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Rainbow Bridge National Monument
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First photogaph of Rainbow Bridge

Professor Byron Cummings at Rainbow Bridge.

There are many stories associated with Rainbow Bridge. One of the most colorful is the actual discovery of the bridge by the Cummings-Douglass expedition. For an in-depth account of this discovery, follow the link to scholar Stephen Jett's fascinating article about the expedition.

Stephen Jett's The Great "Race" to "Discover" Rainbow Natural Bridge in 1909 (pdf file, 271kb)

 
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A Bridge between Cultures: An Administrative History of Rainbow Bridge National Monument
(PDF, 1983 KB)

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