Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Eventually, the war became too rough. Betty was pulled into the river and held under accidentally; Glad was getting mighty cold; and Merlin lost part of his finger as he tried in vain to retain a large can which was his last weapon. When his crew...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
up the dusty road, then turned and climbed over the low sloping rock to the left. Merly had tried to encourage everybody to make this hike, and strangely enough, about the same number went on this as had gone up to the top of the natural bridge. We...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
At Bryce Junction, about eight rats climbed into the truck and headed toward Salt Lake. The rest of us continued in the bus to Bryce Canyon, planning to arrive in Salt Lake the following day.
The trip to Salt Lake in the truck was a relatively...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
floor of the colorful, fanciful canyon. We observed manzanita (a sign of elevation and history of the area), and picked up a few fossil snails in some limestone. Dashing up switchbacks, we emerged at the rim of the canyon, having glimpsed into a...
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Scorpions: Captain Lee Dennison, 964 Hollywood Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, amazed us all with his limitless energy. No sooner had his boat tied up than he was off running agilely over the rocks and boulders. Due to currents, and other sundry...
Utah Parks Company--Employees; Grand Canyon Lodge (Coconino County, Arizona)
Bellhops cleaning up near Phantom Ranch. These young men decided to cross the Grand Canyon and were caught in the rain, so they are drying their clothes over a fire.
Utah Parks Company--Buildings; Bryce Canyon Lodge (Garfield County, Utah)
Lobby of the Bryce Canyon Lodge. Hammered copper hood over fireplace was constructed by George McDonald. Sometime during the late 1920's or early 1930's.
Typed on reverse side: "This is the remarkable stone face, a remnant of [the] erosion [of] the lava flow which looks so startlingly like the profile of the Prophet Joseph Smith grown older and heavier. This silent watcher has looked over the...
Palmer, William R., 1877-1960; Indians of North America--Antiquities; Petroglyphs;
Inscriptions found west of Utah Lake near Moseda. Typed on reverse side: "The human form is drawn quite crudely. An ideograph for man. Over at the extreme right is a variant of the simple form for denoting the human figure, one cresent torn away...
Palmer, William R., 1877-1960; Indians of North America--Antiquities; Petroglyphs;
Inscriptions found west side of Utah Lake near Moseda. Typed on reverse side: "The famous Sacrifical Scene. A man with stone axe or knife, rather, in hand, upraised, reaching with his left hand over the altar to slay the animal upon it. ...