Project Gutenberg 2019-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 53 United States. National Park Service National Park Service (U.S.) United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service Service, United States National Park Service, National Park Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah (1951) Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Lisa Corcoran and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah (1951)" is a governmental publication produced by the United States Department of the Interior. Written in the early to mid-20th century, the book offers a detailed account of the Rainbow Bridge, one of nature's remarkable stone arches located in southeastern Utah. Its primary focus is on the bridge's natural beauty, historical significance, and geological formation, as well as providing visitors with information about accessing and embracing this monumental site. The text begins by describing the breathtaking visuals and emotional impact of Rainbow Bridge, believed by the indigenous peoples to be a sacred site. It recounts the history of its discovery in 1909 by Dr. Byron Cummings, who became the first white person to witness the bridge after a challenging expedition. The narrative explains the geological processes that led to the arch's creation, including sedimentation, erosion, and the weathering that shaped the native Navajo sandstone. Additionally, it details the environmental features and flora surrounding the bridge while offering guidelines for visitors on how to respectfully experience and navigate this national monument. The book emphasizes the bridge's grandeur, often referred to as one of the world's great wonders, encapsulating both the natural and cultural significance of the site. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah) F786 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 57027 57048 2024-09-24T15:03:18.676839 2023-09-25T13:09:25.551435 text/html text/html 50779 2019-06-25T06:28:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 412631 2019-06-25T06:28:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 446144 2024-09-24T15:03:24.661791 application/epub+zip 444934 2024-09-24T15:03:21.514787 application/epub+zip 83353 2024-09-24T15:03:19.937799 application/epub+zip 728027 2024-09-24T15:03:26.334802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719102 2024-09-24T15:03:23.069797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109096 2022-09-27T03:34:51.672580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33870 33766 2024-09-24T15:03:17.997840 2023-09-25T13:09:25.179437 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34106 2019-06-25T06:28:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 13074 2019-06-25T06:28:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18127 2024-09-24T15:03:26.460796 application/rdf+xml 20850 2024-09-24T15:03:20.202815 image/jpeg 3703 2024-09-24T15:03:20.161872 image/jpeg 414558 2024-09-24T15:03:18.703821 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia