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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