[Italic page numbers indicate major references]
A
Abajo Mountains 21, 113
Additions to the park 1
All American Man pictograph 9, 70
Anasazi people 9, 12, 68
Anderson Bottom 93
Angel Arch 24, 68
Anticline Overlook 31, 50
Arches 64, 70
Angel 24, 68
Canyon Viewpoint 36
Castle 68
Druid 24, 76
Gothic 68
in Cedar Mesa Sandstone 66, 115
in Navajo Sandstone 36
Little Rainbow Bridge 98
origin 65
Pinto 98
Wooden Shoe 66
Arches National Park 28, 116
B
Beef Basin 9, 75
Benchlands _58_
Bighorn Mesa 46
Bishop, Francis Marion, quotation 106
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument 115
Bonita Bend 57, 93
Bootlegger Canyon 98
Bowknot Bend 85, 88
Bryce Canyon National Park 116
Bureau of Land Management 46
Buttes, Junction 27
Merrimac and Monitor 28
of the Cross 92
Turks Head 40, 43, 93
C
Campgrounds, Hatch Point 48
near Green River Overlook 43
Peek-a-boo Spring 68
Squaw Flat 2, 63
Windwhistle 47
Cane Creek anticline 31, 50, 53, 100
Canyon de Chelly National Monument 115
_Canyon King_ 98
Canyon Rims Recreation Area 47
Canyon Viewpoint Arch 36
Canyonlands Overlook 48
Canyonlands Resort 2, 63
Canyons, access roads 8
Bootlegger 98
Cataract 5, 85, 108
Colorado River _85_
Cyclone 79, 80
Davis 64, 70
Desolation 8
Elephant 76
Green River _85_
Horse 64, 67
Horseshoe 1, 9
Kane Springs 48
Labyrinth 5, 90
Lathrop 34, 36
Lavender 64, 70
Lockhart 49
Lower Red Lake 80
Millard 57
Mineral 29
Range 58
Red Lake 80
Salt 9, 64, 66
Sevenmile 28
Stillwater 5, 40, 43, 92
Taylor 91
Trough Springs 48
Upheaval 46
Capitol Reef National Park 115
Castle Arch 68
Cataract Canyon 5, 85, 108
Cave Spring Environmental Trail 14, 66
Cave Spring line camp 2, 14
Cedar Breaks National Monument 116
Cedar Mesa Sandstone 47, 58, _63_
arches 66, 115
potholes 36, 65
Chesler Park 75, 76
Chinle Formation 115
Moss Back Member 16, 62
Church Rock 60
Climate 23
Colorado National Monument 115
Colorado Plateau 17, 21, 114
Colorado River _96_, 114
river runners’ guidebook 5
Confluence of Green and Colorado Rivers 17, 80, 106
Confluence Overlook 80
Cutler Formation 48, 54, 62, 98
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member 47
de Chelly Sandstone Member 115
Organ Rock Tongue 40
White Rim Sandstone Member 34
_See also_ Cedar Mesa Sandstone; White Rim Sandstone.
Cyclone Canyon 79, 80
D
Davis Canyon 64, 70
Dead Horse Point 30, 31, 101
Dead Horse Point State Park _30_
Desolation Canyon 8
Devils Kitchen 75
Devils Lane 75, 80
Devils Pocket 75
Dinosaur National Monument 8, 114
Druid Arch 24, 76
Dugout Ranch 14, 61
E
Elaterite Basin 58
Elephant Canyon 76
Elephant Hill 2, 75
Entrada Sandstone 28, 60, 115, 116
Entrances, Island in the Sky district 2, 28, 34
Needles district 2, 60
Ernies Country 58
Erosion 21, 64, 114
landslide 106
Needles district 63
rate 21, 90
volume of rock removed 21, 112
F
Facies changes 34, 47, 58, 113
Faults 48, 63, 79, 104
Floods 67
Fort Bottom 91, 92
Fossils 76, 101
Four-wheel-drive roads. _See_ Jeep trails.
Fremont people 9, 12
G
Gas 53, 112
Geologic history 20, _112_
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 115
Goblin Valley State Park 116
Goose Neck 30, 31, 101
Gothic Arch 68
Grand Canyon National Park 115
Grand (Colorado) River 17, 96
Grand View Point 40
Grays Pasture 29, 36
Green River _87_
Overlook 43
River runners’ guidebook 4
Ground water 64, 65
H
Hatch Point _46_
Hatch Point Campground 48
Henry Mountains 21, 114
Hermosa Formation, Paradox Member 53, 79, 108
History, Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch 14, 57, 92
cliff dwellers 9
cliff dwellings 97
cowboys 14, 30
first siting by white man 4
mapping 117
Powell river expeditions 4, 87
railroads 96
trapper Julien 90
Horse Canyon 64, 67
Horseshoe Canyon 1, 9
Horseshoe Canyon Detached Unit 54
Horsethief Trail 29, 36, 90
Hurrah Pass 48, 50
I
Igneous rocks 20, 113
Indian Creek 61, 93, 101
Indian Creek State Park 12, 61
Indian ruins. _See_ Ruins.
Indians, Anasazi 9, 12, 68
Fremont 9, 12
Pueblo 9
Ute 12
Iron 23
Island in the Sky _27_
J
Jackson Hole 90, 100
Jeep trails, Davis Canyon 70
Elephant Hill 2, 75
Horse Canyon 67
Hurrah Pass 48
Island in the Sky district 36
Lavender Canyon 70
Needles district 2, 63, 75
Potash area 98
reason for building 16
Salt Canyon 66
Silver Stairs 2, 79, 80
SOB Hill 2, 75
west of Green River 54
Jennings, J. D., quotation 9, 12
Joint Trail 76
Joints 63, 79
Julien 90
Junction Butte 27
K
Kane Springs Canyon 48
Kayenta Formation 25, 54, 115
Keyhole Ruin 67
King’s Bottom syncline 50, 98
L
La Sal Mountains 21, 113
Labyrinth Canyon 5, 90
Lake Powell 23, 108
Land of Standing Rocks 58
Lathrop Canyon 34, 36
Lavender Canyon 64, 70
Little Rainbow Bridge 98
Lockhart Basin 49
Lockhart Canyon 49
Lohman, S. W., quotation 25
Lower Red Lake Canyon 80
M
Maps, geologic 117
satellite image 18
shaded relief 18
Meander anticline 79, 108
Merrimac and Monitor Buttes 28
Mesa Trail 36
Mesa Verde National Park 116
Mesas _27_, 46
Metamorphic rocks 21
Metric conversion factors 1
Millard Canyon 57
Mineral Canyon 29
Mines, Atomic King 50
Mi Vida 16
potash 53, 98
School Section 13 100
uranium 16, 29, 50, 100
Moab 16, 86, 96
Moab anticline 50
Moenkopi Formation 43, 58, 115
Monument Basin 40, 42
Monument Valley 115
Morrison Formation 114
Moss Back Member of Chinle Formation 16, 62
Mutschler, F. E., quotation 91
N
Natural Bridges National Monument 115
Navajo Sandstone 46, 98, 115, 116
arches 36
color 24
environment of deposition 20
resistance to erosion 25
Needles district _60_
Needles Overlook 42, 47
Newell, Maxine, quotation 100
Newspaper Rock 12, 61
North Point 57
O
Oil 53, 100, 112
Old Spanish Trail 57, 108
Orange Cliffs _54_
Organ Rock Tongue of Cutler Formation 40
Overlooks, Anticline 31, 50
Canyonlands 48
Confluence 80
Dead Horse Point 30, 31
Grand View Point 40
Green River 43
Needles 42, 47
U-3 loop 49
P
Paradox Basin 113
Paradox Member of Hermosa Formation 53, 79, 108, 113
Paul Bunyans Potty 67
Petrified Forest National Park 115
Petroglyphs 12, 97
Photography 3
Powell camera stations 5, 90, 93
Picnic sites 36, 46, 75
Pictographs 9, 12, 70
Pinto Arch 98
Porter, Elliot, quotation 87
Potash salts 53, 98, 113
Potholes 36, 65
Powell, John Wesley 4, 87
John Wesley, quotation 106
river expeditions 4, 87
Memorial Highway 8
Pueblo people 9
Q
Quicksand 66
R
Railroads 96, 98
Rainbow Bridge National Monument 115
Range Canyon 58
Red Lake Canyon 80
Rico Formation 76, 101
Rincons 86, 90
Anderson Bottom 93
Indian Creek 93, 101
Jackson Hole 90, 100
River trips 85, 86
_Canyon King_ 98
early float 87, 88, 96
guidebooks 4, 88
Powell expeditions 4, 87
rapids 108
stern-wheeler 98
Rivers, Colorado _96_, 114
Grand (Colorado) 17, 96
Green _87_
cutoffs 86, 87
_See also_ Rincons.
meanders 85, _86_
Rock column 20, 31
Rock folds, anticlines 98
Cane Creek anticline 31, 50, 53, 100
Kings Bottom syncline 50, 98
Meander anticline 79, 108
Moab anticline 50
oil and gas 53
potash salts 53
San Rafael Swell 116
Shafer dome 31, 49, 53, 101
synclines 43, 49, 100
Upheaval Dome 43
Rock fractures, faults 48, 63, 79, 104
joints 63, 79
origin 79
Rock inscriptions 12
Rock layers, dip 54, 85, 90, 97
Rock paintings 9
Ruin Park 9, 75
Ruins 64, 70
Anasazi 9, 68
Fort Bottom 91
granaries 9, 68
Keyhole 67
Tower 9, 68
S
Salt beds 43, 53, 79, 108, 113
Salt Canyon 9, 64, 66
Salt Creek 106
San Rafael Desert 54
San Rafael Swell 116
Sedimentary rocks 20, 112
ages 20, 112
cement 25, 65
color 23
elaterite 58
environments of deposition 20, 113
facies changes 34, 47, 58, 113
fossils 76, 101
gypsum 79, 113
“layer-cake geology” 23
salt 43, 53, 79, 108, 113
sculpture by erosion 25
Sevenmile Canyon 28
Shafer Basin 100
Shafer dome 31, 49, 53, 101
Shafer limestone 31, 54
Shafer Trail 34
Silver Stairs 2, 79, 80
Six-Shooter Peaks 61
SOB Hill 2, 75
Spanish Bottom 80, 85, 108
Spanish explorers 12
Springs 36
Squaw Flat Campground 2, 63
Steer Mesa 46
Stillwater Canyon 5, 40, 43, 92
Sunset Crater National Monument 116
T
Taylor Canyon 91
The Doll House 58
The Fins 58
The Grabens _73_
age 79
Cyclone Canyon 79, 80
Devils Lane 75, 80
Devils Pocket 75
origin 79
The Loop 85, 104
The Maze 58
The Neck 27, 34
The Needles _73_
The Portal 97
The Slide 106
The Spur 54
“Three Worlds” 24
Thundershowers 67
Tower Ruin 9, 68
Trails, Cave Spring Environmental 14, 66
foot 63, 64, 70, 73, 76, 98
horse 54
Horsethief 29, 36, 90
jeep. _See_ Jeep trails.
Joint 76
Mesa 36
Old Spanish 57, 108
Shafer 34
to Druid Arch 76
to Upheaval Dome 46
White Rim 34
Transportation in the park 26
Trough Springs Canyon 48
Turks Head 40, 43, 93
Twain, Mark, quotation 87
U
U-3 loop 49
Uncompahgre highland 54, 113
Upheaval Canyon 46
Upheaval Dome 43
Uranium 16, 34, 97
mines 16, 29, 50, 100
occurrence 16, 62
Ute petroglyphs 12
V
Vegetation, Chesler Park 76
fossil forest 101
Hatch Point 47
historical changes 5, 90
Island in the Sky 29
Squaw Flat 63
W
Wasatch Formation 116
Water, artesian 91
floods 67
ground 64, 65
Island in the Sky district 43, 91
potholes 36, 65
quicksand 66
springs 36
Whale Rock 46
White Rim 34, 58
White Rim Sandstone 23, 47, 54
color 24
elaterite 58
potholes 36
thickness variation 23, 34, 40, 43
water 91
White Rim Trail 34
Windwhistle Campground 47
Wingate Sandstone 46, 54, 61, 115
cliff dwellings 97
petroglyphs 12, 97
resistance to erosion 25
Wooden Shoe 66
Wupatki National Monument 115
Z
Zion National Park 115
[Illustration: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR · March 3, 1949]