Cedar City
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Gateway to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Monument, Cedar Breaks, Kaibab Forest, North Rim Grand Canyon National Park
All automobile tours start at Cedar City, Utah, a prosperous and picturesque Mormon city of 3,000 inhabitants, on the edge of the Escalante Plain, at the foot of the Markagunt Plateau, at an elevation of 5,750 feet. Coming from Lund, one may glimpse in the distant east and nearly 5,000 feet above him, some of the rosy palisades of Cedar Breaks.
Cedar City has a good hotel, water system, electric lights, a bank, photoplay theatre, well stocked stores, hospital, Carnegie Library, Mormon Tabernacle, a branch of the State Agricultural College, and a new and handsome railway station. On the edge of the town is a band of Piute Indians, the original inhabitants of the country, who sell buckskin gloves, moccasins and other articles. The prosperity of Cedar City is derived from sheep, wool, cattle, agriculture and the recent development of vast deposits of iron in the Iron Mountains, twelve miles away. The community, founded by Mormon leaders in 1851, was named from the abundance of cedar trees in the vicinity.
El Escalante Hotel
This handsome new Union Pacific hotel at Cedar City would be an outstanding establishment in a metropolis. It is a three-story 36 structure of cream brick with sweeping wings and a broad verandah; seventy-five guest rooms with tub and shower baths; a spacious dining room; a banquet room, ballroom, billiard room, barber shop, and a luxurious lobby. The dining-room service is of the highest metropolitan standard and many delicacies from the local markets are included in the menus. El Escalante Hotel, named after Padre Sylvestre de Escalante, the Spanish explorer-priest who was the first white man to visit the region (1776), is adjacent to the Union Pacific Station. Reservations and arrangements for any automobile tours may be made in the lobby.
In the Kaibab National Forest
Accommodations in Zion National Park
The Utah Parks Company maintains in Zion National Park, in a beautiful court beside the Mukuntuweap River at the foot of Red Arch Mountain and near the Great White Throne, one of the finest viewpoints in the Canyon, a handsome rustic Lodge Center and forty-six double guest lodges, accommodating 184 persons.
The Lodge Center is a two-story structure of native pine, with foundations and columns of rubble masonry. There is a broad verandah, a spacious lobby and lounging room, with a huge fireplace of rough stone, Navajo rugs, a radio set, retiring rooms and shower baths for men and women on the main floor. The attractive and commodious dining room, accommodating 100 guests, also with a fireplace, is on the second floor.
Each room in the cosy double lodges of native pine and fir is separate and private, although two may be used en suite by family parties. The rooms contain two single beds or one double bed, a stove, dressing table, chairs, rugs, and are lighted by two double windows. All of the furnishings are new and thoroughly comfortable and the service is thoughtful and courteous. The evening camp fire is a pleasing feature. Zion Lodge is a delightful place to linger.
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Sunset at North Rim, Grand Canyon
What To Do in Zion—the Trails
The visitor who merely rides in an automobile to Zion Lodge and goes no farther will obtain an entirely inadequate impression of its beauty.
There are two trips that none should miss. One is to the Narrows. An automobile road extends to the Temple of Sinawava, whence it is a walk of about two miles; or, horses may be ridden all the way from the Lodge, a distance of about six miles. The other trip is up the spectacular West Rim Trail either to the West Rim, with a nine-mile loop on the crest (an all-day trip) or to Angels Landing (a half-day trip); the West Rim Trail is perhaps one of the most scenic in the entire National Park System. There is also a trail up Cable Mountain to the East Rim, where splendid panoramas are unfolded. The trail up Lady Mountain, two miles in length, has 1,400 steps chiseled from the rock, two ladders and 2,000 feet of hand cable. A short walk east from the Lodge leads to a pretty waterfall and a rock-bound pool. Other interesting little excursions may be made and the guides will gladly give suggestions.
Accommodations at Bryce Canyon
The Utah Parks Company maintains near the rim of Bryce Canyon an attractive rustic Lodge Center with a portico supported by massive logs. Bryce Lodge Center contains a hospitable lobby and lounge carpeted with Navajo rugs, and with a fireplace, a spacious dining room accommodating 100 guests, radio set, and retiring rooms and shower baths for men and women on the main floor.
In the pines adjacent to the Lodge Center are forty-six double guest lodges of native pine, accommodating 184 persons; each chamber is separate and private although they may be used en suite, if desired. Each room contains two single beds or one double bed, stove, dressing table, chairs, rugs and two double windows, all new, 38 comfortable and kept in spotless condition. Bryce Lodge is a short distance from the rim of the Canyon at one of its most enchanting viewpoints. There is a camp fire gathering each night.
Bright Angel Point, North Rim, Grand Canyon
Accommodations at the North Rim of Grand Canyon and in the Kaibab Forest[2]
On the North Rim of Grand Canyon, adjacent to Bright Angel Point, is the “Wylie” Bright Angel Camp consisting of a central dining tent and social room and comfortable tent cottages accommodating forty persons. Wholesome food is served and all of the camp accessories are spotlessly clean. “Wylie” Bright Angel Camp is under the management of Mrs. Elizabeth Wylie McKee.
V. T. Park Tourist Ranch, in DeMotte Park about eighteen miles north of Bright Angel Point, consists of a central dining pavilion seating ninety persons, and a recreation hall, ten log cabins and a dormitory accommodating seventy-five persons. Wholesome food and clean quarters may be had at V. T. Park Ranch, which is under the management of W. S. Rust.
All-Expense Escorted Tours
Two weeks special vacation tours of Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon National Monument and Colorado will leave Chicago every Saturday commencing June 20th and continuing through the season. These tours are at moderate cost, are escorted by a courteous, well-informed travel representative who relieves you of all the details by arranging for tickets, sleeping car and hotel reservations, automobile transportation, baggage transfers, sight-seeing guides, side-trips, etc., leaving you free to sit back, relax, and enjoy every minute of your vacation.
Similar tours are conducted to Yellowstone National Park and to California. Schedules permit each tour to be combined with any other; travelers may select a combination that appeals to individual inclination.
These tours are maintained by the Chicago & North Western Ry. and the Union Pacific System.
For complete information apply to
C. J. Collins, Manager Department of Tours 148 South Clark St. Chicago, Ill.
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Red Canyon Highway, Southern Utah
THE 1926 SEASON
At Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Monument, Cedar Breaks, North Rim Grand Canyon and intermediate scenic regions is June 1 to October 1.
The schedules of motor bus tours shown herein are substantially correct except that improvement in road conditions has made possible in some instances faster schedules between points shown.
The 1926 edition of this booklet will be correct in all particulars.
Utah Parks Company Automobile Tours from Cedar City, Utah, to Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon and Utah & Grand Canyon Transportation Co. Tours from Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon to North Rim of Grand Canyon
The schedules and routes of the automobile tours shown herein are subject to such changes of operating convenience or necessity as may result from weather or road conditions.
(Note: The Union Pacific System shows herein the tours of the Utah & Grand Canyon Transportation Co. between Zion National Park and Grand Canyon, and between Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon, merely as a matter of information, and does not assume any responsibility therefor. All other tours shown herein are operated by the Utah Parks Co., a subsidiary of the Union Pacific System.)
No. 1—TO ZION NATIONAL PARK (Season, May 15 to Oct. 15)
1st day— Lv. Cedar City 8.30 a.m.
” Ar. Zion National Park 12.00 m.
2d day— Lv. Zion National Park 2.30 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar City 6.00 p.m.
Automobile fare $15.00.
All-expense, including automobile transportation, four meals and one lodging in the Park, $21.25. From May 15 to June 10, and from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, this tour will be operated only for a minimum of three full fares.
No. 2—TO CEDAR BREAKS (Season, June 1 to Oct. 15)
1st day— Lv. Cedar City 9.00 a.m.
” Ar. Cedar Breaks 11.00 a.m.
” Lv. Cedar Breaks 3.00 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar City 5.30 p.m.
Automobile fare, $7.50.
This tour will be operated only for a minimum of four full fares. Box lunch, price $1.00, will be carried from Cedar City.
No. 3—TO BRYCE CANYON (Season, June 1 to Oct. 15)
1st day— Lv. Cedar City 8.30 a.m.
” Ar. Cedar Breaks 10.30 a.m.
” Lv. Cedar Breaks 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Bryce Canyon 4.30 p.m.
2d day— Lv. Bryce Canyon 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar City 6.30 p.m.
Automobile fare, $20.00.
All-expense, including automobile transportation, box lunch at Cedar Breaks, three meals and lodging at Bryce Canyon, $26.00. From June 1 to June 10 and from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, this tour will be operated only for a minimum of three full fares.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, Showing Mormon Temple and State Capitol
No. 4—TO ZION NATIONAL PARK, AND BRYCE CANYON (Season, June 1 to Oct. 15)
Schedule of this tour is combination of No. 1 and No. 3. Automobile fare, $35.00. All-expense, including automobile transportation, four meals and one lodging at Zion Park, box lunch at Cedar Breaks, and three meals and one lodging at Bryce Canyon, $47.25. Expenses at Cedar City are not included. From June 1 to June 10, and from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, this tour will be operated only for a minimum of three full fares.
No. 5—TO NORTH RIM, GRAND CANYON (Season, June 1 to Oct. 15)
1st day— Lv. Cedar City 8.30 a.m.
” Ar. Zion National Park 12.00 m.
2d day— Lv. Zion National Park 8.00 a.m.
” Ar. Pipe Spring 12.00 m.
” Lv. Pipe Spring 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Kaibab Forest 6.00 p.m.
3d day— Lv. Kaibab Forest 8.00 a.m.
” Ar. Grand Canyon 9.00 a.m.
4th day— Lv. Grand Canyon 8.00 a.m.
” Ar. Kanab 12.00 m.
” Lv. Kanab 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Bryce Canyon 6.00 p.m.
5th day— Lv. Bryce Canyon 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar Breaks 3.30 p.m.
” Lv. Cedar Breaks 4.00 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar City 6.30 p.m.
Automobile fare, $65.00.
All-expense tour, including automobile transportation, three meals and one lodging at Zion National Park, box lunch at Pipe Spring, two meals and one lodging at V. T. Park in Kaibab Forest, three meals and one lodging at North Rim of Grand Canyon, lunch at Kanab and three meals and one lodging at Bryce Canyon, $86.75. From June 1 to June 10, and from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the portion of this tour between Cedar City and Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon will be operated only for a minimum of three full fares, and the portion from Zion National Park to Grand Canyon and return to Bryce Canyon, which will be operated by the Utah & Grand Canyon Transportation Co., only for a minimum of three full fares at any time.
No. 6—TO NORTH RIM, GRAND CANYON (Season, June 1 to Oct. 15)
1st day— Lv. Cedar City 8.30 a.m.
” Ar. Cedar Breaks 10.30 a.m.
” Lv. Cedar Breaks 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Bryce Canyon 4.30 p.m.
2d day— Lv. Bryce Canyon 9.00 a.m.
” Ar. Kanab 1.00 p.m.
” Lv. Kanab 2.00 p.m.
” Ar. Kaibab Forest 6.00 p.m.
3d day— Lv. Kaibab Forest 8.00 a.m.
” Ar. Grand Canyon 9.00 a.m.
4th day— Lv. Grand Canyon 8.00 a.m.
” Ar. Fredonia 12.00 m.
” Lv. Fredonia 1.00 p.m.
” Ar. Zion National Park 6.00 p.m.
5th day— Lv. Zion National Park 2.30 p.m.
” Ar. Cedar City 6.00 p.m.
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El Escalante Hotel, Cedar City, Utah
Automobile fare, $65.00.
All-expense tour, including automobile transportation, box lunch at Cedar Breaks, two meals and one lodging at Bryce Canyon, lunch at Kanab, two meals and one lodging at V. T. Park in Kaibab Forest, three meals and one lodging at North Rim of Grand Canyon, lunch at Fredonia, and three meals and one lodging at Zion National Park, $86.50. From June 1 to June 10, and from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the portion of this tour between Cedar City and Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park will be operated only for a minimum of three full fares, and the portion from Bryce Canyon to Grand Canyon and return to Zion National Park will be operated by the Utah & Grand Canyon Transportation Co. only for a minimum of three full fares at any time.
Note: As tour No. 6 is merely the reverse of tour No. 5, the diagram in connection with the latter will indicate also the outline of tour No. 6.
ONE-WAY TOURS To and From North Rim, Grand Canyon
Persons desiring to make only the one-way trip between Cedar City and Grand Canyon, crossing from the North Rim to South Rim, or vice versa, may avail themselves of the portions of tours Nos. 5 and 6, as may be necessary, at following fares:
One way between Cedar City and Grand Canyon, via Zion National Park, $40.00. One way between Cedar City and Grand Canyon, via Bryce Canyon, $45.00. These tours will not be operated for less than three full fares.
As a matter of information, the trip across Grand Canyon requires two days and is made on horseback. The night is spent at Phantom Ranch, at the bottom of the Canyon and the Rim is reached the following afternoon. The cost, including horse, four meals, and one lodging is approximately $30.00 per person, guide extra.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE SERVICE
Special automobiles (six passenger touring cars) may be chartered for any scheduled tour, for exclusive use, on basis of $25.00 per day, or part thereof, over and above the regular automobile per capita fare (see pages 39 and 40) for each person for tour availed of: the minimum for such special service will be 5 full fares plus the $25.00 per day or part thereof. If there are more than six persons in party, an eleven passenger type of car, if desired and if circumstances permit, will be furnished on the same per capita basis, plus $25.00 per day or part thereof.
BOOKINGS
The Union Pacific System maintains in many of the principal cities of the United States, also in Toronto, Ont., representatives who will gladly assist in making advance reservations at the lodges and camps. This service, and any information at the command of these representatives, is furnished, without charge, for the asking or writing. Their names and addresses are listed on Page 47.
General Information
Excursion Tickets
From approximately May 15th to September 30th of each year, round-trip excursion tickets at very low fares are sold from various points in the United States and Canada to Cedar City, Utah, the rail terminus and the gateway to the scenic attractions in Southern Utah, also via Cedar City to Zion National Park, coupons 42 for latter being exchangeable for those covering any other of the tours shown on pages 39-40-41 upon payment of difference in fares; or coupons from Cedar City for any of the tours, including automobile transportation, and also, if desired, accommodations at the resort lodges, may be obtained at same price upon arrival at Cedar City.
Railroad tickets from eastern points when routed via the Union Pacific System are honored without extra charge via Denver, thus affording opportunity to visit Rocky Mountain National Park.
Dining Room, El Escalante Hotel
Bedroom, El Escalante Hotel
Cedar City As a Side Trip
Holders of one-way or excursion tickets to Pacific Coast, or to Yellowstone Park, via the Union Pacific System, may obtain stopover at Salt Lake City, whence a low side-trip excursion fare is in effect during the season for Southern Utah visitors. Or if the through ticket is to or from Southern California via Union Pacific System, stopover may be made at Lund, Utah, whence there is also a low side-trip excursion fare to Cedar City, only thirty-two miles from Lund.
Baggage
Baggage must not be checked beyond Cedar City. The automobiles of the Utah Parks Co. will carry not to exceed forty pounds of hand baggage free.
Storage charges will be waived on baggage left at Union Pacific System stations, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Lund, Cedar City, and Los Angeles, by passengers making any of the tours of the Utah Parks Co. from Cedar City.
What To Wear
Warm clothing should be worn and one should be prepared for the sudden changes of temperature common at elevations of from 8,000 to 9,000 feet. Medium weight overcoats, jackets or sweaters should be taken. Outing clothes, including riding breeches, stout shoes and puttees, or boots, and serviceable gloves will add to the comfort of men and women who wish to ride horseback, tramp or climb. Bring your camera. Field glasses are useful.
Lobby, El Escalante Hotel
Accommodations
CEDAR CITY—El Escalante Hotel, operated by the Union Pacific System, is a new, modern, commodious brick hotel, first class in all its appointments and service. Rates, without bath, $1.50 to $2.50 per day for one person, and $2.50 to $4.00 per day for two persons; with bath $3.00 to $4.00 per day for one person and $5.00 to $6.00 per day for two persons. Meals a la carte at reasonable rates.
ZION NATIONAL PARK—A handsome lodge operated by the Utah Parks Co. during the Park season affords comfortable accommodations at following rates: breakfast $1.00; lunch $1.25; dinner $1.50; lodging $1.75. American plan rate per day $5.50.
BRYCE CANYON—The attractive, comfortable lodge situated near the rim of the Canyon is operated by the Utah Parks Co.: breakfast $1.00; lunch $1.25; dinner $1.50; lodging $1.75. American plan rate per day $5.50.
GRAND CANYON (NORTH RIM)—Bright Angel “Wylie” Camp (operated by Mrs. Elizabeth McKee), 43 situated near Bright Angel Point within the boundaries of the Grand Canyon National Park, has the following rates: breakfast $1.50; lunch $1.50; dinner $1.50; lodging $1.50. American plan rate per day $6.00.
V. T. PARK—A camp in the Kaibab National Forest (operated by W. S. Rust), en route to, and about eighteen miles from, Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon, is known as the V. T. Park Tourist Ranch: breakfast $1.00; lunch $1.25; dinner $1.25; lodging $1.50. American plan rate per day $5.00.
Zion Lodge Center, Zion National Park
Saddle Horses and Guides
Saddle horses and competent guides are available for all of the interesting trail trips at reasonable rates approved by the United States National Park Service.
AT ZION PARK (FLOOR OF CANYON) AND AT BRYCE (ON RIM)
Rates per Person per Hour (or Fraction)
Without Guide With Mounted Guide
One Person $1.00 $3.00
Two Persons 1.00 1.50
Three Persons 1.00 1.00
Rates per Person per Half Day, 4 Hours
One Person $2.50 $7.50
Two Persons 2.50 3.75
Three Persons 2.50 2.50
Rates per Person per Day, 8 Hours
One Person $3.50 $8.50
Two Persons 3.50 5.25
Three Persons 3.50 3.50
AT ZION PARK (EAST OR WEST RIM) AND AT BRYCE (INTO CANYON)
Rates per Person per Day (8 Hours) with Mounted Guide
One Person $10.00
Two Persons 7.50
Three Persons 5.00
A half-day (4 hours) trip, with mounted guide, into Bryce Canyon is also available at following rates: one person, $9.00; two persons, $4.50 each; three or more persons, $3.00 each.
Saddle horses and guides are also available at V. T. Park Tourist Ranch in Kaibab Forest, and at Bright Angel “Wylie” Camp, North Rim of Grand Canyon, at reasonable rates approved by the Forest Service and the National Park Service, respectively.
Elevations
Feet
Cedar City 5,750
Rim of Great Basin 5,500
Pine Valley Mountains 10,250
Toquerville 3,100
Floor of Zion Canyon 4,100
Summit of West Temple 7,650
Cedar Breaks (Rim) 10,300
Brian Head 11,300
Navajo Lake 9,500
Cedar Breaks Junction 7,000
Bryce Canyon (Rim) 8,000
Pipe Spring 5,000
Fredonia 4,700
V. T. Park Tourist Ranch 8,700
Bright Angel Camp (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 8,300
Bright Angel Point (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 8,153
Point Imperial (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 9,000
Cape Royal (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 7,876
Cape Final (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 7,919
Point Sublime (North Rim, Grand Canyon) 7,464
Kanab 4,925
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Lodge Center at Bryce Canyon and (Inset) Typical Guest Lodge
Table of Distances
BY RAILROAD
Miles
Salt Lake City, Utah, to Cedar City, Utah 275
Los Angeles, Calif., to Cedar City, Utah 574
Lund, Utah, to Cedar City, Utah 32.5
BY HIGHWAY
Cedar City to Toquerville 36.2
Cedar City to Zion National Park (Entrance) 62.1
Cedar City to Zion Lodge 64.8
Cedar City to Midway 19.9
Cedar City to Cedar Breaks Jctn 45
Cedar City to Cedar Breaks 23
Cedar City to Bryce Canyon National Monument 89
Cedar City to Pipe Spring National Monument 94.6
Cedar City to Fredonia 109.7
Cedar City to V. T. Park Tourist Ranch 165
Cedar City to Bright Angel Point (North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, via Zion National Park) 200.8
Zion National Park to Pipe Spring 45
Zion National Park to Fredonia 60
Zion National Park to Bright Angel Point (North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park) 136
Cedar Breaks to Midway 3.1
Cedar Breaks to Navajo Lake 10.1
Cedar Breaks to Cedar Breaks Junction 28
Cedar Breaks to Red Canyon 56
Cedar Breaks to Bryce Canyon National Monument 70
Bright Angel Point (North Rim, Grand Canyon) to V. T. Park Tourist Ranch 18
Bright Angel Point to Fredonia 75.6
Bright Angel Point to Kanab 82.4
Bright Angel Point Cedar Breaks Jctn 123
Bright Angel Point to Bryce Canyon National Monument 164.2
BY TRAIL
Zion Lodge to Great White Throne 2
Zion Lodge to The Narrows 6
Zion Lodge to Summit of Angels Landing 2.5
Zion Lodge to Observation Point 12
Zion Lodge to West Rim 12
Zion Lodge to Ranger Station 5
Zion Lodge to Summit of Lady Mountain 2
Bryce Canyon Lodge to floor of Canyon and return 1
Bryce Canyon Lodge to Tropic 11
Bright Angel Camp to Bright Angel Point .5
Bright Angel Camp to Point Imperial 9
Bright Angel Camp to Cape Final 12
Bright Angel Camp to Cliff Spring 15
Bright Angel Camp to Cape Royal 16
Bright Angel Camp to Cliff Dweller Spring 1
Bright Angel Camp to Point Sublime 35
V. T. Park Tourist Ranch to Point Imperial 22
V. T. Park Tourist Ranch to Cape Final 25
V. T. Park Tourist Ranch to Point Sublime 23
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Interior of Guest Lodge, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon
Stratified Rocks of Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, Grand Canyon and Intermediate Regions
Rearranged and visualized principally from unpublished studies of Willis T. Lee, by courtesy of the National Parks Association.
These strata presumably were once continuous over the entire Plateau Region and the Grand Canyon. Many were much thicker than now, having been eroded during long periods when the surface was temporarily lifted above sea level. Altogether they may cover a creative period exceeding ninety million years. Strata are said to be unconformable when they do not lie in regular, parallel sequence.
Read table from bottom upward for historical sequence.
1.—FROM BRYCE CANYON TO THE GRAND CANYON RIM
Cedar Breaks, some 2,000 feet higher than Bryce Canyon, is eroded from similar formation to that at Bryce Canyon.
FORMATION PRESENT DEPTH (Feet) GEOLOGICAL AGE DESCRIPTION
Basalt Bryce Sheets of very dark lava, resting unconformably upon the Pink Cliff below.
Pink Cliff 500 Eocene Richly colored shales, limestones and conglomerates, most of them red, and containing fossils.
Cretaceous Rocks 3000 Upper Cretaceous Gray to buff sandstone and drab shales, alternating with occasional coal beds.
McElmo Formation 800 Lower Cretaceous Shales and sandstones of many colors.
Jurassic Rocks 600 Jurassic Drab shale, chocolate colored limestone and occasional gray gypsum beds.
White Cliff 1000 Jurassic Zion White, cross-bedded sandstone. Modern geology considers the White and Vermilion Cliffs part of the same formation, but scenically they will always be distinguished.
Vermilion Cliff 2000 Jurassic Brilliant red, variegated, massive sandstone.
Chinle Formation 350 Late Triassic Mauve sandstone above, purple and red shale below.
Shinarump Conglomerate 100 Late Triassic Brown, yellow and gray conglomerate and sandstone, celebrated for its petrified trees.
Moenkopi Formation 1600 Early Triassic Purple, yellowish-gray, dull red and coffee-brown sandstones, in a great body of rich red shale. Contains a few layers of hard red, brown and gray limestone and some light-colored gypsum beds. Known also as the Belted Shales.
Kaibab Limestone 1800 Late Carboniferous The same gray, massive limestone seen on the Rim of the Grand Canyon. The road from Cedar City to Zion Canyon runs over it for several miles.
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II.—FROM THE GRAND CANYON RIM TO THE GRANITE GORGE
Kaibab Limestone 800 Late Carboniferous Grand Canyon Gray limestone formed in the sea, as indicated by many Carboniferous fossil shells. At the Grand Canyon it is the surface rock. In the Plateau Country to the north, it lies at the bottom of the series.
Coconino 300 Carboniferous Very massive, cross-bedded yellow sandstone.
Supai Formation 1100 Carboniferous Alternating red shale and red and brown sandstone, the latter forming low cliffs. This constitutes the greatest red body of the Canyon wall.
Redwall Limestone 600 Carboniferous Extremely hard blue or gray limestone, forming the greatest cliff of the Grand Canyon. It is stained a vivid red by the wash of the red Supai shales above. The cliff is a conspicuous feature of the Canyon everywhere.
Missing Strata Devonian Silurian Ordovician During Devonian, Silurian and Ordovician times, extensive strata were deposited upon the Cambrian rocks below, but were wholly eroded away during a long uplift period and the limestone known as the Red Wall was deposited on the Tonto during a succeeding period.
Tonto Group 950 Cambrian Olive green shale and limestone, forming the broad green floor of the Grand Canyon, through which winds the Granite Gorge.
Unkar and Chuar Groups known as the Grand Canyon Series Algonkian Greenish sandstones, fine quartzites and vividly red shales, once 13,000 feet thick, but here eroded away till they appear only in places.
Granite Gorge 1200 Archean Schists metamorphosed from sedentary rocks, and intruded igneous rocks.
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