Landscape architecture Professor Philip H. Elwood, along with three Iowa State College students, made a trip of U.S. western national parks in the summer of 1927. This video contains clips from the New Mexico, Colorado and Ames portions of that trip. Includes footage of the Grand Canyon of Colorado, a Zuni Indian village near Gallup, New Mexico, Mesa Verde National Park, Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, and marching bands at the annual Shrine picnic on central campus.