river originating in the park Is the kings river each of its two mm forks folks passing through a canavon which when her it becomes known 1 is dehard des to ft tame farne second it only catly to that of the yosemite valle vaclev the south moth forli fork passes pu sees through the kings kin film canavon cv a valley similar to the ye to maidt in 1 breadth and it general go deml dimen at alons ima it else no prophet to foresee fee f ee I 1 in this hauyon c h nyon the summer home of of camp a sent as soon as it becomes accessible b by development at the middle fork of the kings rive rival passes through the volley valley which Is 1 tar far the superior of yosemite in bigness bignes mildness and exuberance tid although it has little of yosemite semites Yo 8 exquisite of beauty its ita wain are quite as lofty and are am turreted turre teil and varied with towering peaks tu te dome protects its isca tern end wu very much as el capitol guards the western wet tern end of yosemite valley it to Is an enormous granite finder adz feet fear in height hall from the valley 11 floor which Is 1 higher than el capitan mount harrington towers sull still a thou sand crest higher the T he river liver Is in as 11 tempestuous a as the valley alley For it 1 Is scarcely carcell car cely more than a succession of tremendous rushing coming waterfalls it to ID the home of innumerable cut cur ai throat threat trout treat the gamest camest game fish the entire region has long been bee recognized as tho the gm greatest place 1 ID amei ka e I 1 lea for the e traveler travel e r 0 by o trail if and ad t the be competent camper out its loftiest loft iest snow crowned heights are easily penetrable b by trail balleys and its ita middle so zones and giant valleys will especially beem become the re resort I 1 of f the campers this part lof of abe the or adile coun try ve receives verelle relve no rat rain train from the middle or of june jule until the middle of onto odoner er very few parties take tabe tents into the wilderness it 1 fa enough gh to 0 load warm motion sleeping be bags g and ad plenty of clothing upon mule back and at night slipping into these sleep around camp mom in ID the shelter of great place it will be the policy of 0 the net national onal park service to preserve this ahm charac ter for far the Ito roosevelt no national if I 1 park let it ft remain the v report of the real lovers of nature natural I 1 government 0 t carml d idles then will bill largely 1 be devoted e t to developing the trails so that t travel v afoot and on horseback shall be easy into fate the lery cry heart of tile the highest wil 1 der mums motor roada reade will enter the park from the bleh highways was sad and the railroads rm of Cali fornias central flat valley alley and ad at then their terminals in ID the giant forest and ad elsewhere parties will be outfitted tor for the enjoyment of tho the gr greater t r wilderness 1111 ass mount Ab liney nt at th the all climax of at dialed the great range age Is flanked on the south by mount langley 14 feet fear and ad on the north by mount moral tendall avadell 14 feet and mount williamson Wllliam son feet one looks out from its summit upon a vast stormy sea dow 0 whitened peaks upon which mount meant brewer id 13 feet thunder moun tain fail feet and the kah K ah peaks 18 feet are merely higher elevations among hundreds ol of others from frill the northern end and of the roose vett valt national park to the summit of nt mount whit ey bud and close to the treat creat of the sil rin already pa passes the job john muir troll trail california a memorial orli o r to her famous prophet of the its out boutot of doth boora the ahn beginning of trail la rah the liss cr valley with the d devel v op of the roosevelt velt national par park k th many trails trail will lead up to the great bights b bud and join jt |
