Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 13 | Know Utah

r K KNOW UTAH H 1 L ALBERT TF F. F PHILIPS H I ISalt Salt Lake City is the hut hub from which on one must sel select ct the route over OVel which he would travel on hIs vacation in the mountaIns There are so many that it t Is somewhat to map mai out just where to go Someone has told the traveler about Red fled canyon Whose entrance is guarded by SIlent Rock Sentinels and through which he must pass in n order to see Br Bryce ce canyon He has seen Castle CastIe Gate in the great coal mining dIstrict from the railroad now he would see it Iron from the bIg seven passenger car which he drive on his trip and on his way there he will make a a. detour at American Fork so that he may make a trIp over a part of the Alpine scenic highway that encircles lilt Mt and which joins two canyons Another detour whIch one can take is that up Provo the Yosemite of Ut h where BrIdal Veil VeU fails faUs is Seen and many charmIng camping places found Then there is Ogden canyon up which is a magnifIcent paved highway and there will he be found so many places to camp that one may become be- be Then rIght here at ones one's door is Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- c canyon nyon pronounced by many travelers as the most stupendous gorge in the wIth Little Cottonwood canyon on the south and Parleys Parley's canyon canyon can can- yon on the north both pres presenting most beautiful panoramas as one drives toward the top Near the top of Big Cottonwood canyon is that most delightful place to rest Brighton with its several Ial lakes es that surround surround sur- sur round the resort with emerald hued w waters It is isa isa a paradise in itself Another beauty spot is Lambs Lamb's canyon every foot of which presents a charming view S While hUe southern Utah i io being exploited and its wonders spread broadcast all over the world one is apt to forget that northern Utah also has many wonders wonders' There is Ogden canyon whose magnificent walls have geologIcally tumbled and twisted and sUpped slipped creatIng a gorgeous variety of superb beauty On the walls of this canyon which are exposed to view are what geologists declare are the most remarkable remarkable re- re rock formations in the world Then on to the north fIve eighty miles mUes from Salt Lake LaIe City Is Logan can canyon ori And of Logan canyon It js is a remarkable gorge Inore more than forty miles mUes in length It rises thIrty miles north and from twelve to fifteen miles mUes east of Logan Its upper part runs nearly due north and south the lower part runs diagonally southwest and the last sIx miles run nearly east an and west The history of the canyon which is most InterestIng sas as written by Professor William Peterson director of the Utah agricultural experiment statIon and professor protessor of geology S Says Professor Peterson TIle The gor gorge has been millions of years in the making all of the depression having been made by erosion It is deep especially at the poInt where it passes through the front of the range Logan peak on the south has an elevatIon of feet above sea level and the mountain to the north is feet high FIve miles back from the front the elevatIon of the rIver is scarcely feet which makes the gorge nearly one mile deep