We were not able to recover the original photos used to publish this issue. The only photos we have are copies made from the printed issue. The quality is not good.
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The WHITE RIM TRAIL
Those who first explored it during the mid-1800s, considered
it to be “worthless”. They could not
believe there was any possible purpose for which it was suited. In the late-1800s, outlaws discovered it suited
their purpose just fine. It served as a
hideout for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch during times when they needed to
be in a place where the law would not follow.
During the mid-1900s, when our country needed to make bombs, it served a
new purpose when it was found to contain Uranium in abundance. Those of us who live in the 1990s have found
another purpose for that part of the country.
It serves as a vacation getaway to 4Wheelers, mountain bikers, hikers,
horseback riders, white water rafters, and dozens of other recreational sports.
It’s called Canyonlands, a national park established
1964. It is a place where vertical
Canyon walls rise more than 1,000 feet above raging rivers to flat-topped
mesas. Natural arches of all sizes and
shapes, some large enough to drive a vehicle across, some taller than any
building the state of Utah, are scattered throughout the 350,000 acres of
geography contained within the boundaries of the park.
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