The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-11-02

OF llle forces OF nature is SIlkNSlN IL
Illustrated in southern Utah, where
three great natural bridges, one the
largest in the world, span the canyon
of the White river. At the present
time this magnificent, romantic, wild
scenery is almost inaccessible, being
hundreds of miles from the nearest
railroad line but the government pro
poses to create two new national
parks so as to include these natural
wonders. and as a result they will be
made more accessible, as the new
reservations become popular with the
tourists.
Expanding cliff dwelling hunt into
a search for new natural wonders,
party of biologists, archaeologistS ana
engineers spent six weeks last sum
mer in San Juan county, Utah. Inc
party carried commissions from the
government to map the uncharted ter
ritory where the natural bridges are
found and to make a survey OF the
country incidentally the party made
an archaeological map of the elm
dwellings found profusely in the
canyon caves and the ruined pucblos
that dot the mcsas,
san Juan county mas I'LL area VI
ooo square mics anu "''"'"''S "
the otah state ooara ol S''''S'',''
ther" are less IMAM Hoo persons III ''''
whole county. Not more than few
score 81 ines" cl''"'hS iNe o",SI"' ''''
towns oi Mohi'c'IIo an" hh' ~
! frontier S''u"h't"'S' N'"9' I"l'"'"
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ers.
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| Col, the nearest railroad point
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westward toward inc 'olorauo river
across a country thal IS Soiuoih ''aN
crsed by a white man 'lo8 ana '"'
/ ttcS leave thrlr summer "IthS w"
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