GRAND CANYON
Rules and Regulations
1920
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MAPS.

The following maps1 may be obtained from the Director of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. Remittances should be made by money order or in cash.

SHINUMO, 28-1/2 by 25 inches, scale about 1 mile to 1-1/2 inches, contour interval 50 feet.

BRIGHT ANGEL, 26 by 20-1/2 inches, scale about 1 mile to 1-1/2 inches, contour interval 50 feet. Contains a geologic history of Bright Angel Quadrangle, by L. F. Nobel on reverse side of map.

VISHNU, 28 by 21 inches, scale about 1 mile to 1-1/2 inches, contour interval 50 feet.

On the above maps the roads, trails, and names are printed in black, the streams in blue, and the relief is indicated by brown contour lines.


1May be purchased also by personal application at the office of the superintendent of the park, hut that office can not fill mail orders.


LITERATURE.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

Government publications on Grand Canyon National Park may be obtained as indicated below. Separate communications should be addressed to the officers mentioned.

DISTRIBUTED FREE BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

The following publications may be obtained free on written application to the Director of the National Park Service, or by personal application to the office of the superintendent of the park.

Glimpses of our National Parks. 48 pages.

Contains description of the most important features of the principal national parks.

Map of National Parks and National Monuments.

Shows location of all of the national parka and monuments administered by the National Park Service, and all railroad routes to these reservations.

SOLD BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.

The following publications may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at the prices indicated. Postage prepaid. Remittances should be made by money order or in cash.

The National Parks Portfolio. By Robert Sterling Yard. 260 pages, including 270 illustrations. Pamphlet edition, loose in flexible cover, 35 cents; book edition, containing same material securely bound in cloth, 55 cents.

Contains nine sections, each descriptive of a national park, and one a larger section devoted to other parks and monuments.

Guidebook of the Western United States, Part C, the Sante Fe Route. with a side trip of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, by N. H. Darton and others. (Bulletin 613, U. S. Geological Survey.) 1915. 194 pages, 25 route maps, 42 plates, 40 text figures. 50 cents.

This guide describes the country along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad from Kansas City to Los Angeles. Although the description of the rocks and their relations and the scenic features form a large proportion of the matter, nearly every page gives information as to notable historic events, industrial resources, plants, and animals. The story of the Indians, past and present, especially the characteristic Pueblo tribes, is told in some detail. Many of the facts regarding the rocks are here presented for the first time. The book contains numerous views of prominent scenic features and pictures of restoration of some of the very remarkable animals whose bones are found in the clays.

Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries, by John Wesley Powell. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872. Pp. 291. Under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Illustrated. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1875. (Out of print.)

Pre-Cambrian Igneous Rocks of the Unkar Terrane, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Ariz., by C. D. Walcott. U. S. Geol. Surv. 14th Ann. Rept., pt. 2, pp. 497-524, pls. 60-65. 1894. $2.10.

The Grand Canyon. Senate Dec., No. 42, 65th Congress, 1st session, by Thomas Fulton Dawson, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1917. 67 pp. Price 10 cents.

An article giving credit of first traversing the Grand Canyon to James White, a Colorado gold prospector.

Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, by Clarence E. Dutton. U. S. Geol. Surv. Mon., 2,264 pp., ill, and atlas, 1882. $10.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Bell, William A. "New Tracks in North America" (a journal of travel and adventure whilst engaged in the survey for a southern railroad to the Pacific Ocean during 1867-68, pp. 565). Scribner, Welford & Co., New York, 1870.

Berton, Francis, Membre Correspondent do la Societi de Geographie de Genève." "Un Voyage surle Colorado." San Francisco, 1878, pp. 64. Casa Grande, Tumacacori, Grand Canyon.

Bicknell, P. C. "Guidebook of the Grand Canyon of Arizona." A volume of interesting facts and gossip. Pp. 97. Copyright by George U. Young, 1902.

Bowles, Samuel. "Our New West," pp. 524; Grand Canyon, pp. 500-503; Hartford Publishing Co., Hartford, Conn., 1869.

Conklin, Enoch. "Picturesque Arizona." Pp. 380, Grand Canyon, chap. 322-335. The Mining Record Printing Establishment, No. 61 Broadway, 1878.

Coues, Elliott. "On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer." Translation of the Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garces. 2 vols., F. P. Harper, New York.

Darton, N. H. "Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona." Pp. 81. Published by Fred Harvey, 1917. (A popular illustrated account of its rocks and origin.)

Dellenbaugh, Frederick S. "A Canyon Voyage." Pp. 277. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Fully illustrated. (The narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming and the explorations on land in the years 1871 and 1872.) Price, $3.50.

"Breaking the Wilderness." Pp. 360. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1905. Fully illustrated. Grand Canyon chapter, pp. 318-327. Price, $3.50.

"The Romance of the Colorado River." Pp. 401. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Fully illustrated. (A complete account of the discovery and of the explorations from 1540 to the present time, with particular reference to the two voyages of Powell through the line of the great canyons.) Price, $3.50.

Holmes, Burton. Travelogues. Vol. 6, The Yellowstone National Park, The Grand Canyon of the Arizona, Moki Land. 336 pages, ill., 1908.

James, George Wharton. "A little Journey to Strange Places and Peoples." For Home and School Intermediate and Upper Grades. Pp. 269, Grand Canyon Chapter; Onto Williams, pp. 238-260. Illustrated. A. Flanagan Co., Chicago, 1911.

"Arizona the Wonderland." Pp. 478. The Grand Canyon, pp. 98-103. The Page Company, Boston, 1917.

"In and Around the Grand Canyon." The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1900. 341 pp., illustrated.

"Our American Wonderlands." Illustrated. Pp. 290. Containing The Grand Canyon of Arizona, pp. 1-10; The Canyon of Cataracts and the Havasupai Indians, pp. 158-166. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1915.

"The Grand Canyon of Arizona—How to See It." Pp. 265, illustrated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1910.

Kolb, E. L. "Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico," with a foreword by Owen Wister; with 48 plates from photographs by the author and his brother. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1914. 344 pp., illustrated maps. Price, $2.

Laut, Agnes C. "Through Our Unknown Southwest." Pp. 271. Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest, pp. 137-152. Illustrated. McBride, Nast & Co., New York, 1913.

Lummis, C. F. "A Tramp Across the Continent." Pp. 270. Grand Canyon Chapter, The Verge of the Desert, pp. 244-254. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1892.

"Some Strange Corners of Our Country" (The Wonderland of the Southwest). Pp. 270. Grand Canyon Chapter, The Grandest Gorge in the World, pp. 1-19. Illustrated. The Century Co., New York, 1892.

Mitchell, Daniel Holmes. "God's Country." The Grand Canyon Chapter, pp. 216-222. Illustrated. The Elbert Richardson Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910.

Muir, John. "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado." Pp. 347-382. Steep Trails, edited by Wm. Frederick Bade. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York, 1918. illustrated.

Munk, J. A., M. D. "Arizona Sketches." Chapter entitled Canyon Echoes, pp. 130-150. Illustrated. The Grafton Press, New York, 1905. Illus., p. 230. Price, $2 net.

Peixotto, Ernest. "Our Hispanic Southwest." Pp. 245. Illustrations by the author. The Grand Canyon, an Impression, pp. 129-135. Charles Scribiner's Sons, New York, 1916.

Pepin, S. D., geologist. Origin of Grand Canyon, including Discovery and Brief History. Copyright 1916. Pp. 30. J. A. Alles Co., printers, Los Angeles.

Popham, William Lee. "Grand Canyon of Arizona Romance." Description being from author's observation. The World Supply Co., Louisville, Ky., 1913. 94 pp. Price, $1.

Powell, John Wesley. "Canyons of the Colorado." With many illustrations. Pp. 396. Flood & Vincent, Meadville, Pa. The Chautauqua-Century Press, 1895.

"First through the Grand Canyon" (being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70, edited by Horace Kephart, New York. Outing Publishing Co. 1915. 320 pp. Price, $1. (Outing Adventure Library No.4.)

Prudden. Mitchell. "On the Great American Plateau." Pp. 237. (Wanderings among Canyons and Buttes in the land of the Cliff-dweller and the Indian of to-day.) Illustrated with photographs and with original drawings by Edward Leaming. C. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1906. Grand Canyon Chapters, "Under the Spell of the Grand Canyon," pp. 36-71; "A little Story of World-Making," pp. 72-89.

Robinson, Will H. The Story of Arizona. Pp. 458. Grand Canyon Chapter, "Scenic Arizona," pp. 367-378. The Berryhill Co., Phoenix, Ariz., 1919.

Santa Fe Railway System. The Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1902-1909 (being a book of words from many pens about the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona), pp. 150-161. Robert M. McBride & Co., New York.

Saunders, Charles Francis. "Finding the Worth While in the Southwest." Pp. 231. Grand Canyon Chapter, The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona, pp. 150-161. Robert M. McBride & Co., New York City, 1918.

Smith, W. W. "The Grand Canyon of Arizona and the River That Made It The Colorado." Copyrighted 1913 by W. W. Smith, pp. 32.

Steele, David M. "Going Abroad Overland." Pp. 197, 16 plates, 2 maps. Putnams, New York, 1917.

van Dyke, Henry. The Grand Canyon and other Poems. 78 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1914. Price $1.35.

Warner, Charles Dudley. "Our Italy." Two chapters on Grand Canyon, The Heart of the Desert, pp. 177-188; On the Brink of the Grand Canyon—The Unique Marvel of Nature, pp. 189-200. Harper & Bros., New York, 1891.

Whiting, Lillian. "The Land of Enchantment," with illustrations from photographs. Pp. 347. Little, Brown & Co., 1906. Dedicated to the unfading memory of Maj. John Wesley Powell, the great explorer. (Grand Canyon Chapter, The Carnival of the Gods, pp. 311-338.)

Woods, G. K. "Personal Impressions of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River." As seen through nearly two thousand eyes, and written in the private visitors' book of the world-famous guide, Capt. John Hance, guide, story-teller, and pathfinder. Collected and compiled by G. K. Woods. Illustrations. Pp. 152. The Whitaker & Ray Co., San Francisco, 1899.

Yard, R. S. "The Book of the National Parks," with maps and illustrations. Pp. 420. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1919. Grand Canyon chapter; A Pageant of Creation. Illustrated, pp. 328-351.

"The Top of the Continent." Grand Canyon chapter; The Greatest Ditch in the World. Pp. 213-244; illustrated. Charles Scribner's Sons Co., New York, 1917.


OTHER NATIONAL PARKS.

Rules and Regulations similar to this for national. parks listed below may be obtained free of charge by writing to the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D. C.

Yellowstone National Park.
Mount Rainier National Park
Yosemite National Park.
Mesa Verde National Park.
Sequoia and General Grant National Parks.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas.
Glacier National Park.
Wind Cave National Park.
Rocky Mountain National Park. Crater Lake National Park.


NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

The following publication relating to the national monuments may be obtained free of charge by writing to the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D. C.:

Casa Grande National Monument.


A PORTION OF THE FIRST FOREST.
The profusion of petrified wood is clearly shown.

ROOT OF PETRIFIED TREE, 7 FEET IN DIAMETER.
The profile resembles a dogs or lion's head.
Photographs by Wm. Nelson

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA.


COMING DOWN A STEEP STRETCH ON THE HERMIT TRAIL.
Copyright by Fred Harvey.


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