Contents
Page [Beginning of a monument] 1 [Graduation to a park] 5 [Early history] 9 [Prehistoric people] 9 [Late arrivals] 12 [Geographic setting] 18 [Deposition of the rock materials] 20 [Bending and breaking of the rocks] 24 [Uplift and erosion of the Plateau] 33 [Origin and development of the arches] 37 [Examples of arches] 46 [How to see the park] 50 [A trip through the park] 52 [Colorado River canyon] 52 [Headquarters area] 57 [Courthouse Towers area] 63 [The Windows section] 68 [Delicate Arch area] 74 [Fiery Furnace] 79 [Salt Valley and Klondike Bluffs] 82 [Devils Garden] 83 [Summary of geologic history] 98 [Additional reading] 104 [Acknowledgments] 105 [Selected references] 105 [Index] 109