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Issue:

SOUTHERNUTAH

APPROVED

follow theZuni Rainbow Godto the Ranch

in the heart of Utah's most beautiful scenery

CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL MONUMENT

(a part of the WATERPOCKET FOLD)

SLEEPING RAINBOW TOURS INC.,

It's BIG country,20,000 square miles of wilderness!

w

m ta

ke you to the

H

enry

we did Joe and Joyce Muench (see page 24), and we can take you on 10 one-daytrips from our Guest Ranch to:

1.

Capitol Reef National Monument

2.

Upper Cathedral Valley

3.

The Lofty Henry Mountains

4.

The Colorful Circle Cliffs

5.

Lower Cathedral Valley6. Goblin Valley

The above are a series of wilderness motor tours through the

LAND OF THE SLEEPING RAINBOW

planned by

LURT KNEE, VETERAN GUIDE SINCE 1939

To suit the Camera Fans, Nature Lovers,

Geologists

and Rock Collectors

Write us for folder:

LURT

&:

ALICE KNEE,

owners and operators

SLEEPING RAINBOW GUEST RANCH

P.O.

Box 93 (24 miles S.E. of)Torrey, Utah

7.

The Big Steeple8. The San Rafael Swell and SinbadDesert9. Dead World

10.

Tantalus Basin & Acquarius Plateau,and the "Highest Forest on Earth"

SPECIAL TRIPS to SpectacularViewpoint Overlooking ProponedCanyonlands National Park

Open April I to November I

MAGAZINE

OF

THE SOUTHWEST2STH YEAR

This Month's Cover—

Druid Arch

is one of the

amazing formations

cut

from sandstonein

the

Needles Area

of

southeastern Utah. Massive pillars

and

"headpiece" suggest religious construction

of the

early Druids, hencethe name. Druid Arch

and the

Needles

are

within

the

boundariesof

the

proposed

— and

controversial

—

Canyonlands National Park,discussed

in

this issue

on

pages

18-21.

The

cover photograph

is by

Josef Muench.Volume

25

Number

4

CONTENTS

FOR

APRIL,

1962

Special Issue: Southern Utah

The Landscape—

6 Geologic Evolution

of a

Fantastic TerrainARTHUR

F.

BRUHN

How to See the Country—

11

By

Family

Car / A

Regional Guide24

By

Four-Wheel-Drive

/ In the

Henry Mountains JOYCE MUENCH26

By

Foot

/

Hike Through

the

Narrows

of

Zion FRANK JENSEN29

By

Raft

/ Kon

Tiki

of the

Colorado ROSALIE

F.

GOLDMAN

People and Places—

8 Cowgirl, Flying Bishop, Road-Builders22 First

Car

Through Monument Valley25

Big

Rock Candy Mountain42 Utah's Volunteer Rescue Workers

The Future—

18 Bold Plan

to

Save

the

CanyonlandsJOAN GEYERWELDON

F.

HEALD

Other Features—

4 Desert Detours OREN ARNOLD41 Mojave Desert Wildflower Report LUCILE WEIGHT44

New and

Interesting Southwestern Books CHARLES

E.

SHELTON46 Just Between

You and Me

RANDALL HENDERSON

Each spring, summer

and

autumn, more

and

moreAmericans

are

experiencing first hand

the

beauty,solitude

and

adventure

of

southern Utah. There

is a

staggering amount

of

country

to see by

foot travel

(top

photo shows Explorer Scouts hiking down

the

Escalante

River),

by

boat (middle picture

was

taken

on the San

Juan River),

and by

four-wheel-drive (lower photo

was

made

on the

Navajo Reservation south

of

Bluff).

DESERT

is

published monthly

by

Desert Magazine,

Inc.,

Palm Desert, Calif. Re-entered

as

second class matter July

17, 1948, at the

postoffice

at

PalmDesert, Calif., under

the Act of

March

3, 1879.

Title registered

No.

35886

5 in U.S.

Patent Office,

and

contents copyrighted

1962 by

Desert Magazine,Inc. Unsolicited manuscripts

and

photographs cannot

be

returned

or

acknowledged unless full return postage

is

enclosed. Permission

to

reproducecontents must

be

secured from

the

editor

in

writing. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:

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correspondence

to

Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California

CHARLES

E.

SHELTON

Publisher

EUGENE

L.

CONROTTOEditor

EVONNE RIDDELL

Circulation Manager

To subscribe, send

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