Index
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
[Italic page numbers indicate major references]
A Page Abajo Mountains [101] artifacts [9] Abbey, Edward [3] Aborigines, occupation of area [9] Acknowledgments [105] Anasazi people, petroglyphs [10] Anasazi ruins [9], [103] Ancestral Colorado River [33] Anomalies, gravity, Salt Valley [32] Anticlines, salt [31] Arches, broken remains [44] examples [46] former abutments [68] horizontal [44] how they are formed [42] natural, defined [40] number in the park [40], [41] origin and development [37] pothole [44] vertical [42], [44] Artifacts, La Sal and Abajo Mountains [9] Aspinall, Wayne, Representative [8]
B “Baby Arch” [46], [63], [83] Balanced Rock [69], [70], [74] Banta, Jerry [105] Bar-DX Ranch [12], [13], [14] “Barrier Canyon style” [10] Bedding, wavy, Dewey Bridge Member [46] Beeson, Stib [13] Beginning of a monument [1] Bending of rocks [24] Bennett, Wallace F., Senator [8] Beroni, Pete [14], [15] Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument [102] Book Cliffs [100] Breaking of rocks [24] Bridge, natural, defined [40] Broken Arch [46], [79] Brown-Stanton expedition, exploration [15] Bryce Canyon National Park [103] Budge, Chuck [105]
C Cache Valley [56], [73], [77] Cache Valley anticline [25], [32], [34], [55], [100], [101] Cache Valley graben [34], [100] Campground [86] water supply [87] Cane Creek anticline [24] Canyon de Chelly National Monument [102] Canyon King [8] Canyon Lands Section, Colorado Plateau [9], [22] Canyonlands National Park [3], [9], [15], [102] Canyonlands Natural History Association [8] Capitol Reef National Park [103] Carithers, Joe [105] Carmel Formation [100] Cassidy, Butch [12] Caves, Entrada Sandstone [9] Cedar Breaks National Monument [103] Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member, Cutler Formation [22], [102] Chinle Formation [32], [100], [102], [103] “Cisco Cutoff” [16] Civilian Conservation Corps [2] Cliff dwellers [9] Climate, desert [35], [51] wetter, different landscape produced [37] Collapse, salt anticlines [33], [34] Color photographs, equipment used [8] Colorado National Monument [102] Colorado Plateau, geologic formations included [101] rock formations [103], [104] subdivisions [18] uranium-vanadium mining [14] Colorado Plateaus Province [18] Colorado River, course established [101] nighttime illuminated float trip [16], [52] Colorado River canyon [35], [51], [52] Cores, salt [100] Corral mine [15] Courthouse syncline [25], [30], [31], [32], [52], [63], [68], [100] Courthouse Towers area [25], [63] number of arches [41] Courthouse Wash [2], [3], [18], [35], [63] Cove Arch [70] Cove of Caves [70] Crossbedding, Navajo Sandstone [63], [66], [70] Cutler Formation [32], [102] Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member [22] White Rim Sandstone Member [22]
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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