Show HOW RECEIVED ITS NAME mr will C names barnes who la is a a famous writer about tile the things of the southwest visited the kaibab for a few days daya last week ile he was interested in seeing old because he had heard hard the stories of how Hou valley got its mann he ha went to tho the cove in tho the vermillion cliffs where the water comes out from under the ledge of sand rocks and found the rocks just list as it Is told fold in the stories in the early days it must have been along in the years of 1860 or 1870 travelers tia velera going off the kal bab to the east on oil the navajo trail and heed headed for the spring jp ring would see a large flat rode rock in the sandstone ledge that appeared to have a door in it and which resembled an adobe house of the kind common to t the it a southwest and with a flat roof this Is a house of rock and la Is very plain the story Is told that while major powell and some of his men were camping at this place near the spring they took shelter under a I 1 large rock that Is leaning against I 1 ti nother rock during this stop some of the men wroth ou on the waning leaning rock Hou hotel A good place to eat and so the name of Hou valley was taken first from the big flat faced rock with a door tit in it that Is high on the ledge and then placed in definite use by the writing on the leaning ro rook which read house rock hotel the leaning rock can be easily seen today but the writing on it has disappeared this old house rock was wag a famous stopping for tr travelers arelers lit in the early days ird it la Is said that jacob hamblin camped there many times good rains have occurred over the kaibab and most of the water tanks have been tilled filled Hou valley lias has had several rains and the 91 glass nag Is ii growing fine 0 11 goergens gens of washington D C hns been on the kaibab for sov several ral weeks taking moving pictures mr goergens la Is from the office of moving pictures of the federal government and to la making a story of game management the picture will portray the deer on the open range and the range plants that are relished by deer along with the deer pictures a number of scenic pictures have been taken these pictures will be shown throughout the country and should ile be a great help in advertising this part of the country and bringing people here to see the kaibab national forest and the grand canyon |