Show I UTAH'S THREE FA FAMOUS NATURAL BRIDGE WONDERS Th Ah has Its ite natural wonders as aswelt welt wl aa as an in abundance of ot n natural tural re reao resources resources re- re ao sources and antI am among among- these among nS these wonderful creations of oC nature aro tho natural natural nat nat- ural bridges In to San Juan count county count In Inthe Inthe inthe the southeastern part of ot tho the state By Dy act of congress these theS bridges aro now Included led In n a a. national park anti year cal b by year cal the they aro are attracting larger crowds of ot curious tourists who never cr leave leavo the tho garden of ot won wonders without beIng facing awed by b tho the ent structures that were devised and reared by nature natura herself First of at all aU you rou should know how to yet set to them and tho best time timo of ot F m Bluff the la le di directly dl- dl rI r cUy west across 8 wonderful mesas through rocky rock picturesque canyons canone until tho the alto of at the bridges IB is reached d. Canyon Canon walls rl o from dark depth to great reat height tho white tone sondi-tone banked against beds of or re red l. l making a a. harmonious picture Another Wd way to reach tho the Bridges Is b by leaving lea the tho Rio Gran Grande le at Green Grcen River Utah following tollo the Green river rivet down to Us Its Junction with tho the Grand which forms the tho Colorado and passing along to Dan Dandy ly Crossing where Escalante centuries ago ngo builta built builta a a. fort tort on a commanding eminence From Fron Dand Dandy Crossing to tho the Bridges canyon canon which sot sots sets deep leep amon among the white limestone rocky rock wild wlM and flied with grotesque objects that have havo been fashioned b by tho the rush of oC waters the chaos of or the elements that have o beaten against tho the vulnerable substance substance sub sub- stance for tor untold centuries Near Bears Bear's Ears peaks at the summit of or tho ridge While Canyon Canon springs but out of ot the tho pine forest winds through tumbled rocks and deepens In Its course toward the tho Colorado river river riv riv- er cr White Canyon Canon completely severs severa ono one part of ot the tho country from rom tho the oth er cr In a a. straight ht line lIno It Is not more titan than seventy five miles from tho the source to tho outlet of 01 tho the canyon canon but In Its ramble Canyon covers over O ono one hundred miles and thore Is only one place In the tho whole distance where entrance can bo ho effected without without with with- out tho the greatest danger This is la through Armstrong canyon canon a a. small tributary reached after a days day's ride north of or tho the general course through a forest of ot scrub pinon The entire formation of the splendid splendid splendid did arch of or Edwin bridge e Is If of white sandstone Hero Here and antI there a streak of or gray rn and antI the tho brown stain of ot water lend a a. weird effect to the picture Towering Tow Tow- Towering I ering 1000 feet above the canyon canon on either side Is a n solid background of or dark red rock with dashes of or crim I son The Tho red rell beds bells were originally a n apart apart part of or the Ilk Elk Ridge and antI dip to t tho e south and w west st toward tho the Colorado cull Tho Thu water of ot another a age o cut through the upper formation Into the tho white whito sandstone which slants from an ole ele elevation of or feet teel Into oblivion lon atthe at UI the tho river level at nt Dandy Crossing Tho Edwin Bridge spans a a. small 1 branch of oC Armstrong Canyon and the tho abutments are arc upon set a n. natural far above the general lev level l. l Tho The gov government ov- ov I measurements taken this I summer BI show ow It to bo be 10 feet teet from tho bed of oC tho croc croel to tho top of ot the tho arch The Tho floor of or tho bridge Is 32 3 i iC 1 r. r 1 e F C i 14 r i y 1 j t r T i n-l n J F ya dt M rya A At i rA r Y N s. s S' S d I rr t K Y i h wY YAM rt t t S RM q i I f fa 1 a Sy q I L. L 1 6 r y 1 I lr rI J J 1 1 r t t yu f i pJ p r r 0 L Mfr I y t r t I t a r c t f r s e 1 y 4 f lJ tk L M SC A y Y fv f t l' l r 4 4 A r i f 4 j f fru r v y f r f rBy 4 A f i i s. s t o r Y f 9 y G 1 S N r f fy w. w fw 5 Yr r of fY IM ri riC v y C y I the year to view th these e wonders The three bridges are aro together easily accessible and surrounded lod by other wonders that add variety to this ro- ro treasure-spot treasure of ot nature Tho The ire bridges located In White aT and Armstrong Armtrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong trong canyons canons forty tort miles from Bluff a a. little settlement on the San gan SanJuan SanJuan Juan river Fat ray Fr From Irom nt the tho Railroads Bluff Is within forty miles of ot a railroad rail raU- railroad road point in n Colorado By taking tho the Rio Grande le to Mancos or Cortex Bluff I Is b reached after a n pleasant through picturesque country across I ono one corner of ot tho the Navajo Indian res- res Is fifty miles Entering From Prom West By entering White canyon where the tho bridges are aro located from tho West Vest ono gets a splendid touch of ot the north enil of or the tho Grand Canyon Canon of ot the Colorado a n. peep at nt Cataract canyon and all the stirring soul scenes of or Glen Glon canyon This Is really the most moet picturesque route Into the bridges al although although although al- al though It I Is more arduous than the tho route through h Bluff Tho Edwin bridge e. e 13 feet high and as perfect In Its Us measurements as RR though It had been built by b the hand of ot a skilled engineer is In Armstrong r feet wide willo 10 feet teet thick and feet long It like the others In the group was wag formed solely by b tho the water vater that boll boiled d down over o the tho rocks rocles and gouged a hole hola In the tho narrow wall leaving a n. perfect arch Tho The original course of ot tho canyon stream Is traceable trace trace- ablo able around tho the west end of or tho the bridge The Caroline Bridge of or orthe the tho symmetry and grace of ot tho Edwin Bridge and while it Is O feet high the distance from tho the bottom of ot tho the arch to tho creek Is only 97 feet reet showing a a. thickness of or tho the floor of or feet Three receding ledges form the roof of the thc bridge Up White Canyon two miles from the junction stands tho the Augusta Bridge tho the most majestic of or tho the three From Flom an un Imposing height of or 22 feet ono looks over ocr tho the edge o of or tho the great structure to tho the creek bed beneath Walls ails rising to greater geater and antI dizzier heights flank the Ule bridge on bout both sides Tho The floor of oC tho the bridge is CC 66 feet thick and under tho the arch alCh feet teet high tho the average R ten-story ten building might be set without touching tho under side of oC the bridge The Thc floor floor Isis 61 feet teet long The Tho erosion of ot ages has cut away all of or tho the Irregular edges leaving a perfect arch of ot splendid splendid did lId proportions Th Tho e came Game story of at I chemical and water action Is written I Ion on the tho Augusta traces truces of or the tho water that poured down lown from tho the Elks are arc still found around tho the south end atthe of at the bridge and the confusion contusion of great rocks below helot shows that hugo huge ugo pieces were torn away awny at a n time In that tl- tl work which resulted In tho present freak formation Tho The trip from Bluff Blurt to th the tho natural bridges cs Is beset with morn moro than enough hardships to appease tho the appetite appetite appetito ap ap- ap- ap petite petito of ot tho the average ten tenderfoot but It ItIs t Is like a a. spin along tho boulevard boulc In Inan inan In an automobile when whon compared with the tho Journey across the San Juan river through tho Navajo In Indian lian reserva reserva- tion Uon Into Monumental Valley alley the oUt oth other or er national park that to bo be cared for an and l protected by Undo Sam Famo unto Spreads Sll us Abroad The fame of or these natural bridges has line spread all over tho the world In England scientific Journals have havo discussed die dis cussed them In C eastern papers much i has been said of them magazines I havo have curried currle pages about them and yet ct only a few tow hundred hun people have gazed gared upon these wonders and It was only last lost year that the government converted them Into a national monument ment The New York Tribune TrIbuna draws i this comparison 1 I The Tho largest one If It it could be ba set In Fifth FIrth avenue opposite tho the Waldorf- Waldorf would enable a a. person standIng stand- stand log Ing on the tho top to look upon the roof root garden of ot the hotel for It t is el eight ht feet teet higher that higher that Is to say feet teet If It tho the Park Row Building were picked up by some somo mighty hand carefully laid down on its side In City Hall halt Park tho the towers shorn oft off and the tho bridge o set over I It tho the bridge would span It from basement to topmost story story- If Ie set alongside the tho Brooklyn bridge the under side of or the tho span span would bo be found Cound to bo be on a level with the top of or the suspended superstructure ture at tho the center If fifty feet reet or of the tho I masts mast mas of or the tho were cut oft off tho largest t steamship In tho the world world-i- could sail all ll under the tho huge hugo natural bridge Tho hel height ht under tho the arch of of- this giant span Is feel teel and the the total length of th the span 30 feet teet Iff It would require five bridges cs of or tho size of or tho famous Natural atura Bridge of or Virginia Vir Vir- ginia placed side U by side sillo to match this' this ono one In tho the width of or Its Ils span Tho rho height of oC the tho Virginia Natural Bridge to tho the top Is n feet reet to tho the crown crown r underneath j 17 feet teet and tho the width of or j the tho span Is from lom 15 IG to 60 feet Visited by Many Tourists Since Sinco national recognition wu wa 1 given this natural spot beauty marry many II tourists have gone to the tho bridges bridge They have seen not only these wonders won won- dens ders but the they havo have seen the tha ruined villages of ot cliff dwellers who were cre also alro impressed with the tho grandeur of ot the thov I brid bridges making homco aJon tho the cliff In the tho shelter tt r of ot tho the arches These TheM ruins are very Interesting Inter inter- I eating esting present a a. new type of or pre his torte construction and prove rove tho theory theory the the- ory of or the northern march of ot the lit little tittle littie tit lit tle tie men who lived centuries before the the-I tho the American n Indian read the story etosy in n the tho Florida newspapers that Christopher Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- Columbus had landed on San San- Sal Salvidor |