Natural Bridges National Monument - Books
Hiking Grand Staircase, Escalante and the Glen Canyon Region
 Ron Adkison
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The Glen Canyon region, stretching 150 miles across southern Utah, is a land of outstanding scenery and excellent hiking opportunities. Hundreds of miles of trails and canyoneering routes lead to arches, natural bridges, lonely slickrock gorges, wooded mesas, and open desert valleys. This guidebook includes hikes in the newly established Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It focuses on many popular trails and routes and some lesser known ones in the Glen Canyon region. Hikes range from easy day trips to strenuous overnighters.
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America’s Top 100: Our Nation’s Most Awe-Inspiring Natural Features and Landmarks
 Edward R. Ricciuti
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A top reference work for kids from 8-11. Chapters include Bridges, Cities, Construction Wonders, Curiosities, Mountains, National Monuments, National Parks, Natural Wonders, Rivers, and Skyscrapers.
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Rainbow Bridge: An Illustrated History
 Hank Hassell
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The morning of August 14, 1909, marked the official discovery of the magnificent natural bridge, which spans 275 feet and towers 291 feet above the stream bed below it.. "Its fame was soon widespread, but for many years its visitors would be few, their numbers restricted by the long, arduous trail around Navajo Mountain to the site. The bridge’s story included such western figures as trader Louisa Wetherill, wife of John and a Navajo speaker who was the first Anglo to hear of the bridge; Barry Goldwater, who for a time owned and operated Rainbow Lodge; Zane Grey, who wrote about the bridge; and David Brower, the Sierra Club leader who got wrapped up in the intersection of the Rainbow Bridge story with that of Glen Canyon Dam. Its construction and the filling of Lake Powell behind it made Rainbow Bridge a battleground, key territory in the larger war over water and conservation in the West. The remote, hard-to-reach national monument was supposed to define a limit to Colorado River reclamation but instead was inundated by Lake Powell and the tide of visitors who then could reach the foot of the bridge by boat. Though it is now easily and frequently visited and National Park Service amenities are in place, access to Rainbow Bridge is still an evolving and controversial issue.
From The Critics:
BooknewsWhile Hassell (reference, Cline Library, U. of Northern Arizona) has included abundant photos (mostly bandw with 16 color plates) and maps, his history is overwhelmingly text. He covers geology, exploration and tourism (Wetherill, Richardson, Zane Grey, Bernheimer), of Navajo Mountain, the Colorado River and environs. The fight of the conservationists (Sierra Club) and the dam-builders is thoroughly detailed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Rainbow Bridge: An Illustrated History
 Hank Hassell
 From the Publisher:
The morning of August 14, 1909, marked the official discovery of the magnificent natural bridge, which spans 275 feet and towers 291 feet above the stream bed below it.. "Its fame was soon widespread, but for many years its visitors would be few, their numbers restricted by the long, arduous trail around Navajo Mountain to the site. The bridge’s story included such western figures as trader Louisa Wetherill, wife of John and a Navajo speaker who was the first Anglo to hear of the bridge; Barry Goldwater, who for a time owned and operated Rainbow Lodge; Zane Grey, who wrote about the bridge; and David Brower, the Sierra Club leader who got wrapped up in the intersection of the Rainbow Bridge story with that of Glen Canyon Dam. Its construction and the filling of Lake Powell behind it made Rainbow Bridge a battleground, key territory in the larger war over water and conservation in the West. The remote, hard-to-reach national monument was supposed to define a limit to Colorado River reclamation but instead was inundated by Lake Powell and the tide of visitors who then could reach the foot of the bridge by boat. Though it is now easily and frequently visited and National Park Service amenities are in place, access to Rainbow Bridge is still an evolving and controversial issue.
From The Critics:
BooknewsWhile Hassell (reference, Cline Library, U. of Northern Arizona) has included abundant photos (mostly bandw with 16 color plates) and maps, his history is overwhelmingly text. He covers geology, exploration and tourism (Wetherill, Richardson, Zane Grey, Bernheimer), of Navajo Mountain, the Colorado River and environs. The fight of the conservationists (Sierra Club) and the dam-builders is thoroughly detailed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Our Price: $19.95
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