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Abajo Mountains 101
artifacts 9
Abbey, Edward 3
Aborigines, occupation of area 9
Acknowledgments _105_
Anasazi people, petroglyphs 10
Anasazi ruins 9, 103
Ancestral Colorado River 33
Anomalies, gravity, Salt Valley 32
Anticlines, salt 31
Arches, broken remains 44
examples _46_
former abutments 68
horizontal 44
how they are formed 42
natural, defined _40_
number in the park 40, _41_
origin and development 37
pothole 44
vertical 42, 44
Artifacts, La Sal and Abajo Mountains 9
Aspinall, Wayne, Representative 8
B
“Baby Arch” 46, 63, 83
Balanced Rock 69, 70, 74
Banta, Jerry 105
Bar-DX Ranch 12, 13, 14
“Barrier Canyon style” 10
Bedding, wavy, Dewey Bridge Member 46
Beeson, Stib 13
Beginning of a monument _1_
Bending of rocks _24_
Bennett, Wallace F., Senator 8
Beroni, Pete 14, 15
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument 102
Book Cliffs 100
Breaking of rocks _24_
Bridge, natural, defined _40_
Broken Arch 46, 79
Brown-Stanton expedition, exploration 15
Bryce Canyon National Park 103
Budge, Chuck 105
C
Cache Valley 56, 73, 77
Cache Valley anticline 25, 32, 34, 55, 100, 101
Cache Valley graben 34, 100
Campground 86
water supply 87
Cane Creek anticline 24
Canyon de Chelly National Monument 102
_Canyon King_ 8
Canyon Lands Section, Colorado Plateau 9, 22
Canyonlands National Park 3, 9, 15, 102
Canyonlands Natural History Association 8
Capitol Reef National Park 103
Carithers, Joe 105
Carmel Formation 100
Cassidy, Butch 12
Caves, Entrada Sandstone 9
Cedar Breaks National Monument 103
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member, Cutler Formation 22, 102
Chinle Formation 32, 100, 102, 103
“Cisco Cutoff” 16
Civilian Conservation Corps 2
Cliff dwellers 9
Climate, desert 35, 51
wetter, different landscape produced 37
Collapse, salt anticlines 33, 34
Color photographs, equipment used 8
Colorado National Monument 102
Colorado Plateau, geologic formations included 101
rock formations 103, 104
subdivisions 18
uranium-vanadium mining 14
Colorado Plateaus Province 18
Colorado River, course established 101
nighttime illuminated float trip 16, 52
Colorado River canyon 35, 51, _52_
Cores, salt 100
Corral mine 15
Courthouse syncline 25, 30, 31, 32, 52, 63, 68, 100
Courthouse Towers area 25, _63_
number of arches 41
Courthouse Wash 2, 3, 18, 35, 63
Cove Arch 70
Cove of Caves 70
Crossbedding, Navajo Sandstone 63, 66, 70
Cutler Formation 32, 102
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member 22
White Rim Sandstone Member 22
D
Dark Angel 92
De Chelly Sandstone Member, Cutler Formation 102
Dead Horse Point 33
Dedication of the park 8
Delicate Arch 16, 25, 74, 75, 77
Delicate Arch area, number of arches 41
Density, average, Paradox Member 32
Deposition of rock materials, environments _20_
Desert varnish 10
Development of the arches _37_
Devils Garden 2, 5, 25, 79, _83_, 86
fins 42
number of arches 41
trail 88, 92
Dewey Bridge 52
Dewey Bridge Member 46, 63
Entrada Sandstone, composition 41
“hoodoos and goblins” 66
park road cutting 57
The Windows section 71
vertical arches 44
“Dewey Road” 16
Diapir 83
Differential erosion 42
Dinosaur National Monument 101, 102
Dissimilarity of Arches vs. Canyonlands 23, 24
Double Arch 2, 46, 72
Double O Arch 90, 92, 98
Drainage, Arches National Park 18
Dry Mesa 5, 56
E
Eagle Park 25, 98
number of arches 41
Early dwellers _9_
Earthquake, rock offset along bedding plane 63
Egyptian queen, arch resembling 63
Eisenhower, Dwight D., Mission 66 4
Elephant Butte 72
Elephant Butte folds 68
Elizondo, Emmett 13
Entrada Sandstone 23, 74, 102, 103
arches, modes of origin 42
caves 9
cut by normal fault 57
Moab Member 24
no water found 87
Environments of deposition _20_
Erosion 99
Colorado Plateau _33_
Evaporation basins 99
Evaporites 30
Eye of The Whale 69
F
Facies changes 22
“Father of the monument,” J. W. Williams 1, 4
Faults, Cache Valley anticline 34
Salt Valley anticline 34
Fiery Furnace 25, 42, 73, _79_, 83
number of arches 41
Fins 63, 79
Float trip, nighttime illuminated, down Colorado River 52
Folds _24_, 30, 100
Four-wheel-drive vehicles 69
Fractures _24_
Fremont people, occupation of area 9
pictographs 10
Frost, prying action 42
G
Garden of Eden 50, 69, 70
Gas exploration, deep tests 15, 99
Geographic setting _18_
Geologic age of rocks in park _98_
Geologic events forming the Colorado Plateau _98_
Geologic history, summary _98_
Geologic Time Spiral 101, 103
Geology, at the park entrance 57
Glen Canyon Group 52, 102, 103
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 101, 103
Goblin Valley State Park 66, 103
Gould, Lawrence M. 1
Goulding, Harry, first person to drive into The Windows section 2, 69
Grabens 34
Grand Canyon National Park and National Monument 102
Gravity anomalies, Salt Valley 32
Green River 103
Ground water 41
“Guide to an Auto Tour of Arches National Park,” (The) 5, 50, 51, 72
Gulf of California 33
H
Hastier, (Mrs.) Hazel Wolfe 13
Headquarters area _57_
Henry Mountains 101
Herdina Park 25, 69
number of arches 41
Hermosa Formation, Paradox Member 23, 25, 29, 30, 32
History, early _9_
geologic, summary _98_
“Hoodoos and goblins” 66, 103
Hoover, Herbert, proclamation 1
Horizontal arches 44
Horseshoe Canyon, pictographs 10
Horseshoe Canyon Detached Unit of Canyonlands 23
Humid regions, subdued rounded landforms 37
I
Igneous rocks 22, 99
“Indian-Head Arch” 98
Iron in the rocks 23
Island in the Sky 102
J
Jeep trail 69, 70
Johnson, Lyndon B., proclamation 2
Joints _24_, 34, 100
K
Kayenta Formation 35, 52, 102, 103
Kerr, Bob 105
Klondike Bluffs 25, 69, _82_, 83
number of arches 41
L
La Sal Mountains 22, 63, 77, 101
artifacts 9
Lake Mead 33
Lake Powell 33
Land forms, formation in the park 33
Landscape Arch 16, 77, 88
second known ascent 90
Larson, Tommy 13
Lloyd, Sherman P., Representative 8
Lohman, (Mrs.) Ruth 105
M
Mahan, Russel L. 2
Mancos Shale 32, 100
Maxwell, Ross A., investigation of caves 9, 10
May, David 40, 105
Melich, Mitchell, Solicitor General 8
Mesaverde Group 32, 103
Mesaverde National Park 103
Metamorphic rocks 22, 99
Metric unit conversion factors _2_
Mikesell, Carl 105
Miller, Joe 105
Mission 66, presidential and congressional support 4
Mississippi River sternwheeler replica 8
Moab, uranium-vanadium mill 14
Moab bridge 52
Moab Canyon 15, 18
Moab fault 26, 57
Moab Lions Club 1, 8
“Moab Mail Road” 16
Moab Member, Entrada Sandstone 24, 35
Entrada Sandstone, Broken Arch 46
composition 41
“Moab panel” 10
Moab-Spanish Valley anticline 26
Moab Valley 57
Moab Valley-Seven Mile anticline 100, 101
Moenkopi Formation 32, 102, 103
Monoliths 63
Monument, beginning _1_
Monument Valley 101, 102
Morrison Formation 32, 101
Morton, Rogers C. B., Secretary of the Interior 8
Moss, Frank E., Senator 8
Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation 15
N
National Park Service 8, 12, 40, 75, 90
Natural Bridges National Monument 3, 37, 40, 102
Navajo Arch 90
Navajo Sandstone 24, 35, 52, 103
canyon floor 63
crossbedding 63, 66, 70
park road cutting 57
water supply 57, 87
Navajo Tribe 102
Needles section, The, Canyonlands National Park 16, 102
Newell, (Mrs.) Maxine 12, 105
Nixon, Richard M., Congressional Bill 5
North Window 40, 68, 71
O
Oil exploration 15
Cane Creek anticline 24
deep tests 99
Origin of the arches _37_
P
Pacific Northwest Pipeline 15
Painted Desert 102
Panorama Point 73
Parade of Elephants 72
Paradox basin 23
Paradox Member, Hermosa Formation 23, 25, 29, 30, 82, 99
Hermosa Formation, average density 32
upward intrusion 34
Park, a trip through _52_
dedication 8
how to see _50_
improvements 4
Park Avenue, trail 63
Park Service. _See_ National Park Service.
Partition Arch 90
Petrified dunes 63, 66
Petrified Forest National Park 102
Petroglyphs, Ute 10, 75
Pictographs, Fremont people 10
Pine Tree Arch 90
Piñon pines 86
Pipeline scars, Pacific Northwest Pipeline 15
Plateau, uplift and erosion _33_
Potash occurrence 15
Pothole Arch 50, 73
Pothole arches 44
Powell, John Wesley, Canyonlands National Park 15
Professor Valley 56
R
Rainbow Bridge National Monument 103
Rainwater 41, 42
Rampton, Calvin L., Utah Governor 8
Reading, additional _104_
References, selected _105_
Relief map, shaded, Arches National Park, described 18, 19
Ribbon Arch 72
Richardson Amphitheater 56
Richardson, Professor 56
Rico Formation 23
Rison, (Mrs.) Esther Stanley 13
Rock formations, sculptured by erosion 35
Rock openings, natural, types 37
Rock types in the park 35
Roosevelt, Franklin D., proclamation 2
Rumel, Hal, photographer 77
“Run, Cougar, Run” 16, 56, 75
S
Sagers Wash syncline 86
Salt, occurrence 15
properties critical to formation of salt anticlines 30
Salt anticlines 30, 31, 100
collapse 33, 34
Salt-bearing rock 83
Salt rolls 31
Salt Valley 2, 68, 73, 77, _82_, 83, 92
gravity anomalies 32
Salt Valley anticline 25, 30, 31, 32, 73, 100, 101
collapse 34
fins 42
Salt Valley Wash 3, 74, 82, 83
Salt Wash 35, 55
Anasazi ruins 9
drainage 18
grabens 34
sandstone caves near 10
Salt Wash Sandstone Member, Morrison Formation 14
San Juan Basin, natural gas 15
San Rafael Swell 101, 103
Sand Dune Arch 79
Sandstone fins 41, 42
Schaafsma, Polly, quoted 10, 12
Scenic drive, Moab to Cisco 16
“Scenic Inch,” Pacific Northwest Pipeline 15
Sedimentary rocks 20
modes of deposition 99
Seven Mile-Moab Valley anticline 26, 32, 57
Sevenmile Canyon 15
Sheep Rock 63
Skyline Arch 83
Slick Rock Member, Entrada Sandstone 34
Entrada Sandstone, composition 41
high fins and pinnacles 63, 79, 86
hiking trail between fins 90
park road cutting 57
salmon 77
The Windows section 71
Tunnel Arch 46
vertical arches 42, 44
Slumping of sediments, irregular 50
Snow 41, 51
Sonic booms, dangers posed to arches 16, 17
South Window 40, 68, 71
Spanish explorers 12
introduction of horses to this country 10
Squaw Flat Campground 16
Stanley, Esther 13
(Mrs.) Flora 13
Volna 13
Stevens, Dale J. 40, 41, 63, 90, 98
Strata, lateral changes across the park 22
Sundance Kid 12
Sunset Crater National Monument 103
Supersonic flights banned, Moab-Times Independent 17
Suspension bridge, Colorado River 16
T
Tanner, (Mrs.) Faun McConkie 1
Taylor, L. L. (Bish) 1
Temperatures 51
“The Guide to an Auto Tour of Arches National Park” 5, 50, 51, 72
The Needles section, Canyonlands National Park 16, 102
The Windows section 25, 41, 46, 51, 66, _68_, 69, 70
Three Gossips 63
Three Penguins 57
Tower Arch 83
Tunnel Arch 40, 46, 90
Turnbow, Mary 1
Turnbow cabin 13
Turret Arch 68, 71
U
Uncompahgre Highland 23, 99, 100
Uncompahgre Plateau 23, 99
Uplift, Colorado Plateau _33_
Upper Devils Garden 98
number of arches 41
Uranium mines 14
Ute petroglyphs 10, 75
V
Vanadium mines 14
Vegetation 37
Vertical arches 42, 44
Visitor Center 50, 51, 57, 86
Volz, J. Leonard 8
W
Walker, Lester 13
Wall Arch 90
Walt Disney crew, “Run, Cougar, Run” 75
Wasatch Formation 32
Water supply, Navajo Sandstone 57
to the campground 87
White Rim Sandstone Member, Cutler Formation 22
Wild Bunch, The 12
Williams, J. W. 1, 4
Wilson, Bates 1, 3, 105
Wilson, (Mrs.) Bates 3
Windows, distinguished from arches _40_
Windows section, The 25, 46, 51, 66, _68_, 69, 70
number of arches 41
Wingate Sandstone 35, 87, 102, 103
Wirth, Conrad L. 4
Wolfe cabin 1, 3, 12, 13, 14
Wolfe, Fred 12, 13
Wolfe, John Wesley 12, 13
Wolfe’s Bar-DX Ranch 9, 10, 14, 74, 75
Wupatki National Monument 102
Y
Yellow Cat area (Thompson’s area) 14
Yellow Cat Flat 86
Yellow Cat mining district 83
Z
Zion National Park 103
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