Contents
Page [A new park is born] 1 [Major Powell’s river expeditions] 4 [Early history] 9 [Prehistoric people] 9 [Late arrivals] 14 [Geographic setting] 17 [Rocks and landforms] 20 [How to see the park] 26 [The high mesas] 27 [Island in the Sky] 27 [Dead Horse Point State Park] 30 [North entrance] 34 [Shafer and White Rim Trails] 34 [Grand View Point] 36 [Green River Overlook] 43 [Upheaval Dome] 43 [Hatch Point] 46 [Needles Overlook] 47 [Canyonlands Overlook] 48 [U-3 Loop] 49 [Anticline Overlook] 50 [Orange Cliffs] 54 [The Benchlands] 58 [The Maze and Land of Standing Rocks] 58 [The Needles district] 60 [Salt, Davis, and Lavender Canyons] 64 [The Needles and The Grabens] 73 [Canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers] 85 [Entrenched and cutoff meanders] 86 [Green River] 87 [Colorado River] 96 [Summary of geologic history] 112 [Additional reading] 117 [Acknowledgments] 118 [Selected references] 118 [Index] 123