The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01

! produced its graceful lines and c1Irvas
ana nesting in a cave worn in the sun
ny side of the cliff near one end are the
deserted homes Of a cliff dwellers' -
| village.
Where Cliffs Lower.
At the junction of Armstrong CANYON
with White canyon, but in White can
yon proper. you find your way almost
| blocked by projecting cliff that towers
above you in amazing proportions. On
the right and on the left similar cliffs
seem to be endeavOring to elbow YOU
out or their way. Above at the rigflr
however. you notice that the barrier
mas been worn away; but also this is
many feet above where you now stand.
and plainly marks the course of the
mighty stream that once pursued its
winding current among these cliffs. You
continue on down the bed of the pres
ent-day stream, now practically dry.
ana a few rods further find that you
nave reached the end of Armstrong
canyon and stand under the shadow of
q vast archway which the waters of
White canyon have cut through this
barrier that Just now seemed to block
the course Of the Armstrong This is
the Caroline bridge. a mighty archwav
carved out of the same sandstone for
nation and still showing the unfinished
handwork of the artizan in sharp cor
ners and broken lines found in places
in the arChway and buttresses Nature
has not yet given the finishing touches
TO her work, but wind and storm and
driving sand will continue to chisel and
polish until the lines are all graceful
curves, adding greater beauty to the
most massive of the bridges. This arch
is 1S6 feet from side to side and ninetv-
eight feet in height, while the cliff from
which it is carved is 107 feet thick and !
POS feet high directly over the arch |
Thus the sandstone structure which !
forms the top of the arch is 1O7 feet
thick. swing one such an impression of /
massive strength and solidity that you |
can but wonder at the mighty power I
of natures worAmen.
Homes of Ancient PeopIe.
Turning to the right under this great |
wonder of the ages and passing I'D /
White canyon, winding in and out be-
tween lofty cliffs that send out their
towers and battlements. and in the hoI- !
lows of whose scanned and SCARED sides
are seen the homes, the fortifications
and the graineries of an ancient popul
lation, after walk Of about three
miles, one stands under the arch Of an
other Of natures wonders, known as the
bridge. This arch is 157 feet
high and 26S feet wide at the bottom.
1t is 222 feet from the creek bed to the
top OF the bridge and the bridge itself
Is twenty-eight feet wide The Angus
"a, therefore. is the, GROWING glory OF
the three bridges. It combines mas
sive1eSS with gracefulnesS of Dropor-
ions that give an altogether pleasing
md satisfying effect. You sit within its
shadow and gaze UP at its mighty arch
above you, and wonder how
many ages II has taken to complete
such a glorious piece of work; you /,
climb to the cliff above and watch the
play of sunshine and shades uDon the
warm coloring Of the rich red and light
browns Of the enduring sandstone that
forms its arch and buttresses and com
prehend the gracefulness of its outlines
and proportions as a whole, and you
seem unable to tear yourself away
from the spell its might and beauty
throw about you. You feel you would
ike to take up your abode in one of
and become a child of nature again
i've near to God and let him speak to
you daily and hourly through the ma
esty and beauty of his .handiwork. I'M
narred by the careless. thoughtless
land of man.
Field for Research. |;
Such are the great natural bridges of
Utah. and they. with their wonderful ;
of lofty red recesses and
leep gorges, extending through the
over strata of sandstone where water,
Wind and time have wrought their will :
rom one Of the most interesting fields ;
or research for the student of geology
Ind geography found on the continent.
Nowhere can the footprints of time be
raced more plainly on the mighty