Tag: discovery

Discovery …by Harvey Leake

by stiles • May 31, 2021 • 5 Comments

A steep section of the Rainbow Bridge trail that the Townsends called The Limit

The Indians found it long before the white men came.—John Wetherill, commenting on the discovery of Rainbow Natural Bridge “The discovery of a natural bridge surpassing in size anything heretofore found is the news brought to this city this morning…

Edward Abbey’s Compass…by John Waugh

by stiles • June 1, 2017 • 8 Comments

In the Spring of 1964 I traveled into Arches National Monument with my family. We entered the park over the Willow Flats Road, seven or eight miles of rough, one lane, sand and dirt in the family station wagon and…