Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . s are numberless. The fifteen square miles of Bryce Canyon will stand foreveras a symbol of the most beautiful thing that Mother Nature evercreated in one small spot. The erosion is due to the elements entirely, and the great wallstowering above us for three hundred feet, the fantastic and beau-tiful carvings, take us back to childhood, and the visions of FairyLand and the Arabian Nights fill our minds. The slow work of evolution that has carved out of Nature thiswonderful playground is guessed at by some of the visitors. Some thousa
Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . s are numberless. The fifteen square miles of Bryce Canyon will stand foreveras a symbol of the most beautiful thing that Mother Nature evercreated in one small spot. The erosion is due to the elements entirely, and the great wallstowering above us for three hundred feet, the fantastic and beau-tiful carvings, take us back to childhood, and the visions of FairyLand and the Arabian Nights fill our minds. The slow work of evolution that has carved out of Nature thiswonderful playground is guessed at by some of the visitors. Some thousands of years have been required to create the wonderful Bryce Canycn. 71 avenues and picturesque formations. Anyone can guess and formconclusions. The old settlers say the place hasnt changed one bitin the last fifty years. The foliage of the canyon is evidence thatit has been practically the same for the last 500 years and probablymuch longer. At least many .of the giant pines that grow in thecanyon are elder than that. Some of these trees are at the very. A Scene in Bryce Canyon. edge of the overhanging rim, some are on protruding ledges halfway down the side and others are at the base of the most per-pendicular columns, where the slightest change in the surface o:the rocks would have ended their existence. Citizens of Panguitch claim Bryce Canyon. Every man,woman and child in this thriving town is a booster for southernUtah, for Panguitch and for Bryce Canyon. Panguitch has a com-mercial club that is made up of the real live citizens. Further information can be obtained from the Bureau of In-formation, Salt Lake City or from the Commercial Club, Panguitch,Utah. Information for Tourists Going East via the Denver & Rio GrandeRailroad The wonderful resources of the great State of Utah—hermajestic, snow-covered peaks; her crystal lakes, her mountains ofgold, silver and copper; her rich agricultural valleys; her mystify-ing desert, beckoning the life-giving waters of her mounta
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