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Show - - Southeastern Utah ContainsLargest ContainsLargest Contains ContainsLargest Largest Uncharted Wilderness I IntE'lest IntElest Inteiest Intel ' est in 111 the recicational reclcatlOnal recreational pos posslbll1t possibilities possibllities slbll1t sibilities s of a vast seldomlsited seldom \lsited lsited visited visitedwilderness \ visitedwilderness 1\\lldemess 1 lldemess 1lldemessre ( wilderness \ \re re ' \ irci area . in southeasem southeasemUtah southeas lsitedII eln elnUtah einUtah II Utah and 11m noithein northern thel n Arizona Anzona has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been rekindled \ with Ith completion ccmpletion by byI bygovernment bygovernment I ( [ government geologists of the Ihe 15 ) } yeartask ear earI eartask eartask byI I I ( task of ! ' mapping t'appmg tappmg its 25 25000 000 squareI squaremiles squaremiles square I miles The largest primitivere'1 primitive arearemaining \re'1 re'1 re1 area ' \ ireiremainmg re'1I ' I remalnmg remaining in the United States It ItI ItI Itcontains itcontains itcontains I contains s spectacular . ectacular geological geologicalformations geologicalformations geologicalformations I formations along the Colorado river riverI riverhICh riverwhich riverwhich I , \\hICh hICh which \ nvals llvals rivals some of the national nationalparks 1 ) I parks as scenic scel1lC attractions a tti ttl actions Flftecn Fifteen Flftecnthousand Fifteenthousand Fifteenthousand thousand squaic squale square miles mules of the ar a of ofis I IIS is in Utih Ut\h Ut h Utah ' \ and 10 10000 000 miles in Anzona Anzona An zona AnI I The primitive prumtlve region is by byno no railroad d a third thud of it has rto rfo rtoroad rforoad noroad byI I road and mo mo'st most ' t of it is unmalked unmarked unmalkedI unmalkedby unmaikedby I ) by trails The difficulty of "I.ccess I.ccess Iccess ucess "I.ccesshas ucesshas " . iccesshas has contubuted contllbuted contributed to the region regions regionscoloiful s sI I colot colotful ful histoiv htstol history ) Indians made it a aI ahide ahide ahide sI I hide out \ when hen they rustled cattle cattleflom cattlefrom cattlefiom I flom from early write \ wl llte ite settleis settlels the Rob bers Roost band of outJav outlaws outlaas . s sIso \Iso Iso also alsofled ' \ ils Isofted ' " fled fted there and m 111 in the World oar oarit \ wait ar arIt It reputedly rcputedl } \ was as a haven for draft draftevadels draftevaders drafevadeis evadels evaders At prcspnt prespnt present the beauties of ofthe ofthe othe the mighty Coloiado ColOlado Colorado liver llver river and its itssheer itssheer it-sheer it sheer - sheer \ varicolcred nricolcred varicolored rock \ walls alls to\\ to toer tower towermg towering \ \ er ermg mg skyward cm c\n c n can ' \ be sepn seen only by bypack bypack pack train or boat voyage Guide GUldes Guides GUldesare Guidesare ; are obtainable at Hanksville Hanksvrlle or orGreenrn orGreenriser o ; Grecnnver Greenriser Greenrn er Utah on the westaide \ west est 'Ide Ide aide 'Ideof aideof "idiof idiof " ' of the Green river flver or at Moab or orMonticello orMonticello c ; Monticello on the southeast sidi side sideof sideof of the ColoradoGeological ColoradoGeological Colorado ColoradoGeological Geological survey parties first firstwere firs \ wore were ere sent into the southeastern southeasternUtah southeasternUtah southeasterrUtah Utah wilderness in 111 1924 when the thediscovery thediscovery thidiscovery discovery of helium hellum Interested the thenavy thenavy thinavy navy in the region regions s mineral mmeral re resources resources resources sources Nine Nme repol reports ts on various varioussections varlowsections ections sections of the area hive hne have been beenprinted beerprinted printed ] : rmted by the government and andt andtwo anctvo t two \ 0 ' mere 'I1cre I1cre mcre are in 111 preparation The Therepol Therepot Therepol repol repot on last sumrrer sumirers summers s mappll1g mapping mappll1gcovering mappingcovering mappingcovering covering the final 2500 square squaremIles squaremiles squaremiles mIles mIles111 will \\111 111 \ \ complete complde the series |