| Show SCENIC HIGHWAY TO SPLIT I IMI I MT MI CANYON PROP PROPOSED OSEE Proposed Road Would Open I Up Most Picturesque Can Canyon Canyon yon Scenery in ill the Entire State Would be In m Area Split SpIlt Mountain Canyon so named because ages ago Green River split the mountain longitudinally as It I sound Its way between Island Park and the spot which now marks the Dinosaur National monument may become as famous as some of its southern Utah counterparts If ef- ef efforts efforts ef efforts forts of the Vernal Lions Club and Utah nature lovers bear r fruit Already letters ha have e been wrItten by J A Cheney of the Vernal Lions IbY Club and Commander of the Wit Wit- Witbeck Wit beck I beck Post of the American Legion I to Arnold B Cammer director of National Parks Parka service at Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington lington I suggesting the construction of a road from the aur Quarry cry three and a half halt miles mUes north into Continued four on page u h hf f r ti Tv I X h r t z zt A t scene in SPLIT CANTON Along the Green River HIGHWAY A Y TO SPLIT M MT CANYON PROPOSED I Continued from page on one the Split Mountain region I With the pre historic world fa Dinosaur cemetery I only a afew afew few tew miles mUes distant drawing hundreds of tourists Into the Green Oreen River j area the possibilities of opening j up the nearby canyon canon country us as usan additional attraction should get the approval of government and andI I officials state parts parks I In a survey surrey ey compiled complied for the I de-I de- de de t of the Interior In 1930 the geological party had this to re report If rp I port concerning the Split Spilt MountaIn Cam Cannon on The canyon has a broad flaring entrance similar In ure ture e to the mouth of ol Whirlpool Canyon Canon some miles boH It isi labroad broad and rugged with a line of I majestic I crags and buttresses stand stand- standIng standing standing ing sentinel on each sIde Ver Verv Ver good camp sites are arc num nurn- numerous numerous Green River throughout the erous croue canyons canons above e the Uintah Basin rl and among the best OOt ones is ts the site 1 Mountain Canyon on a In Split aI I Urge sand bar at the foot of oY a splashy rapid about four and one one-I one one- one half half miles down the canyon The edd eddy from the rapid was as a ft good s swimming ImmIng hole A clear sprIng spring near the upper end nd of the bar bat fur fur- furnishes furnishes fur furnishes good drinking water ater the clean white sand offers plenty of I good paces for beds and a n large pinIon adds to the beauty of the scene cene with the vertical rock cuffs rising immediately behind It and I the wonderful wall re- re receding re receding ceding In the distance nce down the canyon The coloring Is i dull gray groy I with a little tittle red and ocher and the shadows of the late lata ex i tending tending ex artistically over the gener- gener ener- ener al general al effect scene ne add a very beautiful ef- ef ef f- f teet At the tha mouth of oY the canyon about Inthe ISO feet above the river in the left lett wall Is a large cave To reach It t one must climb up over a amass amass amass mass of huge boulders lS that hate ve sloughed off oft the main cliff curt and nearly sealed the entrance The cave Is about twenty te feet t In diameter diameter eter and roughly circular and a d the highest pla place e In the U ceiling is eight to ten feet above the floor The floor Is covered to an en unknown dep depth h with sand as fine as the fin fin- finest fin w est t flow flout which has drifted in inAnd tn And torm formed d a 61 large mound In the center The The- lett letters rs written bv by the Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal Ver Vernal nal have explained to government nt officials that the WP A men now working on the 0 overburden at the bed will likely be finished on that par par- par par- particular work ork about November 1st let and suggest that an ordinary dirt road with a modest camp might be built by this labor In 60 SO to 9 days This would serve as a 3 a start toward making that particular part of Green River Ri Ri er available to tourists as a scenic center of ot eastern astern Utah |
