Professional Documents
Culture Documents
6 New Books
9 Different World of Utah
By D. JAMES CANNON
17 Molars of Moab
By ROBERT and LARRY NORMAN
20 Cartoonist Looks at Petroglyphs TO READ SALT LAKE CITY CARTOONIST CHRIS JENSEN'S ENLIGHTENING INTERPRETATION OF
By CHRIS JENSEN THE ANCIENT INDIAN MARKING AT ONE OF UTAH'S FINEST PETROGLYPH SITES, TURN TO PAGE 20.
42 Monument Canyon
By WALTER FORD
• New • Renewal
46 Desert Cookery
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50 Letters From Our Readers
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NAYLOR Books... (Because he has devoted years to
studying and knowing the Hopi In-
dian, DESERT invited Harry James
Lore to review this book).
OUR FACTORS in "The Differ- interest in learning more about Utah; tion of paved highway leading to the
F ent World of Utah" pose some
fascinating problems in recrea-
tion development and promotion: 1)
other items are designed to answer
specific questions and to serve as de-
tailed guides to various areas of the
rugged Devil's Garden area, where a
large new campground was also com-
pleted last year. In Dinosaur Na-
the state's magnificent and varied state. This literature is available on tional Monument, many miles of
landscape; 2) a strategic geographic request (most items without charge) paved highway have been completed
position; 3) a relatively small popu- to out-of-state people writing the or are in various stages of planning
lation of one million; and 4) almost Utah Tourist & Publicity Council, and construction, making easily ac-
70% of its land owned by the federal Council Hall—State Capitol, Salt Lake cessible several viewpoints overlook-
government. City. ing the incredibly beautiful canyons
of Green and Yampa Rivers.
This combination adds up to mil- NATIONAL PARKS AND MON-
lions of visitors who love what they UMENTS. The National Park Ser- Six parking areas at major Bryce
see but who stay only a short time. vice continues its Mission 66 program Canyon viewpoints were reconstructed
Past inadequacies in facilities, access, of improvement in Utah's two na- and interpretive exhibits installed in
and information services are rapidly tional parks and eight national monu- 1963. At Zion National Park a new
being remedied as Utahns work to ments, as well as on Lake Powell. On 210-site campground will be started
gether to meet the snowballing de- Flaming Gorge Reservoir it has co- in 1964 while 1963 in Zion saw trail
mand for recreational development operated with Ashley National Forest improvements and other upgrading
amidst the colorful scenery and in establishing a large number of work.
unique history. boating, camping, and picnicking fa- The proposed Canyonlands Na-
cilities.
At the Third Annual Utah Travel tional Park moved much closer to
Institute on February 1, 1964, an During the past few years, new ad- final realization in 1963 when
exciting overview of 1964's travel and ministration buildings and visitor cen- Utahns resolved their varying opin-
recreation picture was presented, and ters have been opened at Zion and ions and joined to support a park bill
it is outlined here through the use of Bryce Canyon National Parks, Tim- which has passed the Senate and now
topical headings. panogos Cave, Arches, and Dinosaur awaits action in the House.
National Monuments. Extensive im- NATIONAL FORESTS. Utah's
PUBLICITY. Though Utah's offi- provements will be made in the near seven national forests combine a mul-
cial state publicity agency is somewhat future at Natural Bridges, among titude of improvement activities un-
underfinanced when compared with others, and a new scenic drive will der the Operation Outdoors program.
other states, it has made notable prog- soon be under construction in Zion Scores of camp and picnic areas in
ress during recent years in its pro- National Park, leading into the spec- all parts of the state have been re-
gram of national and regional adver- tacular Kolob Canyons area from habilitated or expanded, and some
tising and in compiling a large var- U. S. Highway 91 (Interstate 15), at new sites have been developed. Ex-
iety of printed literature. Some of a point near New Harmony. amples: Work on 28 sites in Logan
this literature is of a general promo- Arches National Monument in Canyon (Cache National Forest) ;
tional nature, designed to create an 1963 saw the completion of a new sec- rehabilitation of six large areas on
Wasatch National Forest, which has markable progress since its birth in Hatch Point (reached by a new BLM
the second highest use of any national 1957. road leading from U. S. 160 near
forest in the nation; rebuilding of the Some state parks—notably Pioneer LaSal Junction) , one in Price Can-
Moon Lake access road on Ashley Na- Monument in Salt Lake City, Field- yon, and one in the San Rafael Swell
tonal Forest; a new water system at house of Natural History in Vernal, at the San Rafael River bridge. The
Pine Valley Campground and im- and Old Capitol in Fillmore—have Hatch Point area is of particular in-
provement of the road to Oak Grove been visitor landmarks for years and terest, since it opens up a spectacular
Campground, Dixie National Forest. need no introduction here. Others, Canyonlands overlook which was not
Enterprise Reservoir can now be such as Dead Horse Point, are widely previously accessible to passenger cars.
reached by a good road, thanks to known but are still thought of as BLM is active, too, in protection of
forest and county cooperation. rather remote and inaccessible. the Needles-Salt Creek section of pro-
Of special note are the numerous At Dead Horse Point the commis- posed Canyonlands National Park.
camp and picnic areas which have sion has built an overlook shelter, pro- BLM personnel at Cave Spring now
been developed during the past year tective fences, and a fine campground. register, direct, and assist the hun-
or two in the Flaming Gorge area There is hope for improvement of the dreds of jeepsters and other adven-
by Ashley National Forest. access road this year, though it will turers who visit this wilderness area
be some time before a paved highway each year.
NATIONAL R E C R E A T I O N is completed. Snow Canyon in Dixie
AREAS. Developments at Lake Pow- FISHING AND HUNTING. Mule
Slate Park has shelters and picnic fa- deer hunting continues to be the
ell are discussed elsewhere in this cilities, as has Newpaper Rock at In-
issue, so little need be said here about most popular big-game sport in Utah,
dian Creek State Park. There is an with the annual deer kill totaling
this tremendous recreation a r e a excellent picnic development at
which promises eventually to host more than 130,000 and ranking Utah
quaint, h i s t o r i c Stagecoach Inn among the top three states. As usual,
more visitors than any other attrac- (Camp Floyd State Park), and the
tion in Utah. thousands of hunters come from other
restored inn itself is planned to open states in the fall to bag their deer.
Though Lake Powell has received in 1964. Brigham Young's Winter
the major share of recent national Home in St. George is open to the In the past, fishing has not usually
and western publicity, another area public; nearby, the old rock home of attracted many out-of-staters to Utah
that deserves much more recognition Jacob Hamblin in Santa Clara is except to the three southern lakes,
than it has had is the huge lake now being readied for dedication this (Navajo, Panguitch and Fish Lake)
backing up behind Flaming Gorge year. and to some of the northern mountain
Dam on Green River. The shore of lakes. In the future, however, Flam-
this great body of water—which will Boating ramps and other facilities ing Gorge Reservoir and Lake Powell
have been installed at Bear Lake, promise to reverse this picture; they
measure 91 miles in length when fill- Green River, Hyrum Lake, Miners-
ed—is now being developed with will become two of the best inland
ville Reservoir, Palisade (Funk's) fishing waters in the western United
marinas, campgrounds, and picnic Lake, Scofield Reservoir, Steinaker
areas by the National Park Service States. Utah's Fish and Game Depart-
Reservoir, and P i u t e Reservoir. ment is working with Wyoming and
and Ashley National Forest. Among these water areas the largest Arizona in a large program of stock-
Flaming Gorge Reservoir (its for- developments are at Bear Lake (en- ing these two huge lakes with trout
mal name has not yet been decided closed marina, (attractive overlook and bass.
by Congress) is situated in terrain center, picnic facilities) and at Green
that could hardly differ more from River. Additional improvements will The Ute Indian Tribe, which owns
that of Lake Powell. For much of be made at all these areas and other more than a million acres of land in
its length it is located in a deep, state parks as funds permit. the vast Uintah Basin-Tavaputs Pla-
narrow, steep-walled mountain gorge teau region, has inaugurated a pro-
So far, activities at the big Wa- gram of hosting big-game hunters and
rimmed with dense forests; then it satch Mountain State Park have been
spreads out into broad valleys and fishermen. The tribal reservation
limited in the main to planning, land offers excellent fishing and, more im-
extends far north into Wyoming acquisition, and development of a
along the shallow channel of Green portantly perhaps, some of the best
road system. However, a 17-unit pic- deer hunting in the country, as well
River. nic area is nearing completion and as bear, cougar, birds, and other game.
A number of ramps, campgrounds, the park now has a 29-mile network
and picnic spots already have been of good forest roads. Plans are ulti- The State Fish and Game Depart-
opened near the dam and in Lucerne mately to make this area one of the ment continues its program of main-
Valley, where the lake widens out. nation's finest mountain recreation taining and improving Utah's marsh-
The major developments can be centers, with facilities for both sum- lands, which provide excellent bird
reached over good paved highways mer and winter use. shooting. Utah is also noted for its
from Vernal, in Utah, or from towns upland bird hunting.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
on U.S. 30 in Wyoming. 1964 prom- MENT. Almost half of Utah's land GREAT SALT LAKE. Utah's in-
ises a flood of boaters and other out- area is administered by the U. S. land sea is one of the wonders of
door recreationists to this water Bureau of Land Management, and the natural world, but for years it
playground. many of the state's most remarkable has been a disappointment to many
natural attractions are on BLM land.
STATE PARKS. Without much Traditionally, visitors because of inadequate access
BLM has not been con-
fanfare, the Utah State Park and Rec- sidered a recreation and facilities. Only one resort now
reation Commission has acquired and cently has it entered agency;this
only re-
field.
operates on the lake, but exciting new
is in proccess of planning develop- plans are revealed in another article
ment — or actually developing — 22 For example, BLM has developed in this issue.
choice recreational areas in Utah. two campgrounds in the Henry ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. Con-
Though handicapped by lack of Mountains, one on Calf Creek be- necting Moab and the enormous pot-
funds, the commission has made re- tween Escalante and Boulder, one on ash development of Texas Gulf Sul-
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by Janice Beaty
REAT PARALLEL slashes mar- lines. Even a powerful river could
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wise, lengthwise and slanting,
they zigged and zagged along the
hardly design a checkerboard.
What, then? We hastened to the
Visitor Center Museum for an explan-
canyon walls as if here some colossal ation. It was all there. In films and
cat had sharpened its claws. Or so we diagrams and relief models, the re-
imagined the day we gazed for the markable story of Zion Canyon and
first time at the streaked cliffs of Zion its strangely marked cliffs unfolded.
Canyon National Park in southwest
Utah. Far back in the Middle Jurassic
Period about 150 million years ago,
Here the lines were straight as a the tale began. The region of south-
music staff. There they were curved. ern Utah and northern Arizona was
Down the road a bit they crisscrossed then a vast Sahara with wind-blown
like squares on a giant checkerboard. sands building giant dunes. Many
Everywhere we looked, sheer cliff must have reached more than 2000
faces formed drawing boards for mon- feet from the bedrock below to their
strous scratchy fingers. shifting peaks.
What in the world made them? We As the dunes rose up or crumbled
pooled our meager knowledge of geol- away like waves before the wind, sand
ogy and came up with . . . was deposited in long even layers, one
Ice? Perhaps a long-lost glacier had on top of another, but always follow-
gouged its way down Zion Canyon, ing the contour of the dune. When
scratching the vertical walls in the the dunes changed their shapes or
TOP TO BOTTOM: CHECKERBOARD MESA WITH manner of Yosemite's. But no, glaciers direction, so did their parallel layers.
VERTICAL JOINTS CROSSED BY HORIZONTAL had never invaded Utah's canyon- It seemed hard to believe that a
BEDDING LINES. NOT RIPPLE MARKS, BUT lands.
CROSSBEDDING EXPOSED AND WEATHERED IN pile of sand contained actual layers.
USUAL MANNER. SCRATCHES CAUSED BY Water? Could the tumbling Virgin But a cutaway of a real dune left no
CROSSBEDDING IN ANCIENT SAND DUNES. River have scraped its own walls with doubt in our minds. Now if that
VERTICAL JOINTS FILLED WITH A MATERIAL
HARDER THAN SURROUNDING SANDSTONE the rocks carried from the canyon at sand dune could be solidified just as
LEFT CONSPICUOUS RIDGES. every flood? Not in such uniform it stood, and then sliced in two . . .
we knew we would be looking at a cliff, a cloud of dust puffed up where
Jeep and Scout Owners replica of Zion's cliffs. a rock-fall had landed!
ROLL BARS-TOW BARS And so it happened. As the cen- That evening at the campfire talk,
turies rolled on, a vast sea crept in- a ranger told us how groundwater
V-8 ADAPTORS land, totally submerging the dunes constantly leaches lime out of cracks,
. . . " pressing them down and then how pinyon pine roots wedge them
HI-COMPRESSION HEADS binding them together with a limey ever farther part, and how winter ice
SALES-SERVICE cement. This terrific pressure over expands the joints until another slice
hundreds of years, plus the infiltration of wall gives way.
Write for FREE information of a lime-iron binder, turned the Next day we visited Checkerboard
BRIAN CHUCHUA'S sand to sandstone . . . Navajo Sand- Mesa where water had etched out the
stone as it came to be called. One joints of a white butte, marking out
Four Wheel Drive Accessory Center might almost call them petrified
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squares with the distinctive crossbed-
dunes. ding lines. "A classic example of bed-
The next step was uplifting. Start- ing planes cut by many vertical wea-
ing from sea level about 13 million thered joint cracks," they told us.
years ago (long after the sea had Iron oxides colored most of Zion red,
gone) the entire stone desert was but here where they were lacking, the
New Improved gradually elevated . . . up to 8000 entire Mesa gleamed white.
feet in places. As the massive plateau Most joints were farther apart and
METAL rose, faulting caused the sandstone to less obvious than this, making cross-
form innumerable cracks straight bedding the outstanding feature of
DETECTOR through the entire deposit from top the park. Even the earliest visitors
to bottom. The immense stone blocks
were awed by the marks. Said C. E.
with their horizontal layers and ver-
Finger tip knob control . . . low cost tical joints were now ready to be Dutton in 1880:
operation . . . greater sensitivity . . . sliced in two. ". . . But of all the features of this
battery checker . . . easy to operate rock the most striking is the cross-
. . . depth: 6 ft. . . . All that remained was the tale of bedding. It is hard to find a single
Model 27 (DeLuxe) photo above $119.95 the Virgin River ripping its way rock-face which is not lined off
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RAYTRON'S MODEL 990 $163.00 through the cracked sandstone, carv- with rich tracery produced by the
Completely transistorized, with long ing out its steep-walled canyon. Flat action of weathering upon the
durable life . . easy to operate . . maxi- slabs broke away at their joints, ex-
mum sensitivity and performance up cross-lamination. The massive cliff
to 28 ft. depth. posing smooth walls tattooed with the fronts are etched from summit to
intricate tracery of cross bedding base with a filagree as intricate and
and joint lines . . . our mysterious delicate as frost-work."
Triple Beam scratches! We were looking at the
Balance inside of a solidified sand dune! Since Navajo Sandstone was the
by Ahaus most conspicuous feature of the Utah-
Still, it took a week of camping at
Complete with
the base of Red Arch Mountain to Arizona plateau country, we might
specific gravity
attachment, and make us realize the Zion story was far have expected to see similar wall-
cover $41.25 from finished. We gazed up at the scratchings everywhere. But they
perpendicular walls with a feeling of varied in style from place to place,
• • • * we learned, and were locally absent.
security at first. Here was something
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• CATARACT CANYON
• MIDDLE FORK
I lacks sufficient empirical evidence
to be accepted by those whose
brains operate with the precision of
six miles, a luxury for which we may
thank the uranium excitement of
several years ago.
• OTHER RIVERS
electronic computors. But, I think it
will appeal to those who use a rab- Unless highway vandals have been
HATCH RIVER bit's-foot key-chain (after all, such at work recently, there will be a sign,
"Goblin Valley," pointing toward the
a key-chain is as practical as any
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roast fowls (anyone with an esthetic
west at Temple Junction. Five miles
up the road is another sign (actually
1278 Driggs Avenue sense should recognize the beauty of three of them at the last count) in-
Salt Lake City, Utah their symmetry). dicating that Goblin Valley is approx-
imately eight miles to the south. This
Have you ever wondered what hap- road is dirt, but generally passable to
pens to aged goblins? Since they are ordinary cars.
SLEEPING RAINBOW supernatural it is obvious that they
do not die; in fact, there is not much Goblin Valley was scarcely known,
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as long as a few staunch believers re-
even among local people, until a few
years ago. Then it received a flurry
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variety of scenic treasures! to show for their efforts? which it seemed impossible to con-
tinue without prohibitive expense, so
Multi-hued Stone Cathedrals Basically my theory is this: When the road stopped short of the actual
Flowering Deserts any goblin has reached a specified valley. A confusing array of gullies
Fantastic "Goblins" degree of proficiency in frightening and ridges misled many visitors into
Awesome Canyons mankind, or in creating unusual
Petrified Forests thinking, when they viewed the Three
Enchanting Skies types of mischief, he may apply to a Sisters or other formations nearby,
Vast Panora*mas Phantom Committee of Corporeal they were in Goblin Valley before
Magnificent Space Awards which will review his appli- they even reached the main attraction.
cation, along with his record of per- A year or two ago the road was push-
Travel remote uranium trails—Find formance. If his accomplishments are
intriguing rocks and fossils—Cast off ed forward until it reached the rim
tensions—Relax and rejoice in out- deemed worthy of honor, orders are of the valley itself. Now there is no
door splendor. Our own garden vege- given to Nature's sculptors to create necessity for a cross-country hike from
tables and pure spring water. See his likeness in stone.
Desert Magazine: March '61, April car to the valley, nor is it likely that
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Sleeping Rainbow Guest effigies themselves, hundreds of them,
When I last visted the valley—a few
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If you visit this strange valley, take
plenty of film and be prepared to GEORGIE WHITE
spend several hours of happy shoot-
ing. Every step you take and every If interested in a
way you turn will offer new subjects. River Trip
As for us—well, it was late in the write for
afternoon when we got there, so I information
didn't get as many pictures as I would
have liked. You see, I wanted to be GEORGIE WHITE
many miles away when night fell. It
is not that I'm superstitious, mind P. O. Box 368
you, but if the prototypes of those Midway City,
effigies should show up after dark,
there would be enough of them to Calif. 92655
stir up simultaneously every kind of
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PIONEER'S NAME AND DATE FOUND UNDER LEDGE
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FORT PEARCE
AUTHOR STUDIES FORT'S EAST WALL BEFORE
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EAST WALL AS IT LOOKS TODAY.
was the beginning of a long and in- stored. The fallen east wall is re-
By Cloyd Sorensen teresting friendship with one of built with a door opening. However,
southern Utah's natives. where I believe the original door
was set, there is now a crude fire-
We climbed into Jack's pickup place. Other than this limited recon-
and headed south of town on a paved struction, the old pioneer fort re-
F I WERE to suddenly receive no-
I tice that I had won a vacation to
any place of my choice in the
United States, 1 would have no hesi-
road. As we crossed an iron bridge
spanning the Virgin River, Jack told
me how Mormon pioneers tried to
tame the river to irrigate cotton and
mains as it was over 90 years ago. No
wood was used in its construction,
thus preventing Indians from burn-
tation deciding where it would be. ing it, and as far as anyone knows,
sugarcane crops in their attempt for construction stopped with the walls
Expenses would be minimal and no an independent economy. At the
luxurious airline necessary. I would and the fort never bore a roof.
river we turned east, traveling to the
visit the warm, friendly city of St. end of the pavement, and then con- In 1866 Brigham Young directed
George in southern Utah. Here, I tinuing on a trail that crossed golden the pioneers in the Virgin Valley to
have found, it doesn't take a lot of sand dunes and bumped over the colonize in what is now Arizona. A
cash to enjoy colorful scenery, an ledges and washouts of color-splashed trail was proposed to cross the trea-
ideal climate, natural beauty and in- Warner Valley. After leaving the main cherous Colorado at Pierce's Ferry,
teresting, hospitable p e o p l e . Al- trail with a hard right into a gravelly the only possible crossing in 200 miles
though exciting country lies in all arroyo, in less than a half mile we of twisting canyon, and Fort Pearce
directions from this hub in south- spun up over a steep dirt bank and was ordered to provide a way-station
western Utah, a good part of my va- there was old Fort Pearce! along the route. High on a mesa
cation would be spent exploring the overlooking Fort Pearce Wash and
ruins of old Fort Pearce. Simultaneously I experienced di- Spring and within a few hundred
verse emotions. I was surprised and yards of the present Arizona line, the
The first time I made a trek to disappointed to find the fort not an site conmmanded the only depend-
this old Mormon fort, I was escorted expansive structure that T had imag- able water for miles. Work began on
by a newly made friend, Jack Seeg- ined, but rather a small, tightly con- December 4, 1866 and the fort was
miller, who owns a St. George service structed stone building. I was amazed nearly completed when the proposed
station. I had seen the fort marked at its state of preservation. Only part route via Pierce's Ferry proved too
on a map and was curious about it. of the east wall crumbled into a pile hazardous, even for the rugged Mor-
Asking questions, searching through of brown rocks. Rifle portholes were mons. Thus the plan was abandoned
library books and even writing the conveniently placed in all of the walls and work stopped on Old Fort Pearce.
Utah Historical Society soon told me and on each end, in opposite corners,
that there was little known of its were two unique appendages that Later, however, the fort was put to
history and even less published. I Jack said allowed only two men, one good use as a rest and watering
stopped at Jack's service station to in each square appendage, a complete place for teamsters and weary oxen
ask directions. He cook one look at view around the fortress. who hauled giant timbers from Mt.
nay low-slung automobile, grinned Trumbull, 80 miles to the south, to
and said, "I'd better show ya." That Today old Fort Pearce has been re- build the St. George Temple.
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livestock also increased. With few
However, there is more to do at
fences to protect them, the crops pro-
Fort Pearce and Warner Valley than
vided a tempting dish to the unre-
to sit on sun-drenched mesas recalling
strained stock. As a solution, pioneers
its past. There are petroglyphs to
formed a common herd which they
study, fossils and arrowheads to find,
ranged in Warner Valley far from
petrified wood to collect, canyons to
the crops. Here, when Indians caused
explore, mesas to climb, and stone-
trouble, herdsmen drove their live-
chiseled signatures of pioneers to ex-
stock into the high rock corrals im-
amine.
mediately below Fort Pearce and from
the command of the fortress, two There are no improved camp-
men, using the unique opposite ap- grounds in this remote valley, but it's
pendages, easily protected themselves fun to camp-out for a day or two,
and their herd from the thievery of making side trips in all directions.
poorly armed Paiutes. Fort Pearce Wash will provide some
wood for your camp fire, but the
A visit to old Fort Pearce is my water is too alkaline to drink.
retreat from power lines, telephones,
modern highways and all the other Rabbits, quail and other small ani-
things that represent our civilized mals find living good in the spring
and hectic world. Like a narcotic, area and occasionally a desert mule
deer, wild burro or even thirsty cou-
this peaceful, colorful valley induces
gar will leave tracks in the mud. at the historic mining town of
tranquility and reminiscence of days
ft* CM
when a man was a man living by his Because of mining, movie locations
wits and ingenuity; when I n di a n and historical interests a better road
bands camped around Fort Pearce has recently been cut to old Fort
Spring; and when Father Escalante, Pearce. Today, in good weather and
searching for a safe route to Cali- with common sense driving, it is pos- UTAH
fornia from Santa Fe, found his way sible to drive a passenger car into
into Warner Valley. Here Escalante Warner Valley to the old fort. Side
trips off the main trail are strictly America's longest gondola high ride
and his small party watered and pas-
tured their animals and, except for four-wheel drive, horseback or hiking Utah's longest double chair lift
two little cakes of chocolate, com- terrain, but the entire family can Golf, sunning, relaxing
pletely exhausted their supplies. Es- have a field day looking for arrow-
calante, in his journal, called this heads, flint chips, painted pottery Dining, dancing and entertainment
place San Conulo or Arroyo del Ta- shards and old rifle brass around Fishing, hunting, hiking
ray. He wrote "because here there Fort Pearce and its spring. ///
Horseback riding, boating
ADril. 1964 / Desert Maaazine / 31
MODEL
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BEAUTIFUL
ARIZONA SCENERY
FISHING
During the depression Whit helped
Large Level Lots run the lodge in the summer and
spent his winters traveling world-wide
HUNTING
FREE
CAMP GROUNDS
WATER AND POWER MODERN CABINS
on what money he could earn as an
TO EACH LOT amateur boxer. At the peak of the a Vacation Land
depression Chauncey took a gamble
Full
$495 Price
and borrowed $10,000 to remodel the
old home and build eight cottages.
to Remember
hide-a-way huts
MACDONALD'S
« WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS • WONDERLAND EXPEDITIONS •
scribed his initial view as "two or for a massive stone curtain to rise there is no water in the canyon and
three minutes of petrified eternity." and let the performance begin. the canteen diminishes rapidly with
After the first impact you become activity under a summer sun.
aware of its awesome silence—a silence At this point a voice said, "I'm
hungry. Let's make camp." Reverie An interesting climax to the Monu-
so profound that you find yourself ment Canyon trip is a drive to Grand
listening to it. Looking down into ended!
View Point where it may be viewed
the canyon past its rim of white sand- The next morning we began our from above. To reach this point there
stone, you see a box-like depression trip to the bottom of the canyon. In is a choice of two ways. One, up the
with slender pinnacles and mono- Moab we had learned that the only Shafer Trail which clings to the side
liths rising almost to the level of the opening was between two rocks on of precipitous, thousand foot walls, or
canyon rim. the east side of the canyon, but we retracing your route along the river
As we arrived at Monument Can- had difficulty locating it because it to the main highway out of Moab,
was hidden by a shrub. The trail into then proceeding north for about six
yon the sun dropped behind a west- the canyon is deceptively steep, as you
erly butte and long shadows crept miles to the regular Grand View Point
don't realize its angle until you be- road. The Shafer Trail cut-off pro-
across the valley floor. We sat on the gin the upward journey. From the vides a saving of 60 miles, but is not
canyon's rim, unaware of passing bottom of the canyon, pinnacles that recommended for those unaccustomed
time, and watched shadows give way looked like toothpicks from above be- to mountain driving. Whichever way
to a purple haze, then change to a come multi-storied towers. You could you go, an added bonus will be a
darker gloom. We were as spectators spend days exploring in its ever-chang- visit to Dead Horse Point which lies
in an ancient amphitheater, waiting ing play of light and shadow, but a few miles from the Grand View
WESTERN
RIVER TRIPS
. . . •
44 / Desert Mnnmino /
LAKE POWELL
(Continued from Page 23)
Frank Wright. The day's trip under
the guidance of Jim Hunt took us
through fantastic country with stops
at Natural Bridges National Monu-
ment and over part of the trail of the
hearty Mormons whose expedition in
December, 1879, from Escalante to
Bluff through Hole-in-the-Rock has
been called super-human.
Since my trip, water has reached
Castle Butte where Staveley now
operates. For those who want to drive
to Hite, arrangements can be made
for their vehicles to be driven to
Wahweap while they are taken down LAKE POWELL
the river to Wahweap by boat. IS THE ONLY LAKE
Embarking at Hall's Crossing and WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
with Gay and Joan Staveley and Jim OFFERING GUIDED
Hunt piloting three new powerful OVERNIGHT BOAT TOURS
boats, we spent three fascinating days
traveling the 120 miles down the Col-
orado River and Lake Powell to
Wahweap Landing, just across the GLEN CANYON BOATING
river from Page. There we met Art HAS COLORFUL, RELAXING
Greene, another veteran guide who
operates the Wahweap concession. HOUR CRUISES, DAY CRUISES
AND
The saying "pictures speak louder A TRIANGLE TOUR
than words" is definitely true of this
area of Southern Utah. So instead of OFFERING
trying to describe the breath-taking GLEN CANYON PERSPECTIVES
scenery, with relaxing days and peace- BY JEEP, PLANE and BOAT
ful nights under the stars, I have WITH A VARIETY OF
selected only a lew pictures of the Y. STARTING POINTS and DATES
hundreds i took to show why this trip, D O W N THIS STEEP CLIFF WHICH THEY CALLED
or similar trips, proves that the area THE "HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK" MORMONS IN 1892
is truly "The Different World of
Utah." ///
ENROUTE TO BLUFF LOWERED THEIR WAGONS
A N D HORSES BY ROPE, A FEAT DESCRIBED AS
SUPERHUMAN. IT IS SEEN FROM LAKE POWELL.
LAKE POWELL
HAS
UNEQUALLED SCENERY
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES
BASS, TROUT, SALMON
RAINBOW NATURAL BRIDGE
1800 MI. CANYON SHORELINE
WONDERS YET UNREVEALED
MOCHA MOUSSE CHERRY CHEESE PIE gelatin has dissolved. Remove from
V2 cup semi-sweet chocolate Cover pie pan with vanilla wafers heat; blend in apricot puree. Chill
and stand half ones around sides. in refrigerator until cool and begin-
morsels ning to thicken. Beat egg whites to
3 egg yolks 1 8-ounce package of cream soft peaks, gradually add sugar
2 teaspoons instant coffee powder cheese, at room temperature while continuing to beat, and when
V2 teaspoon almond extract 1 15-ounce can Borden's Eagle very stiff fold into apricot mixture
Brand milk and chill until firm.
3 egg whites stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vi cup sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice
Melt chocolate in top of double Put cheese and milk into electric
boiler over boiling water. Remove
from heat, cool slightly. Add egg blender, mix well and add lemon CRANBERRY CRUNCH SQUARES
yolks, one at a time, and beat well juice and vanilla. When thickened, 1 cup quick-cooking oats
after each addition. Add dry coffee pour over vanilla wafers, and re- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
and almond extract. Beat well and frigerate. A short time before serving
cover with a can of chilled cherry V2 cup flour
cool. V2 cup coconut
pie filling. This is delicious, but very
In a bowl add sugar to stiffly beaten rich, so cut into small serving pieces.V2 cup butter
egg whites and beat until glossy.
Fold into coffee mixture. Heap into Cut butter into mixture until crumbly.
parfait glasses or glass dessert Place half of mixture into 8-inch
dishes. Refrigerate until ready to square greased pan. Cover this with
serve. a 1 lb. can cranberries, either whole
APRICOT CHIFFON PIE or sauce. Spread rest of oatmeal
For the crust, combine 1 V2 cups gra- mixture over top. Bake 45 minutes at
ham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons 350 degrees.
COOKIE DESSERT sugar, and V2 cup melted butter. I make this ahead of serving time,
Blend well, and press firmly against then put in the oven for a few min-
2 packages orange gelatin sides and bottom of 9-inch pie pan. utes to heat, which is delicious with
2 cups boiling water, for part of The easiest way to do this is to cover cold ice cream.
water use juice from Mandarin with a pan the same size, and press.
orange slices Chill this in refrigerator for 2 or 3
1 small package hydrox chocolate hours before adding filling.
cookies. Filling:
CHERRIES JUBILEE
1 quart orange sherbet 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
1 pint pitted canned Bing cherries
1 small can Mandarin orange V* cup sugar
1V2 teaspoons corn starch
slices V2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons water
Dissolve gelatin in water and juice. 3 egg yolks, beaten
2 ounces Kirsch
When partially set, beat in the or- 1 cup buttermilk
ange sherbet. Line bottom of shal- 1V2 cups apricot puree (cooked and 1 pint vanilla ice cream
low pan with two-thirds of the choco- Pour juice from cherries into a sauce
sweetened dried apricots, pan and heat through. Dissolve
late cookie crumbs. Place gelatin sieved)
mixture over crumbs and sprinkle cornstarch in 2 tablespoons water
rest of crumbs over top. Use orange 3 egg whites and add to cherry liquid. Stir until
slices as a garnish or you may V4 cup sugar thickened. Add cherries. Warm the
fold some of them into gelatin and Combine gelatin, sugar and salt in Kirsch. Place ice cream in dishes.
sherbet mixture. Chill a few hours top of double boiler; add egg yolks Ignite the Kirsch and pour into cherry
and cut into squares for serving. and buttermilk. Cook over boiling sauce. Pour blazing cherries over
Serves 12. water until slightly thickened and ice cream. Serves 4.
SAN JUAN COOKERY
SOFT GINGER COOKIES
TRADING Cream 1 cup shortening with 1
cup sugar.
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