Fees and Charges. At Mammoth Cave National Park and a few Publications on Individual Areas other areas, guide service or admission fees are charged. Members of the U. S. Armed Forces in recreational or educational i-» cr For most of the areas of the National Park System, 8 * i-I > groups sponsored by military centers, the USO, or like organizations » » 3 70 THE the National Park Service issues illustrated publica­ are admitted free, as are children under 12 years or members of fttz z H tions of general information. Copies of these are school groups under 19 years, when escorted by an adult. *« n » * H 2 (- NATIONAL PARK provided to visitors or visitor groups at entrance or •ABRAHAM LINCOLN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK • 2. 2 information stations. Those who wish to obtain ir! S. (Ky.) 117 acres SYSTEM copies in advance may purchase them from the Super­ I 3 i> *3 Traditional birthplace cabin of Abraham Lincoln, enclosed in intendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing memorial building on site of birthplace. 1 * J 0 > ~r\ S S «» z * . in Office, Washington 25, D. C. One asterisk preceding The birthplace farm and the memorial building are opeVi daily. the area name indicates that the publication for that Attendants are on duty at the memorial building. Organized groups 5 a. *« given special service if advance arrangements are made with the 3 £ a area costs 5 cents; 2 asterisks, 10 cents; 3 asterisks, Superintendent, R. F. D. No. 1, Hodgenville, Ky. 15 cents. f s S EASTERN Location: About 3 miles south of Hodgenville on U. S. 3IE "5 2. S 3 i a PI —I In addition, the Service issues a number of special­ 2 cr 5 and State Route 61. Bred. m ized publications which are obtainable by purchase 9 S" UNITED STATES 0 K- S 70 only. Price List 35, which lists all Service publica­ ••ACADIA NATIONAL PARK (Maine) 41,955 acres "2 ° 5 o tions, may be obtained on request to the Superin­ Rugged coastal area on Mount Desert Island, including highest 70 tendent of Documents. elevation on the Eastern Seaboard, and interesting headlands on the nearby mainland. A varied and beautiful exhibit of seacoast, moun­ 2 d | All orders must be accompanied by cash, check, or tain, and eastern forest. 3. 3 money order in the proper amount; postage stamps are a 3 Season: June 1 to October 1. a. oo not accepted in payment. Activities: Hiking, mountain climbing, camping, picnicking, bathing, horseback riding, drives on carriage road, fishing Season. There is no closed season in most areas, but icy or snow- (State license required for fresh water). covered highways and lack of overnight accommodations make visits Accommodations: Campgrounds. For information on ac­ to some of them impractical or difficult during the winter. There are references to opening and closing dates, but these ordinarily commodations outside park write to the Chambers of refer to the period when overnight accommodations and meal serv­ Commerce at Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and South­ ices are fully available. west Harbor. Accommodations, meals, and miscellaneous services within area ACKIA BATTLEGROUND NATIONAL MONUMENT boundaries, are provided by concessioners operating under contract (Miss.) 50 acres AN INVITATION with the United States, except for a few hotels, lodges, or camps Site of a Chickasaw Indian Village and a memorial commemorat­ situated on private lands. In many areas the demand for accommo­ ing the Battle of Ackia in which Chickasaws, aided by British traders, dations exceeds the supply during the months of heaviest travel; repulsed the attack of the French and their Choctaw allies, 1736. hence it is advisable to make reservations well in advance. For further information write Superintendent, Natchez Trace Parkway, Box 428, Tupelo, Miss. Campgrounds are maintained in many areas by the National Park Service. They may be used without payment of any fee; however, •ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (Mass.) 5 acres THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE of the Department of the heavy demand makes it necessary to limit the length of stay in camp­ Home of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams; of grounds in some of the areas. Charles Francis Adams, United States Minister to Great Britain Interior invites you to the areas of the National Park System, during the American Civil War; and of the celebrated writers and Fishing. State fishing licenses are required only where so stated in which are the property of all Americans. It urges you, when historians, Henry and Brooks Adams. Contains furnishings and the text. you visit them, to take advantage of the opportunities offered portraits accumulated by five generations of this famous family. Photography. Helpful suggestions to photographers as to when Location: On Adams Street, Newport Avenue, and Furnace to learn more about them; and it asks your assistance in pro­ and where to take good pictures can be obtained from uniformed Brook Parkway, Quincy. tecting the natural and historic features found in them. National Park Service employees. There are usually no restrictions Hours: 9 a. m. to 5:15 p. m., May 10 to November 10. on photographing except in caverns and for taking commercial motion pictures, the latter requiring a permit from the area super­ •ANDREW JOHNSON NATIONAL MONUMENT (Tenn.) Revised 1958 intendent. Photography, both amateur and professional, is encour­ 16 acres aged in areas administered by the National Park Service. President Andrew Johnson's home, tailor shop, and grave. 3 4 Visitors should go first to the new visitor center at the Andrew Rocky Knob, Peaks of Otter. Private accommodations •CHALMETTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (La.) under which the British Army surrendered after the Battle Johnson Tailor Shop, corner of College and Depot Streets. Ar­ and facilities in adjacent towns and communities. For 243 acres of Yorktown; and to the visitor center in which are ex­ rangements may be made there to visit the Andrew Johnson and reservations and rates at Bluffs Lodge and Rocky Knob Part of the scene of the Battle of New Orleans, a brilliant victory hibits of the history of Yorktown and the siege of 1781. Homestead Grounds, recently restored. for American Arms, led by Gen. Andrew Jackson, in the War of Housekeeping Cabins, write National Park Concessions, Self-guided tours begin here. Organized groups given Location: In Greeneville. 1812. Inc., Post Office, Laurel Springs, N. C. For accommoda­ special service if advance arrangements are made with the *ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE and Important positions along General Jackson's line and the historic tions outside parkway write Virginia State Chamber of Superintendent, Box 548, Yorktown, Va. ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY (Md.) remains of the canal in front of the American position are identified 731 and 11 acres, respectively Commerce, Richmond, and North Carolina State Adver­ through historical markers. (•Five publications, 5 cents each—one on Yorktown Location: 6 miles from New Orleans on State Route 1. Scene of battle that brought an end to Lee's first invasion of the tising Division, Raleigh. Battlefield; one on the Moore House; one on James­ town; one on Colonial Parkway; and one on Cape Henry North in 1862, and postponed indefinitely England's threatened BOOKER T. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT CHICAGO PORTAGE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (111.) recognition of the Confederacy. (Va.) 164.6 acres 91 acres (not federally owned) Memorial.) Museum. Organized groups given special service if advance ar­ Preserves a portion of the famous portage discovered by Marquette Commemorates the life of Booker T. Washington, a Negro leader COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE (S. C.) 1 acre rangements are made with the Superintendent, Sharpsburg, Md. famed as an educator, speaker, and writer. At present there is and Joliet and used by French and American pioneers to link the Site of Daniel Morgan's victory over the British under Tarleton Location: Near Sharpsburg. on the original site a reconstruction of the slave cabin in which Great Lakes with the Mississippi; one of the early economic founda­ in the Revolutionary War. Washington was born. tions of Chicago. •APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORICAL For further information write Superintendent, Kings Mountain For further information write to the Superintendent, Booker T. For further information write Superintendent, Cook County Forest PARK (Va.) 972 acres National Military Park, P. O. Box 31, Kings Mountain, N. C. Washington National Monument, Box 1710, Roanoke, Va. Preserve, Cummings Square, River Forest, 111. Scene of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Gen. •CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Robert E. Lee to the Federal Army under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, •BRICES CROSS ROADS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE •CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL (Ky.-Va.-Tenn.) 20,184 acres which ended the Civil War. McLean House, in which surrender (Miss.) 1 acre MILITARY PARK (Ga.-Tenn.) 8,190 acres Commemorates trans-Allegheny migration of the 18th century terms were framed has been reconstructed. Scene of Civil War battle in which Confederate cavalry under Civil War battlefields of Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Lookout which extended the western boundary of the Thirteen Colonies to Museum. Organized groups given special service if advance ar­ Gen. Nathan B. Forrest was employed with extraordinary skill. Mountain, and Missionary Ridge, important in operations around the Mississippi River and, after defeat of the British by Gen George rangements are made with the Superintendent, Box 218, Appomat­ Location: On State Route 370, near Baldwyn. Chattanooga in 1863. Rogers Clark, opened up the Northwest Territory. tox, Va. Museums (8 a. m. to 5 p. m.), reference library. Organized ••CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE Location: 3 miles northeast of town of Appomattox on groups given special service if advance arrangements are made with Location: Adjacent to Middlesboro, Ky., and Cumberland State Route 24. RECREATIONAL AREA (N. C.) 28,500 acres the Superintendent, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.