Opening day of Zion National Park in 1925 Left to right: Utah Governor George H. Dern, Lucy Dennett, Acting Superintendent Walter Ruesch; Lucy handed the key to Walter Ruesch who handed it to the Governor who unlocked the lock. The Governor then...
Park office building under construction. Located at west end of bridge at confluence of Pine Creek and the river. Building was dismantled when new Visitor Center was completed around 1960. It was used as the park museum for most of its existence
Zion National Park headquarters built 1923-24. It was located on the curve of road at west end of river bridge. Harold Russell's Dodge touring car is in front
Jasper Louis Crawford tries out the Weazel. Powered by a Studebaker engine, it was great for towing a small trailer over snow or in mud. It was known to throw a track in the mud once in a while. (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by...
Rest area at Piedmonte d'Alife where soldiers received coffee and doughnuts from the Red Cross when coming off the line or going to it. Sergeant Laderini standing on far right, Conrad Smith sitting (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by...
Anzio, Italy Jasper Louis Crawford spent most of a day digging this palace and got to spend only one night in it (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 51)
Near casualty. Jasper Louis Crawford was standing where the stick is leaning when a 50 caliber slug hit. It busted his carbine and went through a box of candy bars he had just received in the mail. Note the scar on the tree just above the binocular...
Lava from the 1944 eruption destroyed two towns. It was still smoking in July when this photo was taken (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 73)
Reipertsweiler, since nearly all roofs were either tile or slate all it took to knock the roof off was the concussion of a shell exploding nearby. Many times the roof would come off but the rest of the house remained unharmed. (See "World War II as...
Lieutenant Alfonse Castro. Moving fast into Germany, there wasn't time to set up kitchens every day, so it was take a break when you can and prepare your own rations. The small canister is a German gas mask container which GIs found to be good...
The famous "Beer Garden" where the attempt was made on Hitler's life in 1939 was marked as possible Headquarters for the 157th Infantry, but it wasn't used, Munich, Germany. (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p....
This debris fell four stories and landed right where Jasper Louis Crawford and this riot squad would have been unloading if it hadn't been raining. (See "World War II as Viewed from My Foxhole" by Jasper Louis Crawford, p. 131 and 137)
Watersheds--Dixie National Forest (Utah); East Fork Sevier River (Garfield County, Utah); Tropic Reservoir (Garfield County, Utah)
To stop sediment from filling Tropic Reservoir, local water users, state Fish and Game Department, SCS, and Forest Service started a program of restoration. A dam settled this sediment out of the stream before it entered the reservoir.