| Show Crossing of the athers To live in Hearts Editors Editor's rs r's Note This Tills is another another another an an- other In a series of See Sec Utah designed to I acquaint better with their home state The stories have been prepared by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council and end each week a different dir dif ferent subject will be fea i tur d. d The he famous Crossing of the Fathers Bathers on the Colorado River Rivern in n Kane Iane County will be con con- signed to a 11 watery grave early earlyn n 1963 but will cheer ather rather than mourn Its demise Engineers from the U. U S S. S Bureau Bu Bu- eau reau l U of Reclamation will close diversion tunnels at Glen Canyon CanyonDam CanyonDam Dam am and begin storing water In massive Lake I.-ake Powell soon to be behe bethe he the largest fresh water lake In Utah and one of or the largest man made bodies of water In Inthe inthe inthe the world Water backing up behind the dam will soon cover up the Ithe historic his torte ford where the first white men on Utah soil crossed the Colorado River in 1776 on their way back to Santa Fe New Mexico Loss of ot the Crossing however however however how how- ever will be greatly offset by bythe bythe bythe the creation of a vast recreation area In the spectacular southern Utah wilderness wilde f a n recreation recreation tion area destined to be one of the most popular In western America Crossing of the Fathers draws the spotlight as this weeks week's See Utah subject of the Utah Tourist and Publicity Councils Council's Councils Council's Coun Coun- Councils Council's cil's weekly Know Your Utah |
