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[Italic page numbers indicate major references]

A
Abajo Mountains 21, 113
Additions to the park 1
All American Man pictograph 9, 70
Anasazi people 9, 12, 68
Anderson Bottom 93
Angel Arch 24, 68
Anticline Overlook 31, 50
Arches 64, 70
Angel 24, 68
Canyon Viewpoint 36
Castle 68
Druid 24, 76
Gothic 68
in Cedar Mesa Sandstone 66, 115
in Navajo Sandstone 36
Little Rainbow Bridge 98
origin 65
Pinto 98
Wooden Shoe 66
Arches National Park 28, 116
B
Beef Basin 9, 75
Benchlands 58
Bighorn Mesa 46
Bishop, Francis Marion, quotation 106
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument 115
Bonita Bend 57, 93
Bootlegger Canyon 98
Bowknot Bend 85, 88
Bryce Canyon National Park 116
Bureau of Land Management 46
Buttes, Junction 27
Merrimac and Monitor 28
of the Cross 92
Turks Head 40, 43, 93
C
Campgrounds, Hatch Point 48
near Green River Overlook 43
Peek-a-boo Spring 68
Squaw Flat 2, 63
Windwhistle 47
Cane Creek anticline 31, 50, 53, 100
Canyon de Chelly National Monument 115
Canyon King 98
Canyon Rims Recreation Area 47
Canyon Viewpoint Arch 36
Canyonlands Overlook 48
Canyonlands Resort 2, 63
Canyons, access roads 8
Bootlegger 98
Cataract 5, 85, 108
Colorado River 85
Cyclone 79, 80
Davis 64, 70
Desolation 8
Elephant 76
Green River 85
Horse 64, 67
Horseshoe 1, 9
Kane Springs 48
Labyrinth 5, 90
Lathrop 34, 36
Lavender 64, 70
Lockhart 49
Lower Red Lake 80
Millard 57
Mineral 29
Range 58
Red Lake 80
Salt 9, 64, 66
Sevenmile 28
Stillwater 5, 40, 43, 92
Taylor 91
Trough Springs 48
Upheaval 46
Capitol Reef National Park 115
Castle Arch 68
Cataract Canyon 5, 85, 108
Cave Spring Environmental Trail 14, 66
Cave Spring line camp 2, 14
Cedar Breaks National Monument 116
Cedar Mesa Sandstone 47, 58, 63
arches 66, 115
potholes 36, 65
Chesler Park 75, 76
Chinle Formation 115
Moss Back Member 16, 62
Church Rock 60
Climate 23
Colorado National Monument 115
Colorado Plateau 17, 21, 114
Colorado River 96, 114
river runners’ guidebook 5
Confluence of Green and Colorado Rivers 17, 80, 106
Confluence Overlook 80
Cutler Formation 48, 54, 62, 98
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member 47
de Chelly Sandstone Member 115
Organ Rock Tongue 40
White Rim Sandstone Member 34
See also Cedar Mesa Sandstone; White Rim Sandstone.
Cyclone Canyon 79, 80
D
Davis Canyon 64, 70
Dead Horse Point 30, 31, 101
Dead Horse Point State Park 30
Desolation Canyon 8
Devils Kitchen 75
Devils Lane 75, 80
Devils Pocket 75
Dinosaur National Monument 8, 114
Druid Arch 24, 76
Dugout Ranch 14, 61
E
Elaterite Basin 58
Elephant Canyon 76
Elephant Hill 2, 75
Entrada Sandstone 28, 60, 115, 116
Entrances, Island in the Sky district 2, 28, 34
Needles district 2, 60
Ernies Country 58
Erosion 21, 64, 114
landslide 106
Needles district 63
rate 21, 90
volume of rock removed 21, 112
F
Facies changes 34, 47, 58, 113
Faults 48, 63, 79, 104
Floods 67
Fort Bottom 91, 92
Fossils 76, 101
Four-wheel-drive roads. See Jeep trails.
Fremont people 9, 12
G
Gas 53, 112
Geologic history 20, 112
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 115
Goblin Valley State Park 116
Goose Neck 30, 31, 101
Gothic Arch 68
Grand Canyon National Park 115
Grand (Colorado) River 17, 96
Grand View Point 40
Grays Pasture 29, 36
Green River 87
Overlook 43
River runners’ guidebook 4
Ground water 64, 65
H
Hatch Point 46
Hatch Point Campground 48
Henry Mountains 21, 114
Hermosa Formation, Paradox Member 53, 79, 108
History, Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch 14, 57, 92
cliff dwellers 9
cliff dwellings 97
cowboys 14, 30
first siting by white man 4
mapping 117
Powell river expeditions 4, 87
railroads 96
trapper Julien 90
Horse Canyon 64, 67
Horseshoe Canyon 1, 9
Horseshoe Canyon Detached Unit 54
Horsethief Trail 29, 36, 90
Hurrah Pass 48, 50
I
Igneous rocks 20, 113
Indian Creek 61, 93, 101
Indian Creek State Park 12, 61
Indian ruins. See Ruins.
Indians, Anasazi 9, 12, 68
Fremont 9, 12
Pueblo 9
Ute 12
Iron 23
Island in the Sky 27
J
Jackson Hole 90, 100
Jeep trails, Davis Canyon 70
76, 101
Rincons 86, 90
Anderson Bottom 93
Indian Creek 93, 101
Jackson Hole 90, 100
River trips 85, 86
Canyon King 98
early float 87, 88, 96
guidebooks 4, 88
Powell expeditions 4, 87
rapids 108
stern-wheeler 98
Rivers, Colorado 96, 114
Grand (Colorado) 17, 96
Green 87
cutoffs 86, 87
See also Rincons.
meanders 85, 86
Rock column 20, 31
Rock folds, anticlines 98
Cane Creek anticline 31, 50, 53, 100
Kings Bottom syncline 50, 98
Meander anticline 79, 108
Moab anticline 50
oil and gas 53
potash salts 53
San Rafael Swell 116
Shafer dome 31, 49, 53, 101
synclines 43, 49, 100
Upheaval Dome 43
Rock fractures, faults 48, 63, 79, 104
joints 63, 79
origin 79
Rock inscriptions 12
Rock layers, dip 54, 85,

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