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Show Standing Up Country' Exhibit Continues i ' "s" ;"" s -1 f ; ; v-v x - C , : I . ,. . , - , .. r It has been called the stand-ing-up country, the high country, the place where history solidifies solidi-fies in rock and a geological paradise. The little-known region re-gion with so many titles is the wilderness of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona with the splender of canyons, buttes, rivers riv-ers and gorges. MANY OF THE rugged wonders won-ders of the canyonlands are on exhibit in the Union Building through March and April. Created Creat-ed by Amon Carter Museum of Western Art in Fort Worth Texas in cooperation with the University Tourist and Publicity Council, it presents some of he most spectacular portraits of the region The exhibit tells the story of the area with photographs, photo-graphs, ancient Indian artifacts and maps. The canyonlands, as presented in the display, presents not only a colorful tourist attraction by its many natural spendors, but it also has a colorful history. Ancient An-cient ruins of Indian dwellings and spiritual lodges, and the remnants of Fort Moqui vividly show the struggle of the settlers in trying to tame the area. Pic-tographs Pic-tographs and petrogylphs of the Navajo, Ute and Paiute Indians picture their ancient civilizations in the cliffs. A huge mural painting paint-ing 12 feet high, and 83 feet long, a replica of one painted by prehistoric Indians is a feature of the "Standing-up Country" ' display. BAD MEN naturally fit into the rugged scene containing mystery mys-tery canyons, frightening gorges and fierce rapids. Of course, the area had its robbers' roost inhabited in-habited by "The Wild Bunch" lead by the infamous George Parker (alias Butch Cassidy). Blended with the colorful past is the splendor of the natural beauty of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. There are arches such as The Turret, Birds-eye, Birds-eye, Angel, Jug Handle, Unnamed Un-named and just plain Arch. There are butes such as Factory and Mexican Hat There are natural bridges, most noted of which is rainbow. And, there are the j rivers, the Colorado and the I Green. "People have been looking into in-to this country for a long time, loving it, cursing it, gutting it, changing it, enduring it," said C. Gregory Crampton, as quoted in the display. According to the exhibit, most of the settlers came in search of the vast mineral wealth of the region. Silver, gold, oil, potash and most recently uranium have been sought after by these pioneers. And, the country coun-try shows the scars left by the intruders such as oil mills, collapsed col-lapsed log cabins, . abandoned ranches and rusted gold dredges. The natives of that wilderness, the Utes, Paiutes and Navajo Indians still live there in traditional tradi-tional costumes decorated with turquoise jewelry. " 'St2? ff one of the rugged wooden featured In ' v9 Country" exhibit in the Union thru May. |