| Show SAN JUAN topographic AND geographic san juan county is ia largest political unit here I 1 is S a topographic and geographic area unusually isolated bound in with sections of three other states making all together a vast inland empire of such magnitude that it requires geology with its long measuring stick in years and in distance to read it to unlock its strange history geology alone tells the solitary stories of climet clime of the earths layers eroded old river beds and newer water cour courses seg all now obscured obscure dLin jn the present surface arrangement but the grandeur is here and with ditl it its is its true affiliate real iral cance standing on high ground near monticello one may look into three states colorado NeVAl New Mexico exico and arizona this is 19 not so enthralling enthral ing as the aind scap 1 e that pro tread themselves into the sy say in alf direction s and situated in in th ea ese e other s as well asin as in atah utah 1 down southwesterly southy esterly it is the navajo range ran 9 e but east e idt is is the he diat lone cone like some mystic monument 75 miles off in colorado yet appearing not half so far another natural wonder is Shi bashi ship lik like remnant of sedimentary deposit over in new this morning asked an aut bist bound for salt lake city where he lived and he said rock re he said he had came 1 l miles but that rock high aa as it is seco leeis far nearer to a stranger as viewed this toli northeasterly north is esthel 0 o n da erful la sal al if to abd tbd blue tue mountains lying immediately medi west of monticello other grotesque of the earths surface laberg that reveal stories far backon back on the calander hence at monticello we see cea a vast expanse of topography and as it is till all related co and in four states it is a geographic panorama beset with these peaks and montim monuments ants really mountains and like the almost untouched byman by man empire they re represent each one seems seem so independent so solian solitary ry and withal pose possessed by genuine e magnificence ance when the nil nilet 1 l valley in E egypt pt was N i ef young and aid before any ann pyramids had been rr de these vere old aye ay heep he ei old with natural bridges and colorado rivers cut and wash ed out damain the henry mountains not tar far off libed an d 11 all ll these other features of landscape n no 0 wonder the cattle man egme came down here it all inspires one with a spirit of independence and still humility is somehow gently wafred wafted forth ds as conception and perception make a union a solemn as mystic kas as it is entrancing aki |
