The Geologic Story of Arches National Park

The Geologic Story of Arches National Park - Geological Survey Bulletin 1393

BALANCED ROCK, guarding The Windows section of Arches National Park. Rock is Slick Rock Member of Entrada Sandstone resting upon crinkly bedded Dewey Bridge Member of the Entrada. White rock in foreground is Navajo Sandstone. La Sal Mountains on right skyline. (Frontispiece) According to former Superintendent Bates Wilson (1956), Prof. Lawrence M. Gould, of the University of Michigan, was the first to recognize the geologic and scenic values of the Arches area in eastern Utah and to urge its creation as a national monument. Mrs. Faun McConkie Tanner[1] told me that Professor Gould, who had done a thesis problem in the nearby La Sal Mountains, was first taken through the area by Marv Turnbow, third owner of Wolfe cabin. (See p. 12.) When Professor Gould went into ecstasy over the beautiful scenery, Turnbow replied, I didnt know there was anything unusual about it. Dr. J. W. Williams, generally regarded as father of the monument, and L. L. (Bish) Taylor, of the Moab Times-Independent, were the local leaders in following up on Goulds suggestion and, with the help of the Moab Lions Club, their efforts finally succeeded on April 12, 1929, when President Herbert Hoover proclaimed Arches National 2 Monument, then comprising only 7 square miles.[2] It was enlarged to about 53 square miles by President Franklin D. Roosevelts Proclamation of November 25, 1938, and remained at nearly that size, with some boundary adjustments on July 22, 1960, until it was enlarged to about 130 square miles by President Lyndon B. Johnsons Proclamation of January 20, 1969. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51116
Author: Lohman, Stanley William
Release Date: Feb 3, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Stacy, John R