Identifier: threewonderlands00murp (find matches)
Title: Three wonderlands of the American West; being the notes of a traveler, concerning the Yellowstone park, the Yosemite national park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a chapter on other wonders of the great American West
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Murphy, Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler), 1866-1928
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Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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MITE PARK 60 / BRIDAL VKIL MEADOW, TOSBMITE VAX.LET 62 EL. CAPITAN, YOSEMITE VALLEY 64 MIRROR LAKE, YOSEMITE VALLEY 68 NEVADA FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY 70 VERNAL FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY 72 TWILIGHT, YOSEMITE VALLEY 74 VERNAL FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY 76 OVERHANGING ROCK, YOSEMITE VALLEY 78 GRIZZLY GIANT, MARIPOSA GROVE, CALIFORNIA 84VERMONT AND WAWONA, MARIPOSA GROVE, CALIFORNIA 86 BRIDAL VEIL FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY 92 YOSEMITE FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEY 96 v* A BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL PARTY—GRAND CANYON. 122 y VIEW FROM TERRACE, EL TOVAR, GRAND CANYON 130 V NEAR EL TOVAR, GRAND CANYON 132 ^ THE INNER GORGE, GRAND CANYON 136 ^ LOOKING NORTH FROM GRAND VIEW POINT, GRAND CANYON 144 ^ SUNSET, GRAND CANYON 152 V*^ SAN GABRIEL MISSION, CALIFORNIA 164 V CLOISTERS, CAPISTRANO MISSION, CALIFORNIA 166 v^ THE CETVLETBRY GARDEN, SANTA BARBARA MIS- SION, CALIFORNIA 168 >^ MT. RAINIER-TACOMA REFLECTED IN SPANAWAY / LAKE 172^ Maps YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 50 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 100 GRAND CANYON REGION 160
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TOWER CREEK. YELLOWSTONE PARK From the Original Painting by Thomas Moran, N. A. The Yellowstone I THE HIGHWAYS, THE CAMPS AND HOTELS The Government of the United Statesbuilded far better than it knew when by Act ofCongress this wonderful region was set aside—sacred from the ax of the woodman, the deadlyrifle of the hunter, the shriek of the railwayengine and the dash and dust of the motor car—for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.Like many another, I had queried, ere my visit,why the trip might not be shortened and madeeasier by the introduction of the trolley car orautomobile, but the trip itself is the most sufli-cient answer. Enthusiast as I am for thewinged wheels, I am glad they are banned andbarred in Yellowstone Park. I rejoice thatthere is one spot still sacred to the old order ofthings—where you may have the solitude of thedays of 49, where your old Concord coach-and-four rolls up to your inn as it did in the halcyondays of half a century ago, and where we maysee

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