Show Proposed Escalante I National Monument In Desert Magazine by Chas Kelly I In the February l 1940 10 issue of or the DESERT MAGAZINE is an article on the proposed Escalante Monument written by Chas Kelly explorer and writer of oC Salt SaIl Lake City and a n s somewhat some some- me- me what frequent visitor to Millard 1 This article is by a n well executed map showing the most important historical interest in t the h e earea earea area which may mar be briefly set forth as The Tho name D Julien 1836 on the Green river near Roosevelt and again In Cataract Canyon below the junctIon Junction junctIon ion of ot the Green and Colorado the Dirty Devil River and Cass i grave at Creek Below that thata I n n. Spanish date of 1642 which if genuine genuine gen gen- sa says s 's Kelly is the oldest date date in Utah Indian ruins cliff dwellings dwellings dwell dwell- dwell I 1 ings and much archeological interest in many places The Tho newly discovered discover discover- ed Gregory Bridge photographed for Cor the first time by the party in l 1940 40 very spectacular and large A is given of oC the bridge Hole Iole in the Wall Vall the place where early Mormon pioneers made an al almost almost almost al- al most incredible descent when pioneering pioneering pioneering pion pion- Bluff Utah The author says the area Is the most spectacular and least known of any area In Utah The article is full Cull of interest and th the Public and the High School Library should both have a copy of oC the magazine in Its for reference reference reference refer refer- ence and study The area is a good thing to know about and we should all be informed of oC Utah who live in it |