the National Parks Service, ten by the Department of Agriculture, and
two by the War Department. Congress made the assignments to the
Department of Agriculture on the theory that, as these monuments
occurred in forests, they could be more cheaply administered by the
Forest Service; but, as many of the other monuments and nearly all the
national parks also occur in forests, the logic is not apparent, and
these monuments suffer from disassociation with the impetus and
machinery of the National Park Service.
The Big Hole Battlefield National Monument, about fifty-five miles
southwest of Butte, Montana, was assigned to the War Department because
a battle took place there in 1877 between a small force of United States
troops and a large force of Indians.
[Illustration: MAP OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA]
[Illustration: PROPOSED ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK AND THE SEQUOIA AND
GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA]
[Illustration: THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO]
[Illustration: MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON]
[Illustration: CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OREGON]
[Illustration: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
The proposed Jackson Hole addition is enclosed by a broken line south of
boundary]
[Illustration: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA]
[Illustration: MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO]
[Illustration: GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA]
[Illustration: ZION NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH]