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 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" 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: , mountain climbing, , 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 , 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, . 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 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 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 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 , 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 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. Gap, Tenn., on U. S. 25-E (Ky. and Tenn.) and U. S. 58 Notable for its beaches, migratory waterfowl, fish, and points of Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Location: Chickamauga Battlefield—9 miles south of Chat­ (Va.). Headquarters on U. S. 25-E between Middles­ historical interest, including Cape Hatteras Lighthouse overlooking tanooga on U. S. 27. Point Park and Lookout Moun­ boro, Ky., and Cumberland Gap, Tenn. BATTLEGROUND NATIONAL CEMETERY (D. C.) 1 acre "the graveyard of the Atlantic." tain—from Chattanooga, take U. S. 41, 64, and 11 to Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Established in 1864 after the Confederate attack on the Nation's Activities: Fishing, boating, swimming, picnicking, camp­ Scenic Highway to entrance. Capital which culminated in the battle of Fort Stevens; contains the ing. •CUSTIS-LEE MANSION NATIONAL MEMORIAL (Va.) (•Two publications, 5 cents each—one on Chickamauga graves of more than 40 Union soldiers who fell in the attack. Accommodations: In communities on the "Outer Banks." 3 acres For further information write Superintendent, National Capital Battlefield; one on Point Park, Lookout Mountain, and Location: Reached via U. S. 158, 64, or 264. Splendid antebellum home of Robert E. Lee, commander in chief Parks, Washington 25, D. C. Chattanooga Battlefields.) of the Confederate Army. It was here he wrote his resignation from •CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS NATIONAL MONUMENT •COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND the United States Army, to join the cause of Virginia and the South. •• (Va.-N. C.) 61,018 acres (Fla.) 20 acres Scenic parkway and drive averaging 3,000 feet above sea level; YORKTOWN NATIONAL CEMETERY (Va.) Location: In Arlington National Cemetery. Oldest masonry fort in Continental United States; construction 9,430 and 3 acres, respectively Hours: 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m., October through March; follows tops of Southern Appalachian ranges, and embraces several started in 1672 by Spanish to protect St. Augustine, first permanent Jamestown Island, site of first permanent English settlement in 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., April through September. large recreational areas; beautiful scenery and interesting exam­ white settlement in the United States. America; Yorktown, scene of culminating battle of American Revolu­ ples of mountain culture; total length when completed 477 miles. Conducted trips through fort. Organized groups given special •DE SOTO NATIONAL MEMORIAL (Fla.) 24 acres tion; Colonial Parkway, between Yorktown, Williamsburg and Season: Parkway open year round, weather and road condi­ services if advanced arrangements are made with the Superintendent, Jamestown; , marking approximate site of Commemorates the landing of De Soto in Florida in 1539 and tions permitting. Concessioner accommodations and Box 1431, St. Augustine, Fla. first landing of Jamestown colonists. the first extensive, organized exploration by Europeans of the interior recreation areas open May 1 through October. Location: In St. Augustine. Location: Yorktown—13 miles northeast of Williamsburg of what is now the United States. Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Activities: Camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, Location: 5 miles west of Bradenton. via Colonial Parkway; Jamestown—10 miles southwest of fishing (State license required). Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. •CASTLE CLINTON NATIONAL MONUMENT (N. Y.) Williamsburg via Colonial Parkway. I acre Accommodations: Bluffs Lodge at Doughton Park; house­ Activities: Visits to Jamestown's historic townsite, to the DORCHESTER HEIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE A structure built in 1808-11; successively, a defense for New keeping cabins at Rocky Knob; coffee shop at Doughton visitor center, to Glasshouse, and to Jamestown National (Mass.) 5 acres (not federally owned) York Harbor, a promenade and entertainment center, an immigrant A memorial tower and green mark the site of American batteries Park and Mabry Mill; sandwich shops at Crabtree Mea­ landing depot through which 73/2 million people entered America Historic Site owned and administered by the Association which threatened the British in Boston and helped to force them dows, Cumberland Knob, Smart View, and Peaks of Otter; from 1855 to 1890, and an aquarium. Not yet open to visitors. for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; to the Moore to evacuate the city on March 17, 1776. Location: Battery Park, New York City. House where the Articles of Capitulation were drafted campgrounds at Crabtree Meadows, Doughton Park, For further information write Department of Parks, Boston, Mass. 5 6 • 7

•EDISON LABORATORY NATIONAL MONUMENT (N. J.) ing away from established roads and , and marked •FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT (Fla.) •FORT RALEIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (N. C.) 1.51 acres waterways. 47,125 acres 19 acres Buildings and working equipment used by the famous inventor Monument area contains seven Dry Tortugas Islands and sur­ Place of first attempted English settlement within the confines of for many of his experiments. Also his library, papers, and models •FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL (N. Y.) .5 acre rounding shoals and waters in Gulf of Mexico; is an outstanding the United States; site of "Lost Colony" settlement of Sir Walter of some of his inventions. Monument commemorates important Site on which stood Old Federal Hall, First Capitol of the United bird refuge. Construction of Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key, was Raleigh and the birthplace of Virginia Dare, first child of English phase of Nation's industrial and technological progress. States of America under the Constitution, and the scene of momen­ begun in 1846 for control of the Florida Straits. It was a Federal parentage born in the New World. Location: Main Street and Lakewood Avenue in West tous events in the early days of the Republic, including the first military prison during and after the Civil War. Museum. "Lost Colony" pageant during summer. Organized Orange, N. J., 2 miles west of Garden State Parkway. inauguration of President George Washington, and organization of Location: On Garden Key, 68 miles from Key West. groups given special service if advance arrangements are made with Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. first Congress of the United States. Contains memorial room de­ Transportation: Visitors must arrange for their own boat the Superintendent, Box 457, Manteo, N. C. and 1:30 to 4 p. m. picting career of John Peter Zenger, colonial defender of freedom transportation. Landing of float aircraft permitted. Location: 3 miles north of Manteo on N. C. 345. of the press, and historical museum. (The National Park Service Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Activities: All tours of the area are conducted by attendants Accommodations: In Key West. cooperates with Federal Hall Memorial Associates, Inc., in its qualified to interpret its historic features and to answer •FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT (S. C.) 2 acres administration.) •FORT MATANZAS NATIONAL MONUMENT (Fla.) The bombardment of this fort marked the beginning of the Civil your questions. Arrangements for group visits should Organized groups given special service if advance arrangements 228 acres War. be made in advance by writing to the Superintendent, Box are made with the Executive Director, Federal Hall Memorial Asso­ Spanish fort built in 1737 to protect the "back door" to St. Augus­ Organized groups given special service if advance arrangements ciates, Inc., Wall and Nassau Streets, New York 5, N. Y. tine. Near this site the Spaniard, Menendez, massacred two parties 126, Orange, N. J. are made with the Superintendent, U. S. Custom House, Charleston, of French Huguenots in 1565, thus determining that colonial Florida Location: In lower Manhattan at corner of Wall and Nas­ S. C. •EFFIGY MOUNDS NATIONAL MONUMENT (Iowa) should remain Spanish rather than French territory. sau Streets, just off Broadway. Location: In Charleston Harbor, about 3y2 miles from the 1,204 acres Location: 14 miles south of St. Augustine via State Route Outstanding Indian mounds in shapes of birds and animals. Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., Monday through Friday. AlA. southern tip of the city. Location: 3 miles north of Marquette on State Route 13. Transportation: Boats of Grayline Tours, Inc., leave Mur­ •FORT CAROLINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL (Fla.) 119 acres Hours: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. •FORT McHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ray Boulevard at the foot of King Street, Charleston, for Overlooks the site of Laudonnier's colony of 1564, early French HISTORIC SHRINE (Md.) 43 acres Activity: Hike (round trip ll/ miles) to Yellow River the fort daily at 2:30 p. m. An additional trip is made 2 settlement attempt within the present United States; struggles here The successful defense of this fort in the Baltimore Campaign mound group and to viewpoint overlooking Mississippi between the French and Spanish began two centuries of European during the War of 1812 inspired the writing of the Star-Spangled daily at 10 a. m., March 1 through Labor Day. Valley. Organized groups given special service if ad­ colonial rivalry in . Banner. •FREDERICKSBURG AND SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL vance arrangements are made with the Superintendent, Location: About 10 miles east of Jacksonville. Museums in buildings within the old Star Fort, formerly the MILITARY PARK and FREDERICKSBURG NATIONAL McGregor, Iowa. barracks for officers and enlisted men. Organized groups given CEMETERY (Va.) 5,695 and 12 acres, respectively •FORT DONELSON NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and special service if advance arrangements are made with the Super­ Portions of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and ••EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK (Fla.) 1,499,428 acres intendent, Baltimore 30, Md. FORT DONELSON NATIONAL CEMETERY (Tenn.) Spotsylvania Court House battlefields where major battles of the Largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States 103 and 15 acres, respectively Location: In Baltimore, 3 miles from center of city. Civil War were fought between 1862 and 1864. with extensive fresh- and salt-water areas, open Everglades prairies, Civil War fortifications controlling the upper Cumberland River, •FORT NECESSITY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE (Pa.) Activities: Visits to the visitor center and library (9 a. m. mangrove forests, and abundant wildlife, including rare and color­ captured by General Grant in 1862. ful birds. 2 acres to 5 p. m.), the miles of original trench remains, and the Organized groups given special service if advance arrangements Season: Full operation—Dec. 1 to Apr. 30; limited oper­ Scene of battle between colonial troops led by George Wash- gun emplacements. Special battlefield tours for organized are made with the Superintendent, Dover, Tenn. ton and French troops assisted by Indians—the opening battle of the ation—May 1 to Nov. 30. groups can be arranged if advance notice is given the Location: Adjacent to town of Dover, near junction of State French and Indian War. Fort reconstructed on basis of archeolog­ Activities: Boating, fishing (State license required for fresh Superintendent, Box 679, Fredericksburg, Va. Routes 49 and 76. ical exploration. water), camping, bird watching. Boat service, both Museum. Organized groups given special service if advance ar­ •GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL rental and guided, available at Flamingo. Naturalist •FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT (Ga.) rangements are made with the Superintendent, Farmington, Pa. MONUMENT (Va.) 394 acres 94 acres programs and guided walks available during winter. Location: 11 miles east of Uniontown on U. S. 40. Memorial mansion and gardens on site of Washington's birth­ Fortified town built by the British in 1736 during the struggle Boat service also available at Everglades and along Florida place; tombs of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. The between Spain and Britain for control of the southeastern section •FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT (Ga.) 5,760 acres mansion is representative but not a reconstruction of the house in Keys. Early 19th-century fort, with moat and drawbridge, whose suc­ of the United States. It became the headquarters for Britain's which Washington was born. cessful bombardment in 1862 first demonstrated the total ineffective­ Accommodations: At Flamingo, modern marina, visitor southern frontier against Spanish Florida. Ruins of the King's Location: 38 miles east of Fredericksburg on the Potomac center, and restaurant, lodge and campground. For re­ magazine and the barracks, constructed of brick and tabby, and a ness of old-style masonry fortifications against rifled cannon. Self-guided trips through fort. Organized groups given special River, a short distance from State Route 3. servations, and rates at Flamingo Lodge write Everglades portion of the moat which surrounded the town may be seen. Though buried under the dust of two centuries, archeological service if advance arrangements are made with the Superintendent, Hours: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Park Company, 2980 Coral Way, Miami 34, Fla. Tour­ excavations within the town have now exposed the foundations of Box 204, Savannah Beach, Ga. Activities: Lecture on Memorial Mansion, colonial garden, ist courts available in nearby Homestead, Florida City, the original houses which line each side of Broad St., Frederica. Location: 17 miles east of Savannah on Cockspur Island. and colonial kitchen. Self-guiding trips; museum. Spe­ Everglades, and along the Florida Keys. The visitor center contains the superintendent's office and the Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., except Christmas. cial interpretive talks are given to organized groups if museum, where exhibits tell the story of Frederica. Warning: Caution should be exercised if planning a back- Transportation: Arrangements should be be made with pri­ advance arrangements are made with the Superintendent, country trip. Check with a park ranger before ventur- Location: 12 miles from Brunswick on St. Simons Island. vate companies in Savannah. Washington Birthplace, Westmoreland County, Va. 9 to 11 12 Accommodations: Light refreshments at the Washingtons of extraordinary size; regarded by botanists as the cradle of present Activities: Tour of house; visit to grave and ground sur­ Activities: Tours of the many significant historic sites in Birthplace Post Office, at main parking area. Picnic area. vegetation of eastern America; abundant and varied wildlife. rounding house and to the adjoining Franklin D. Roose­ the project, in or within easy walking distance of Inde­ Activities: Fishing (State license required), hiking, camp­ velt Library, which is administered by the Archivist of pendence Square. Organized groups given special service •GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER NATIONAL ing, horseback riding. if advance arrangements are made with the Superintend­ MONUMENT (Mo.) 210 acres the United States. Accommodations: Lodge with cabins near summit of ent, 420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 6, Pa. Site of the birthplace and childhood home of the famous Negro •HOPEWELL VILLAGE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE scientist. Existing landmarks include the spring, a grove of trees, Mount LeConte; reached only by ; for reservations (Pa.) 848 acres ••ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK (Mich.) 539,339 acres and the graves of the Carver family. and rates, write Jack Huff, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Camp­ One of the finest examples of American 18th- and early 19th- Forested island, the largest in Lake Superior, distinguished for Location: 2l/2 miles southwest of Diamond. grounds. Hotels and tourist courts in cities and towns century iron-making villages; includes the ruins of the old furnace its wilderness character, and numerous smaller islands; great moose near the park and in Asheville, N. C, and Knoxville, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY and numerous dependent structures. herd; pre-Columbian copper mines. (Va.-Md.) 3,281 acres Tenn.; for information, write Knoxville Tourist Bureau, Exhibits of objects and tools associated with operation of old Season: June 26 to September 8. Includes many interesting landmarks associated with the life of Henley Street, Knoxville; East Tennessee Automobile cold-blast charcoal furnace and original records. Organized groups Transportation: Boat service from Houghton and Copper George Washington; when completed will extend from Mount Ver­ Club, Knoxville; Chambers of Commerce of Gatlinburg given special service if advance arrangements are made with the Harbor, Mich., and from Grand Portage, Minn. Charter non to Great Falls on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, and and Maryville, Tenn., and of Asheville, Waynesville, Superintendent, R. F. D. No. 1, Elverson, Pa. from Great Falls to Fort Washington on the Maryland side. Com­ Location: 5 miles southeast of Birdsboro. plane service normally available from Houghton. Auto­ Bryson City, and Sylva, N. C.; also from Asso­ pleted portions are on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Hours: 8 a. m. to 4:45 p. m., Monday through Friday; mobiles may be left at these three points. ciation, Cherokee, N. C, and Government Services, Inc., For further information, write Superintendent, National Capital 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays Activities: Fishing (no license required), boating, hiking. Fontana Village, Fontana Dam, N. C. Parks, Washington 25, D. C. (May through October). Accommodations: Rock Harbor Lodge; for reservations •GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and •GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and rates, write National Park Concessions, Inc., Isle ••HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK (Ark.) 1,019 acres GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY (Pa.) (N. C.) 224 acres Royale National Park, Rock Harbor, Mich., via Grand Forty-seven mineral hot springs; several forested mountains. 3,409 and 21 acres, respectively Here, on March 15, 1781, the British General Cornwallis won a Portage, Minn, (summer), or Mammoth Cave, Ky. Battlefield that marks a turning point of the Civil War; portion Pyrrhic victory over the American forces which so weakened his Warning: It is not recommended that mineral baths be taken (winter). Windigo Inn; for reservations and rates, of battlefield dedicated as burial ground by President Lincoln in his command that the British soon after took the road to Yorktown without the advice of a physician, since the waters are not write National Park Concessions, Inc., Washington Har­ famous Gettysburg Address. and final surrender. beneficial in all diseases and are harmful in some, such as bor, Mich, (summer), or Mammoth Cave, Ky. (winter). Location: In and adjoining the city of Gettysburg. Location: 6 miles northwest of Greensboro, close to U. S. tuberculosis and cancer. Activities: Complete tour of park with licensed guides; 220. Activities: Motoring, horseback riding, hiking. •JEFFERSON NATIONAL EXPANSION MEMORIAL (Mo.) tours conducted by park historians for educational groups; Activities: Visits to museum and to points in battlefield. Accommodations: Campground. For information on ac­ 83 acres Cyclorama—a painting of Pickett's Charge, 370 feet in Commemorates the territorial expansion of the United States •HAMPTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (Md.) commodations in the adjoining city of Hot Springs, write which followed the Louisiana Purchase; includes the site of the circumference, 30 feet high. 45 acres Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, Hot Springs, Ark. original French village of St. Louis, and the old courthouse which One of the great Georgian mansions of America built during the GLORIA DEI (OLD SWEDES') CHURCH NATIONAL •HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED NATIONAL has been restored and set aside as a museum of westward expansion. latter part of the 18th century. HISTORIC SITE (Pa.) 3 acres (not federally owned) MEMORIAL (D. C.) Museum (9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.). Organized groups given special Location: Near Towson. Second oldest Swedish church in the United States, founded in (•Information on Lincoln Museum and House Where Lincoln service if advance arrangements are made with the Superintendent, 1677; the present structure was erected about 1700. Splendid exam­ •HARPERS FERRY NATIONAL MONUMENT PROJECT Died contained in one folder.) 415 Market Street, St. Louis 2, Mo. ple of cultural and religious aspects of early Swedish colonization (W. Va.-Md.) 515 acres President Lincoln died here'on April 15, 1865; structure has been Location: In St. Louis. in America. This scenic and historic area is at the confluence of the Shenan­ refurnished as a typical home of the 1860's. For further information, write the Rector, Gloria Dei Church, doah and Potomac Rivers in the . It is the Location: 516 Tenth Street NW. •KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD Delaware Avenue and Christian Street, Philadelphia, Pa. site of important events from colonial times, including the famous Hours: 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., Monday through Saturday; PARK (Ga.) 3,894 acres GRAND PORTAGE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (Minn.) John Brown Raid. Strategically important, Harpers Ferry changed 12:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m., Sundays and holidays. Area on which occurred one of the two major assaults made by 660 acres (not federally owned) hands many times during the Civil War. Sherman on Confederate positions during the Campaign. Nine-mile portage on a principal route of Indians, explorers, Location: On U. S. 340, about 18 miles southwest of Fred­ •INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Location: 2 miles north of Marietta. (Pa.) 25 acres missionaries, and fur traders into the Northwest interior; includes erick, Md. Activities: Tour of battlefield, guide service, museum. Structures and sites in the old part of Philadelphia associated a reconstruction of the important Grand Portage post of the North Organized groups given special service if advance arrange­ West Company. •HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NATIONAL with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the ments are made with the Superintendent, Box 374, For further information write Superintendent, Isle Royale Na­ HISTORIC SITE (N. Y.) 94 acres United States. Included are Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Marietta, Ga. tional Park, 87 North Ripley Street, Houghton, Mich. Birthplace, home, "Summer White House," and grave of Presi­ Old City Hall, and Independence Square, owned by the city of dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. Philadelphia and designated the Independence Hall National His­ •• NATIONAL PARK •KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MILITARY PARK (S. C.) Location: 2 miles south of Hyde Park and 4 miles north of toric Site but administered by the National Park Service; also (N. C.-Tenn.) 510,394 acres under cooperative agreement, Carpenters Hall and Christ Church. 4,012 acres Loftiest range of mountains east of the Black Hills and one of the Poughkeepsie on U. S. 9- There are numerous other historic structures in the project, including Site of an important victory for American frontiersmen at a crit­ oldest uplands on earth. Diversified and luxuriant plantlife, often Hours: 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Monday. the Deshler-Morris House in Germantown. ical point in the Revolutionary War. 13 14 15 16

Location: On State Route 216 about 9 miles southwest of •MOORES CREEK NATIONAL MILITARY PARK (N. C.) ••NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS (D. C.-Va.-Md.-W. Va.) of the Battles of the Crater, Fort Stedman, and Union military Kings Mountain. 50 acres 39,965 acres operations that led to the capture of Richmond and the surrender Activities: Museum foot trails lead to American positions Scene of the battle between the Patriot forces and the Loyalists. Metropolitan park system of the Nation's Capital; more than of Lee's army. 795 units. and British , identified by markers. The Patriots' first victorious battle fought during the Revolutionary Location: Adjacent to city of Petersburg. War under military command, commonly referred to as the Lexing­ Activities: Picnicking, boating (including Chesapeake and Activities: Museum; 27-mile self-guided automobile tour; •LINCOLN MEMORIAL- (D. C.) .6 acre ton and Concord of the South. Ohio Canal barge trips), horseback riding, concerts, golf, field exhibits, markers, and recorded talks. Classical structure of great beauty with a seated figure, 20 feet Location: 25 miles northwest of Wilmington, N. C, on high, of the Great Emancipator. tennis. Extensive program of naturalist- and historian- U. S. 421 and State Route 210. •PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT (Minn.) 116 acres Hours: 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., except Christmas Day. guided hikes. Nature Center in Rock Creek Park. Activities: Interpretive services and guided trips available Accommodations: Those typical of a large modern city. Quarry from which Indians obtained materials for making peace •LINCOLN MUSEUM NATIONAL MEMORIAL (D. C.) throughout the year. Historic earthworks, cannon, and pipes used in ceremonials. Scene of annual Hiawatha pageant. In this building was Ford's theater in which Lincoln was shot by Trailer court and cabins in East Potomac Park; for reserva­ bridge site where battle was fought. Location: Adjacent to city of Pipestone. John Wilkes Booth; contains famous collection of Lincolniana. tions and rates, write Government Services, Inc., 1135 Hours: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Sundays and holidays 8 a. m. to (•Information on Lincoln Museum and House Where Lincoln 21st Street NW., Washington, D. C. POPLAR GROVE NATIONAL CEMETERY (Va.) 9 acres Died contained in one folder.) 6 p. m. (Publications available, at 5 cents each, on the Chesa­ Graves of 6,142 Union and Confederate soldiers; site of the 50th Location: 511 Tenth Street NW. •MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (N. J.) peake and Ohio Canal, D. C.-Md., and on Fort Washington, New York Engineers camp and chapel. Hours: 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., Monday through Saturday; 12:30 958 acres Md.) For further information write Superintendent, Petersburg Na- p. m. to 9 p. m., Sunday and holidays. Sites of important colonial military encampments during the Revo­ tionary Military Park, Box 549, Petersburg, Va. ••MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK (Ky.) 51,354 acres lution; the Ford Mansion, Washington's headquarters, 1779-80. •OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT (Ga.) 683 acres •RICHMOND NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK (Va.) Series of underground passages, of which 150 miles have been Location: In Morristown. Unique remains of mounds and prehistoric towns representing 691 acres explored; deep pits, and high domes; gypsum and travertine forma­ Hours: Wick House—1 p. m. to 5 p. m., Tuesday through the evolution of southeastern Indian cultures from around 8,000 tions; historical and archeological remains. Forested ridges and B. C. until colonial times. Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, was for 4 years the objec­ Saturday; 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday. Other park ravines along Green River, with abundant wildlife. Location: On eastern edge of Macon on U. S. 80 and 129. tive of the Federal Armies in the East. The park includes the scene buildings—10 a. m. to 5 p. m., Tuesday through Sunday. Location: 100 miles south of Louisville and 100 miles north of several battles in its defense, with many miles of trenches and Park closes at 8 p. m. Hours: Weekdays: 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. earthworks. of Nashville, Tenn., near U. S. 31W. Sundays and Holidays: 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Activities: Conducted trips through cave, camping, boat Activities: Visits to Ford Mansion, the historical museum, Location: In and around Richmond. Activities: Views and walks to prehistoric mounds; visits rides on Green River, naturalist-guided walks and eve­ Fort Nonsense, Jockey Hollow, the Wick House, and Activities: Tour of 57-mile battlefield park route; museum. to museum; and conducted tours to restored 1,000-year- ning programs, hiking. other historic sites. Organized groups given special old council chamber. Organized groups given special SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Accommodations: Hotel (all year), cottages and cabins service if advance arrangements are made with the Super­ service if advance arrangements are made with the Super­ (N. Y.) 6 acres (not federally owned) (summer) ; for reservations and rates, write National intendent, Morristown, N. J. intendent, Box 936, Macon, Ga. Eighteenth-century church, significant because of its close con­ Park Concessions, Inc., Mammoth Cave, Ky. Lunchroom •MOUND CITY GROUP NATIONAL MONUMENT (Ohio) nection with the events leading to the Zenger trial for libel in in cave. Campground, picnic area. 68 acres •PERRY'S VICTORY AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE colonial times (significant in establishing the principle of freedom •MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK (Va.) Group of prehistoric Indian mounds, excavations of which have MEMORIAL NATIONAL MONUMENT (Ohio) 14 acres of the press), and because of its place in American architectural 3,109 acres shown occupancy by distinctly different Indian cultures. Memorial, in the form of a fluted Doric column 352 feet high history and in the American Revolution. Here was fought the opening field battle of the Civil War, and, Location: 4 miles north of Chillicothe on State Route 104. and 45 feet in diameter at its base, near Put-in-Bay, where Commo­ For further information, write the Rector, Corporation of Saint dore Perry won the greatest naval battle of the War of 1812; com­ Paul's Church, 859 South Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. here, a year later, a Confederate victory led to Lee's first invasion of Activties: Visits to mounds and archeological exhibits. Or­ the North. Sometimes called "Bull Run." Here the Confederate memorates more than a century of peace between the United States ganized groups given special service if advance arrange­ •SALEM MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (Mass.) general, Thomas J. Jackson, acquired the nickname "Stonewall." and Canada. ments are made with the Superintendent, Box 332, Chilli­ 1 11 acres Museum (9 a. m. to 5 p. m.), battlefield markers. Organized Location: On South Bass Island in Lake Erie, 3 /?. miles cothe, Ohio. groups given special service if arrangements are made with the from the mainland. Derby Wharf, the Derby House, Hawkes House, and the Old Superintendent, Manassas, Va. Custom House in which Nathanial Hawthorne worked; significant • (Miss.-Tenn.-Ala.) Transportation: Modern motorships and auto ferries from Location: 26 miles southwest of Washington, D. C, on because of their associations with New England's maritime archi­ 45,298 acres Sandusky, Port Clinton, and Catawba Island. Airplane U. S. 29 and 211. tectural, and literary history. Follows general location of the old Indian trail between Nashville service from Peninsular Airport, Port Clinton. Location: In city of Salem. •MERIWETHER LEWIS NATIONAL MONUMENT (Tenn.) and Natchez, known as the "Natchez Trace," an important route in Accommodations: In town of Put-in-Bay. Hours: Derby House—10 a. m. to 5 p. m. 300 acres early travel. When completed will extend approximately 450 miles. Activities: Tours of historic buildings. Organized groups Site on the Natchez Trace where Meriwether Lewis, one of the Activities: Motoring over 125 paved miles of parkway; •PETERSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK (Va.) leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, died and was buried. parking areas conveniently placed to enable you to inspect 1,531 acres given special service if advance arrangements are made Location: 7 miles east of Hohenwald on State Route 20. with the Superintendent, Custom House, Derby Street, parts of the Old Trace, read the historical markers, and Battlefields, forts, and earthworks of the longest campaign in the Activities: Use of small museum; picnicking. visit points of historical or natural history interest. Civil War and in the history of the United States, 1864-65; scene Salem, Mass. 17 18 19 20

•SAN JUAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (P. R.) 40 acres tomac Club cabins; for reservations TOURO SYNAGOGUE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (R. I.) ••VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK (V. I.) 5,130 acres Oldest masonry fortifications within the territorial limits of the and rates write Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., .2 acre (not federally owned) Situated on the island of St. John, the most beautiful and undis­ United States, begun by the Spanish in the 16th century to protect 1916 Sunderland Place NW., Washington 6, D. C. One of the finest surviving examples of colonial religious archi­ turbed of the American Virgin Islands; magnificient vistas of Virgin Islands and colorful waters of the Caribbean Sea; semi- a strategic harbor guarding the sea lanes to the wealth of the New Campgrounds. Trail shelters. tecture in America and a building rich in historical associations. World. Includes Castillo de San Felipe del Morro (known as For further information, write the President, The Society of tropical vegetation; varied and colorful marine life; historic ruins El Morro), Castillo de San Cristobal, Casa Blanca, and portion of •SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and Friends of Touro Synagogue National Historic Shrine, Inc., 85 of sugar plantations. ancient city wall of Puerto Rican capital; and El Canuelo, on small SHILOH NATIONAL CEMETERY (Tenn.) Touro Street, Newport, R. I. Transportation: Airline and steamship service to Virgin island across harbor entrance. Fortifications, of extraordinary extent 3,591 and 10 acres, respectively Island of St. Thomas; taxi service to Red Hook landing; and massiveness, fought off siege by Sir Francis Drake. National TUPELO NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE (Miss.) 1 acre Park Service handles visitor guidance under cooperative agreement Park embraces the battlefield of Shiloh, near Pittsburg Landing, regularly scheduled commercial boat service for 30-minute Commemorates the Civil War Battle of Tupelo which was the with the Department of the Army. where a battle fought in 1862 prepared the way for Grant's success­ passage to park entrance at Cruz Bay, St. John. climax of a series of operations designed by Gen. W. T. Sherman ful siege of Vicksburg; also well-preserved Indian mounds. Location: In city of San Juan. to protect his supply line during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Activities: Hiking, swimming, fishing, snorkeling, under­ Location: 22 miles northeast of Corinth, Miss., on State Activties: 4 tours daily throughout the year. Organized For further information, write Superintendent, Natchez Trace Park­ water photography, and sailing. Route 22. 5 miles south of U. S. 64 at Crump, Tenn. way, Box 428, Tupelo, Miss. groups given special service if advance arrangements are Accommodations: Limited hotel, guest house, and cottage Activities: "SHILOH—Portrait of a Battle" 30-minute made with the Superintendent, P. O. Box 712, San Juan, facilities. For detailed information contact your travel documentary film shown daily; guide service usually •VANDERBILT MANSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Puerto Rico. Reception Center in Administration Build­ (N. Y.) 212 acres agent or write to Department of Tourism and Trade, P. O. available for organized groups; exhibit room (8 a. m. to ing and small museum in El Morro. Box 806, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., or to Vir­ 5:30 p. m., mid-spring to mid-autumn: 8 a. m. to 4:30 A magnificent example of the type of great estates built by finan­ cial and industrial leaders in the era of expansion that followed the gin Islands Tourist Information Office, 122 East 42d St., •SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (N. Y.) p. m., mid-autumn to mid-spring). Organized groups Civil War, representing an important phase of the economic, social, New York 17, N. Y. 5,500 acres desiring special services should make advance arrange­ and cultural history of the United States. ments with the Superintendent, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Scene of American victory over the British in 1777; turning point Location: About 6 miles north of Poughkeepsie on the •WASHINGTON MONUMENT NATIONAL MEMORIAL of the Revolution, which induced France to come to the assistance of (D. C.) .4 acre •STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT (N. Y.) northern edge of town of Hyde Park. the new nation, and one of the decisive battles in world history; Built in commemoration of George Washington, this monu­ 10 acres Accommodations: Luncheon served at Vanderbilt Inn on Gen. Philip Schuyler's summer house, 1777. ment—in the form of an obelisk 555 feet high—is one of the Colossal copper statue on Liberty Island; a gift of the French the grounds during summer. Location: 28 miles north of Albany, between Stillwater and dominating features of the Nation's Capital. people to commemorate the alliance of France and the United States Schuylerville on U. S. 4. during the American Revolution; universal symbol of freedom and •VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and Location: On the Mall near 15th Street. Season: About April 1 to November 30. democracy. VICKSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY (Miss.) Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Activities: Visits to temporary museum (8:30 a. m. to 5 Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. (When Daylight Saving Time in 1,328 and 118 acres, respectively •WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL (N. C.) p. m.) containing relics of the Revoluntary period, and effect, visiting hours are until 6 p. m.) Remarkably preserved fortifications of 47-day siege of Vicksburg 314 acres Transportation: Boat from landing in Battery Park (be­ in 1863 which gave the North control of the Mississippi River and to John Neilson House which served as quarters for Site of first sustained flight by a heavier-than-air machine, made cut the Confederacy in two. Union and Confederate Avenues follow American staff officers during the battles. Organized tween Castle Clinton and South Ferry at the lower tip of by Wilbur and Orville Wright. Sixty-foot-high memorial shaft groups given special service if advance arrangements are Manhattan) every hour, with half-hour schedules during in general the lines of the opposing forces. surmounts dune near site of first flight. The two wooden structures made with the Superintendent, R. F. D. No. 1, Stillwater, summer. Location: Adjacent to city of Vicksburg. adjacent to the first flight site were built in 1953 on the 50th anni­ N. Y. Activities: Visits to museum, which gives an historical back­ versary of the first flight. They are reconstructions of the Wright •STONES RIVER NATIONAL MILITARY PARK and ground of the campaign and siege; tours of park. Organ­ Brothers' 1903 camp and hangar building, based on historical STONES RIVER NATIONAL CEMETERY (Tenn.) ••• (Va.) 211,615 acres ized groups given special service if advance arrangements research and photographs of the originals. 324 and 20 acres, respectively Outstanding portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with Skyline are made with the Superintendent, Box 349, Vicksburg, Location: At Kill Devil Hills, on U. S. 158. Scene of a stubbornly fought midwinter battle in 1862, which Drive traversing its crest; magnificent vistas of historic Shenandoah Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. began the great Federal offensive to trisect the Confederacy; includes Miss. Valley, Allegheny Mountains, Piedmont Plateau; hardwood forests; part of the battlefield and part of Fortress Rosecrans. wealth of wildflowers. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (V. I.) Location: 3 miles northeast of Murfreesboro on U. S. 41. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Season: Although park is accessible practically all year, most 8 acres (not federally owned) Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 15 cents. Hours: 8 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. facilities are closed during winter and early spring. Almost three city blocks on the Christiansted waterfront on St. • NATIONAL MEMORIAL (D. C.) Croix Island, including the Danish Post Office and Customhouse, U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1958—C-463634 Activities: Hiking, camping, picnicking, horseback riding, I acre Steeple Building, and Government House; commemorates Virgin fishing (State license required). Naturalist talks and Heroic statue of Thomas Jefferson in a circular colonnaded struc­ Islands colonial development. conducted trips. ture, in classic style he introduced in this country; on interior walls Activities: Tours of historic buildings. For further in­ Accommodations: Lodges, cabins; for reservations and are four panels with inscriptions based upon his writings. formation write Park Historian, Box 160, Christiansted, rates write Virginia Sky-Line Co., Inc., Luray, Va. Po- Hours: 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. St. Croix, V. I. 21 22 23 24 IN PLANNING TRIPS, IT IS ADVISABLE TO CHECK CURRENT STATE ROAD MAPS FOR LATEST HIGHWAY INFORMATION