WESTERN GATEWAYS
Winter 1966
Northern Arizona - Grand Canyon Issue

A delightful vintage magazine for a look into history of Grand Canyon

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Table of Contents:

• "We Ran A River" - the Colorado River - by KC DenDooven -
  Pictures and story of running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon so vivid you almost feel spray from the rapids. In 1911 Emery and Ellsworth Kolb ran the Colorado, Norman Nevills, a petroleum geologist began first commercial trips in 1938, Frank Wright, Jim Riggs and Gay Staveley -- today Barry Goldwater takes his family through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado ... the trip comes alive!
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• Univeristy at the Threshold - Arizona State College - by Doug Williams -
  Arizona State College takes its biggest step May 1st when it assumes university status. President J. Lawrence Walkup announces the name change will be the fifth undergone by the Flagstaff institution.
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• Nature's Stone Forest - Petrified Forest National Park - by Doug Williams -
  Petrified Forest National Park embraces the world's largest concentration of stone logs. Petrified Forest National Monument officially became a park December 8, 1962. In July of that year the Park Service opened the Painted Desert Visitor Center . . . more.
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• Arizona's Hunting Haven - by Levi Packard -
  Deer hunters from California, Texas and Arizona flock to North Kaibab to bag trophy kills. Kaibab North ranks with he popular game ranges of he southwest. trophy deer are taken out every season and the normal huner success is 50 per cent, tops in Arizona. The 1958 edition of "Records of Noth america big Game" by Holt lists Kaibab North as the site of the all-time champion kill (mule deer).
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• Detailed Map of Northern Arizona - -
  Kingman, Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Page, Winslow, Holbrook. This map will show you the location of Walnut Canyon National monument, where is Grand Canyon National park? The Tuzigoot National monument, Petrified Forest, Canyon de Chelly, the Navajo Indian Reservation, the Coconino and Kaibab national Forests
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• Arizona's Kaibab and Coconico Mountain Playgrounds - Lou Armijo -
  Among Arizona's popular recreation areas, Northern Kaibab and Coconico forests offer continuous activity. The Mogollion Rim, also known as the Tonto Rim, formed the backdrop for many of Zane Grey's western novels and much of Arizona's early history developed within view of the ageless, meandering cliffs that bisect the Coconino National Foest..
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• Verde Valley - Cottonwood, Arizona - -
  Nestled in the geographic center of Arizona, the Valley justifiably claims an ideal year around climate, offering a comfortable compromise between the extremes of Flagstaff's winters and Salt River Valley's summers
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