ARCHES: the story behind the scenery (UT). Johnson.
How rock shapes formed in Utah national park, life on the outcrops, history. Color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-88714-002-5. 1987. Order #: KCPU0742 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

 

DEVILS GARDEN TRAIL GUIDE: Arches National Park (UT). Canyonlands Natural History Association.
Trail leads to seven arches, provides views of several more, overlooks Fin Canyon, and wanders through the habitat of plants and animals that have adapted to this arid climate of Utah desert. Arches seen are Pine Tree, Tunnel, Double O, Landscape (with a span of 291 feet, largest in the world), Partition, Navajo, Wall. Tells how arches are formed, identifies geological formations and plants of this desert environment in Utah. Map shows trail, indicates approximate hiking time (one-way) of 2 hours and a distance of  2 1/4 miles, although arches are seen all along the way so one can take a shorter hike. Photographs, map, 21 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: CALA2202 paper$3.95.

 

 

THE GUIIDE TO AN AUTO TOUR OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK. by National Park Service and Canyonlands Natural History Association..
Describes arches, spires, balanced rocks, and other geologic oddities along the roadways of this national park in Utah, explaining their origins and giving history of arch formation and collapse. Rock types are explained both as background to help understand the arch structures but also to know more about how Earth processes of erosion and sedimentation produced the original material that became the sandstones and shales of the region and in which the unusual features are carved. The role of upward movement of salt domes to create upward pressures on overlying earth is explained as are faults that have moved segments of the Earth into new positions. The pioneer Wolfe ranch is identified at one spot. Photographs, map, 28 pages.
ISBN: None. Undated. Order #: CALA2201 paper$3.95.

 

 

A STORY OF LIFE AT WOLFE RANCH; Arches National Park. by Maxine Newell.
History of pioneer living in the Moab, Utah area. In 1906 John Wolfe brought part of his family from Ohio to establish in what is now Arches National Park a 100-acre ranch and a one-room cabin, now gone, but with the next edition still standing near the Delicate Arch Trailhead. Ranching provided beef as food and for trading with prospectors and Indians and a small dam furnished water for a garden of vegetables. There are tales of family dynamics in this area of rugged living from folks with a "civilized" path and of educating their own children. Supplies were ordered by catalog and received four times per year after a day's ride. In 1975 Wolfe Ranch Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a reminder of pioneer life in the western desert. Photos, 27 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: CALA2203 paper$3.95.

 

 

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