UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Region III
Santa Fe, New Mexico.

CONTENTS COVER Painted Desert Inn, Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona. Built by Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS By M. V. Walker . . . . . Page 3. FORTUNES PETRIFIED By Howard R. Stagner . . . . . Page 8. THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS By Dr. Ross A. Maxwell . . . . . Page 11. ANIMAL FAIR By Paul and Greta Ezell . . . . . Page 19. AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY By Erik K. Reed . . . . . Page 23. THE SPOTTED NIGHT SNAKE By Russell K. Grater . . . . . Page 28. THE SOUTHWEST By Dr. Aubrey Neasham . . . . . Page 29. A DIVINE PLAN FOR REST AND RECREATION By Chaplain Morris U. Lively . . . . . Page 36. ODDITIES Page 38. STATUS QUO OF QUINTUS QUAIL By Earl Jackson . . . . . Page 39. The contents of the Region III Quarterly are not copyrighted. Other publications are at liberty to quote from, or reprint, the articles when proper credit is given. M. R. Tillotson Leo A. McClatchy Regional Director Editor Santa Fe New Mexico

REGION III

ARIZONA - ARKANSAS - NEW MEXICO - OKLAHOMA
TEXAS -UTAH - AND SOUTHERN PARTS
OF COLORADO - NEVADA