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Show The Heart of Timpanogos In The American Fork Canyon !.v-vvrn ;ix ' " XX- X X,. i , i x Am HHxX' .'' i- ,J X s z f il' rt-ir,'r , ' ' V .Vl tX ,f4?J Aiv , j bX '-;,rt4g.:H; ,r 2 I Wx Kr :;4"tl ' ir-, I I f-..rv . f - y -y ' - - x : m w iMfe A. v v -vH vtvt ' -''--n :T:-V ,. . '4. j , . lr s c? ; - Ifi '. : ! 'A rJ r .v 4 f.'.r 1 - . " ' s-' i ' ' -J ' '-. ; ;- y x :r ' --i f t , - , 4 x . ; - - X X, ' - - r. .-.- - v . --- ' - -- - : - .- : . -: . . : . . ' r ;- ... --:.?.;:" ' ' J v" . . !- -...' .4 r L. : . i , --, -. ..Av',".'t I" ... - 4 n i l 4 . v : " " v a J, '-i T-j Another riew of the wonderful stalactite formation. TIMPANOGOS CAVE NA-TIONAL NA-TIONAL MONUMENT Onr superstitions and horrors pt the lower regions need no longer haunt us. The secrets of the inside of the earth were wonderfully won-derfully and beautifully revealed by Uie recent discovery of Timpanogos Tim-panogos Cave, American Fork Canyon, Utah. In 1915 a miner while prospecting prospec-ting among the precipitous ledges of American Fork Canyon, Can-yon, was startled by the cry of his son. The boy, climbing along a cliff, felt the loose rock give way and found himself engulfed en-gulfed in a . small dark cavern. 1 he miner investigated and later with candles slid down a long chute just larga enough to allow passage of a person prostrate. He entered a maze of caverns with many confusing and puzzling puz-zling openings. The beauty and uniqueness of the cave soon became be-came apparent and he immediately immedi-ately located it as a mining claim, proposing to keep it secret se-cret and later extract and' sell the fantastic formations. The secret was well guarded' for 5 years. In 1921, however, due to reirirks dropped unwittingly unwit-tingly by members of his family rumors circulated about this' wonderful cave. Vearl Manwill, the son of a former Forest Ran-' ger, found the entrance carefully care-fully concealed so that an unsuspecting un-suspecting searcher could not have detected its presence. .A few days later he conducted the Alpine Mt. Club on an exploring explor-ing expedition. They unwound twine as they progressed thru the corridors, to facilitate finding find-ing the way back. The intense darkness together with the numerous nu-merous caverns added to the confusion of one headed anywhere any-where in particular. On the same day. Forest Ranger West and Supervisor Mann of the Wasatch National Forest, following the meager clues obtained from the rumors, found the cave with the Manwill party in it. They im-, im-, mediately set it aside as a Public Pub-lic Service Site, thus preserving It for public enjoyment for all time to come. The mining claims were investigated and found invalid. in-valid. A guard was stationed at the entrance to keep all people out until they could be conducted through safely and without injury in-jury to the cave. Within a year the local people cooperating with the Forest Service, built a trail installed electric lights with powerful reflectors, built a beau-tibul beau-tibul trail through the cliffs and evergreens, mad? a camp and picnic ground and onrnod it to the public. Over 10,000 people visited it hist year. Antomobilrs are parked at the picnic grounds below the cave. The remainder of the trip is made on foot up the mile of trail winding ur through the clilTs and firs with an easy grade. The impressions received by a visit to the enve may best he expressed in the words of a little old lady, 81 years old who repeatedly re-peatedly rem.-rked. "OH MY GRACIOUS MR ALL OVER: to think I have lived so long and never seen anything so wonderful." wonder-ful." The Cave has recently been created a National Monument by proclamation of President Harding Hard-ing and the attendance this year is greater than ever. Thousands Thous-ands go In their private cars and a stage now leaves Salt Lake. Information on the cave can be obtained from the U. S. Forest Service at 219 Federal Bldg., Salt Lake City. I x ;,., "L' V : fJA ' 1 i Xf j"- - , x : f , 4 i 1 t -vV ' , v , 4 t X ' Vr? - f . ! -I, v ' . 4 - r - - j t ' 'X t ' - 1 X s . -- f . i r , - i ' - r -"t4.-l " . vA';-1 x.xv y;. . J .'X X t v , .4Vv -t ' s v,'4 r'v" , i x y . "?'x, ' j , The Stalactite as shown in this picture has taken the sape of a heart, and some o:ie has well given it the name "The Heart of Timpanogo3." 4 i ......jmM, .4ilfc'l-r.4f2LL4' - W ..J Jjaj j Looks as if it were upside down, but. such are the works of nature-Wonderful nature-Wonderful Indeed! f Xs 4" -N x X X4 X 1 I xrX, A M ? i V j ? f" -,x ; - f tf , v h I i X -p-i'. ' v . ?r $ ' t'-" a v i -X V -'x- ! 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