Wonderful natural bridges and other wild scenery to be included in two new national parks. (LOC)
New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924
September 29, 1907, Image 17
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Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) (41 months ago | reply)
We ae blessed to have had a president insightful enough to protect these wonders.
rjones0856 (41 months ago | reply)
Except that a lot of this, I think, is in Monument Valley, which is Navajo Tribal land. I don't know if this was an error by the Tribune, or if the plans for the area changed.
Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) (41 months ago | reply)
Thinking about it, I think you are correct. Probably a little of both. Doesn't Congress have to approve national parks? Someone might have realized the conflict.....
In this series, the one about Oklahoma is way wrong, they used old stock photos. Who else would have known back in 1907. I don't think many Oklahomans were subscribing to the NY Tribune then. Just the way it was.
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SRJacobs (41 months ago | reply)
Are you sure this isn't Arches N.P.? Looks a bit like it to me from my experience out there.
rjones0856 (41 months ago | reply)
I'm sure this "Organ Rock" is in M.V., and I'm pretty sure the center left formation is. The others might be in Arches, but according to its website, the move to make it a national preserve started in the 1920's: www.nps.gov/arch/historyculture/index.htm
I'd guess there was generic talk about establishing federal preserves in Utah at the time, and the Tribune editors just used whatever they had in stock photos. But I don't know.
Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) (41 months ago | reply)
rjones0856 Thank you for that link.
this could just be a question of angles of the camera. From the article you link the 2nd page is most helpful
www.flickr.com/groups/45964373@N00/discuss/26 496/
rjones0856 (41 months ago | reply)
Maybe so. To complicate matters further, there IS an Organ Rock in Arches NP, but the one in the photo above is, I think, the one in Monument Valley: www.americansouthwest.net/utah/monument_valle y/photograph...
That would be an easy enough mistake to make now -- how much easier without an internet, and when probably only a few hundred people in the whole country had been there (not counting the natives). Anyway, doesn't matter -- your original statement is still true.
swanq (40 months ago | reply)
The sandstone arch at bottom right looks like Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. See
www.utah.com/art/photos/moab/gallery-delicate arch.jpg
More at www.utah.com/nationalparks/arches/delicate-ar ch.htm
www.archive.org/stream/nationalparkpict00depa rich#page/n1...
a book listing pictures from national parks that was received by the University of California in 1914 describes the Edwin, Augusta, and Caroline natural bridges and locates them in "Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah."
From www.americansouthwest.net/utah/natural_bridge s/national_m...
"the three bridges, currently known as Sipapu, Kachina and Owachomo after their original names were changed to reflect the Hopi Indian history of the area."
swanq (40 months ago | reply)
More on the namingof the natural bridges, from
www.visit4corners.com/Utah/Parks-Sights/Bridg es/Bridges.htm
Naming the Bridges
Several names have been applied to the bridges. First named "President," "Senator" and "Congressman" by Cass Hite, the bridges were renamed "Augusta," "Caroline" and "Edwin" by later explorer groups. As the park was expanded to protect nearby Puebloan structures, the General Land Office assigned the Hopi names "Sipapu," "Kachina" and "Owachomo" in 1909. Sipapu means "the place of emergence," an entryway by which the Hopi believe their ancestors came into this world. Kachina is named for rock art on the bridge that resembles symbols commonly used on kachina dolls. Owachomo means "rock mound," a feature atop the bridge's east abutment.
UtahStateParks added this photo to their favorites. (29 months ago)