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Show ST. GEO RGECENTEROF WONDERFUL SCENERY St. George is ideally located for reaching southern Utah's scenic points. Within a very few miles is Snow's canyon, where the coloring and formation of the rocky walls is marvelously beautiful and attractive, so attractive in fact that Governor Geo. H. Dern on his visit there found it hard to pull himself away from it. The canyon has a charm that is very fascinating. Between Snow's canyon and that old extinct volcano Pine Valley mountain are a number of volcanic cones and piles of lava rock of fantastic fan-tastic shapes that attract many people. peo-ple. North of St. George lies beautiful Pine Valley mountain, from the summit sum-mit of which a view indescribably grand may be had of country reaching reach-ing into three states and ten counties. East of St. George is Zion National park, Cedar Breaks and Bryce canyon. can-yon. Nearer is the great Hurricane fault, said to be the largest fault on the earth's surface in the world. Purgatory valley where the hills have been thrown over and lie nearly flat is between. Near St. George is Schnob Kiab (God's Hill), so named by the Indians because Father Escal-ante, Escal-ante, the great Catholic explorer ascended as-cended this hill and preached to the Indians there. Couth of St. George within one hundred miles, near Parashauut, is perhaps the best view that may be had of the Grand Canyon. Here one may approach close to the great inner gorge of the canyon and see tie river flowing through its rock-bound channel chan-nel at a depth of over 3000 feet. The sight is an awesome one and makes one feel exceedingly small besides be-sides such great works of nature. Here the different stratas of rock are clearly exposed and the coloring is beautiful. The road to this part of the Canyon Can-yon is no boulevard at present and persons wishing to see it must be prepared pre-pared to rough it a little. Some day excellent roads will open up this marvelous scenery to the public who will then travel to it , in countless numbers. |