The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-20

quentIy Exerts Influence in Selection
of Site.
State parks? | did not know there
were any said a geographer who could
| tell you, off hand, the latitude of
| Hyderabad or the mandates of Poly
nesia.
Millions more know their city parks
from everyday use, and they have been
or hope to 20 to their national parks,
but the phrase state parks is news.
Yet, twenty-five or more states will
be lat home this summer to several
million motorists, TIN can tourists"
campers, sightseers, and lovers of the
out-of-doors in general, according to
q bulletin from the Washington D. c.,
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society.
"These state parks vary in size from
the three and third million acres of
the Adirondack PARK in New York
state. park with lrjmeval forests
and numerous lakes and rivers, to the
one-acre sand bar in the Connecticut
river, which is Dart Island State Park
of Connecticut" continues the bulle-
tin.
.State pride in characteristic natural
features and historic sites frequently
determines the selection of the state
park sites as in the cases of the Royal
Palm state park of Florida, with its
iuxuriant everglades; the Redwood
state park. of California, in which are
some of that states big trees; the
Old Salem state park, of Illinois, which
takes in the former home of Abraham
Lincoln. Practically all the state
parks of Pennsylvania appear to be
associated With military memories.
"Scenic wonders are as various as
the panorama from the river bluffs OF
the Nelson-Dewey state park of Wis
consin, the curiously modelled gorges
of the Mashamoquet Brook state park
of Connecticut, the canyons and
gulches of the Starved Rock state
park of Illinois. the vast expenses of
sand dunes of the proposed lake front
park in Indiana. and the curious
geology and mystery water body of
Devils Lake state park in Wisconsin.
Tourist Links Fairgrounds.
lew Stdle IlttlhS were
known outside the borders Of their own
states few years ago. but the automo-
bile tourist and the MISUNDERSTANDING
are blazing their way tc
these parks in rapidly increasing mum
oers from ever greater distances.
at is wholly probable that thousands
whose married life has begun to the |
music of thunderous |
Niagara do not know that the Ameri- |
.an portion Of the falls lies within a
state park and this particular state
DIRK has an interest even beyond that
# protecting a majestic natural
wonder from exploitation. It's acquis-
ion set the legal precedent for APP
,ropriating public money for saving
Icenic objects for public use
"The City of Hartford Conn.,, has
,een congratulated by many pas
enger as he entered its city on train
through its beautiful Bushnell Park;
n contrast to the rail approach Of so
nany American cities
Neither Niagara, where one goes
or single view, nor Bushnell park,
which in erect is a city park. is typica,
t the state parks of today.
IAN Iowan may pick out site in
build a summer cottage
here, and so back year after year,
-ithout paying rent. In many parks
amping sites are available for tents.
replaces are provided, wood is dis. s
.ibuted by rangers, and what might be
ermed a park de luxe is the beauti-
IL Starved Rock state park in Illinois
hich has electric lights, sewerage, ar
,sian water. and fire protection.
.srhe six score natural springs and
ellis of Saratoga, springs, New York.
-e comprised in Il state reservation
I'd the famous rOck-rimmed glen and
cascades of Watkins Glen
the Empire state. also constitute g
ate park.
Parks of M;Iitsry Memories.
valley Forge park and Washington
tossing park, in Pennsylvania, give /.
Mt Of the military Associations of the
eystone States parks. In addition
ere are, in Pennsylvania. reserva-
ms under the State Forest commits
IN Which serve like purpose ana
ord campers and mixers many
uare miles of primitive country
Though tie state park systems In
me states are clear cut and well de-
ed, in others it is difficult to de-
mine from their designations when
park is an historic site. a place tor
toring, camping. or IA picnic ground.
Kentucky bids fair to follow In the
ps of Illinois in selecting historic
es for parks. Two prospective parks ~
the Blue Grass state are the place
II Bardstown where Stephen Foster
ote 's.Iy Old Kentucky Home and
place Of Lincoln's birth near
dgenville. A third is the Mammoth
e.