Protected Areas Established in 1930 - Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve, Colonial National Historical Park (Paperback)

Chapters: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve, Colonial National Historical Park, Hwange National Park, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Sierra Cristal National Park, T fsingdalen National Park, Veluwezoom National Park, Flambeau River State Forest, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Carlsbad Caverns National Park - For detail on the area's geology, see Delaware Basin. From a young age, Jim White explored the caverns with his homemade wire ladder. When he grew older, most people did not even believe such caves existed. He gave many of the rooms their names, including the Big Room, New Mexico Room, King's Palace, Queen's Chamber, Papoose Room, and Green Lake Room. He also named many of the cave's more prominent formations, such as the Totem Pole, Witch's Finger, Giant Dome, Bottomless Pit, Fairyland, Iceberg Rock, Temple of the Sun, and Rock of Ages. Carlsbad, the town, and thus Carlsbad Caverns National Park, take their name from Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic, meaning literally, Charles' Baths, in Czech. Balloon BallroomLocated in the ceiling above the main entrance hall, this small room was first accessed by tying a rope to a whole bunch of balloons and floating them up into the passage. Bat CaveA large, unadorned rocky passage connected to the main entrance corridor. The majority of the cave's bat population lives in this portion of the cave, which was mined for bat guano in the early 20th century. Bell Cord RoomNamed for a long, narrow stalactite coming through a hole in the ceiling, resembling the rope coming through a church steeple to ring the bell. This room is located at the end of the Left Hand Tunnel. Rock of Ages in the Big Room, photo by Ansel Adams, c. 1941 ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=9251893