LOOKING WEST INTO MONUMENT CANYON, from curve on Broadway just northwest of end of South Broadway, showing Independence Monument. This monument was seen in [figure 6] and will be seen again in [figure 51]. Redlands fault ends in this canyon; Lizard Canyon monocline can be seen on extreme right. (Fig. 42)
DRAINAGE DIVIDE
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About half a mile north of the farm road we reach the highest point on Broadway (Colo. 340) at a drainage divide. Inasmuch as the three Redlands Lift Canals end east of the divide, there is quite a contrast between the lush irrigated lands east of the divide and the nearly barren desert to the west, a view of which is shown in [figure 43]. To the southwest of the divide is an excellent view of the northeastward-dipping beds on the Lizard Canyon monocline. On the left about a mile northwest of the divide we pass the other entrance of Monument Canyon, then Lizard Canyon, and a switchback on Rim Rock Drive ascending the ridge between Lizard and Fruita Canyons. The water well beneath elevated tank on left is 650 feet deep and formerly flowed at about half a gallon a minute from the Wingate Sandstone. Household needs are obtained by pumping.
LOOKING WEST FROM DIVIDE ON BROADWAY 2 MILES EAST OF WEST ENTRANCE TO MONUMENT. Monoclinal hill on right is Brushy Basin Member of Morrison Formation capped by basal beds of Burro Canyon Formation. Rocks at left middle are blocks of sandstone in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison. (Fig. 43)
ROAD INTERSECTION
At the next intersection, Colorado Highway 340 turns right and continues about 2½ miles to Fruita; the highway to the left reaches the West Entrance of the Monument in a quarter of a mile. Before turning left into the Monument, however, we will interrupt our description of the trip by making a new start from Fruita for the benefit of people travelling from this direction.
