Secretary of the Interior's Annual Report, 1913 - Report on Wind Cave National Park, Sully's Hill Park, Casa Grande Ruin, Muir Woods, Petrified Forest, and Other National Monuments, Including List of Bird Reserves
National Park Service - Secretary of the Interior. 1913. Secretary of the Interior's Annual Report, 1913 - Report on Wind Cave National Park, Sully's Hill Park, Casa Grande Ruin, Muir Woods, Petrified Forest, and Other National Monuments, Including List of Bird Reserves. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C.
The act of Congress approved January 9, 1903 (32 Stat., 765), reserved a tract of land containing 10,522 acres in the State of South Dakota, 12 miles east of the town of Hot Springs and about the same distance southeast of Custer, as a public park, to be known as the Wind Cave National Park. At the time of the creation of the park there were 10 entries covering lands within the park, aggregating 1,519.15 acres. Thereafter up to 1913, the Government had secured title to all lands within the park excepting the NE. 1/4 NW. 1/4 and NW. 1/4 NE. 1/4 sec. 35, T. 5 S., R. 5 E., Black Hills meridian, embracing 80 acres, patented to Jonathan C. West on December 31, 1904. This land, however, has since been purchased by the Government from W. A. Rankin, the last owner, and now forms part of the game preserve established by the act approved August 10, 1912 (37 Stat., 293), to which reference is made hereafter. Mr. A. C. Boland acted as superintendent of this park from May 1, 1911, until November 15, 1913, when he resigned. He was succeeded on December 2, 1913, by Mr. F. M. Dille, the present acting superintendent.During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, 3,988 tourists entered the park, an increase of 789 over the preceding year, of whom 2,155 came in licensed vehicles and the remainder in private conveyances. More than a hundred privately owned automobiles passed through the park. No stock was driven through the park. Nine permits were granted for transportation of passengers through the park, at the rate of $50 per vehicle, all of which were for use of automobiles. The roads and bridges in the park are in good condition, but there is need of constant repair work to the roads, especially after rains..
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- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service - Secretary of the Interior
- Date of Issue
- 1913
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
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- CAGR , CHCU , COLM , DEPO , DETO , ELMO , GICL , GRCA , HIST , JECA , LAVO , MOCA , MUWO , NABR , NAVA , ORCA , PEFO , PINN , RABR , SITK , TONT , TUMA , WICA
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- Montezuma Castle National Monument, 1912, 1912, Bird Reserves, Casa Grande Ruin, Chaco Canyon National Monument, Cinder Cone National Monument, Colorado National Monument, Cultural Resources, Devils Postpile National Monument, Devils Tower National Monument, ehistory, El Morro National Monument, General Regulations of March 30, General statement, Gila Cliff-Dwellings National Monument, governing the impounding and disposition of loose live stock, Gran Quivira National Monument, Grand Canyon National Monument, History, Jewel Cave National Monument, Lassen Peak National Monument, Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument, Mount Olympus National Monument, Muir Woods National Monument, Mukuntuweap National Monument, National monuments and preservation of American antiquities, National Park Service (Secretary's Annual Reports: 1913), Natural Bridges National Monument, Natural History, Natural Resources, Navajo National Monument, Oregon Caves National Monument, Permits for archeological exploration, Petrified Forest of Arizona, Pinnacles National Monument, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Regulations of March 30, Shoshone Cavern National Monument, Sitka National Monument, Sullys Hill Park, Tonto National Monument, Tumacacori National Monument, Wheeler National Monument, Wind Cave National Park