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Show Historic Canyon Hanging Rock Destroyed When the word went forth that Hanging Rock in our own beautiful American Fork canyon was no more it was to lovers of the gjreat outdoors out-doors as if the obituary notice of a well known friend had been written. writ-ten. The blast of powder were set to remove the rock, an obstacle in the road work being done under a federal project, and were set off Sunday morning about 8 o'clock. "Hanging Rock" was known far and wide throughout the state as one of the most scenic attractions along the road through the canyon. In but a few seconds this protruding protrud-ing rock was torn from its hold on the hills and blown into fragments to make way for progress in transportation. trans-portation. o |