El Morro National Monument (N.M.)

Abstract This collection is comprised of the manuscript titled, "The Deserving and the Lucky" by Bertha S. Dodge. Following minimal changes, this manuscript was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1980 under the title, The Road West, Saga of the 35th Parallel, which recounts reports of those who have passed by what is now El Morro National Monument.

Scope and Content These are five presidential proclamations establishing national monuments for El Morro National Monument, Gran Quivira National Monument, Chaco Canyon National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, and Capulin Mountain National Monument. The proclamations were executed by Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.