Rainbow Bridge
Administrative History
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Abstract

Chapter 1: When the World Was Young: The Colorado Plateau and the Formation of Rainbow Bridge

Chapter 2: Life Before the Monument: Human Habitation at Rainbow Bridge and Its Environs

Chapter 3: Searching for Rainbows: The Cummings/Douglass Expedition

Chapter 4: Making It Work: Monument Development, 1910-1955

Chapter 5: Issues and Conflicts I: Rainbow Bridge Religion and Navajo Legal Claims, 1863-1998

Chapter 6: Issues and Conflicts II: Rainbow Bridge National Monument and the Colorado River Storage Project, 1948-1974

Chapter 7: The Modern Monument: Managing Rainbow Bridge, 1955-1993

Chapter 8: Managing For The Future: Rainbow Bridge National Monument into the 21st Century

Appendix 1: Important Events

Appendix 2: List of Custodians and Superintendents

Appendix 3: Pertinent Legislation and Authorities

Appendix 4: Visitation Statistics

Bibliography

Index (omitted from the on-line edition)


LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Monocline Faults and Normal Faults
Figure 2: Stratigraphic Diagram of Formation Layers
Figure 3: Rainbow Bridge
Figure 4: Laccolith and salt anticline
Figure 5: Formation of Rainbow Bridge
Figure 6: Rainbow Bridge and alcoves
Figure 7: Excavated hearth at Rainbow Bridge, 1994
Figure 8: Excavated hearth at Rainbow Bridge, 1994
Figure 9: John Wetherill
Figure 10: Byron Cummings
Figure 11: Louisa Wetherill
Figure 12: Betat' akin in Navajo National Monument
Figure 13: Keet Seel in Navajo National Monument
Figure 14: Inscription House in Navajo National Monument
Figure 15: Expedition party en route to Rainbow Bridge, August 13, 1909
Figure 16: W.B. Douglass map of Rainbow Bridge, 1909
Figure 17: Rainbow Bridge, August 13, 1909
Figure 18: Expedition party seated below Rainbow Bridge, August 13, 1909
Figure 19: Mounting the plaque, 1927
Figure 20: Rainbow Bridge National Monument and vicinity
Figure 21: Kayenta Trading Post, 1912
Figure 22: Redbud Pass
Figure 23: Rainbow Trail from Rainbow Lodge
Figure 24: Rainbow Lodge, 1950
Figure 25: Echo Park Canyon
Figure 26: Glen Canyon, 1909
Figure 27: Proposed Sites For Protective Measures
Figure 28: Glen Canyon Dam under construction
Figure 29: Glen Canyon Dam, June 1963
Figure 30: Rainbow Bridge in relation to Lake Powell
Figure 31: View of Rainbow Bridge from Lake Powell, January 17, 1971
Figure 32: Aerial Photo of Rainbow Bridge, August 16, 1971
Figure 33: Rainbow Bridge marina, 1965


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