WESTERN GATEWAYS
Lake Powell - Arizona 1963
Page and Glen Canyon Dam Issue

A delightful vintage magazine for a look into Glen Canyon Dam history

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Table of Contents:

• Page, Arizona and Page Hospital - Lyle Stigler -
  Life is new in Page, Arizona -- the Page hospital is a positive element in preserving health. Life is really new in Page -- homes are new, he business district is new, the entire town is NEW -- less than seven years ago the area was nothing but a sandstone mesa.
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• Glen Canyon Country Club and Golf course - by Vaud Larson -
  The Glen Canyon Golf Course and Country Club was constructed by he people of Page, both the construction workers from the dam and the business people of Arizona's newest town - - Page, Arizona
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• The Search for Glen Canyon Dam site - by W. L. "Bud" Rusho -
  The construction of Glen Canyon Dam began in 1956, but actually Glen Canyon was considered even before Hoover Dam was built. Officials of the U. s. Geological Survey and the Southern California Edison company began investigative drilling operations on a potential dam site in glen Canyon in 1921 -- ten years before Hoover Dam was started.
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• Wahweap Lodge and Marina
  Part of one of America's greatest rivers, the Colorado River, is about to become a lake. Those who have seen this country in past years will realize that this year will be the birth of a great recreation area. We were one of the pioneers in the great River Trips. We know this land!
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• Retirement, Fred and madeline's Way of Life in page - by Jean Duffy
  Fred and Madeline view the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam from their position on Glen Canyon Bridge. Their first trip to Page, in 1961, was a vacation. After seeing the dam, they visited Page and found the town friendly and an ideal place to retire.
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• Map of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona and an Artist's Sketch of Page, Arizona and the Head of Lake Powell - -
  Lake Powell - Vacationland. The map is a panoramic perspective of Lake Powell, Page and Glen Canyon Dam.
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• As We Flew By . . . The Little Rainbow, A new found arch - -
  The finding of a natural stone arch is something that has fascinated man through the ages. Arches seem to be regarded as a special engineering triumph of the Almighty. Indeed, the great Rainbow Bridge is a spectacle to behold.
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• A Personality Sketch, Art Green, River Rat Extraordinary - by Al Ball -
  ". . . It's not the thrills . . . it's the beauty of it!" So says Art Greene, grizzled ex-cowpoke, cameraman, hunter, sheep man, camp-mate of Zane Grey, Harry Goulding and many others of equal fame. Deep in Navajo country he is the genial host of thousands.
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• Photography, The Mirror Image - -
  ". . . and don't forget your camera!" Good advice on any vacation trip but when you come to the Lake Powell - glen Canyon area, some better advice might be, " . . . and bring plenty of film"
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• Oh Give Me a Home, where the buffalo Roam
  House Rock (or South Canyon) Buffalo reserve. Here a herd of 205 animals roam in their natural surroundings over 50,560 acres.
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• U. S. 89 alt., Navajo Bridge, Vermillion Cliffs
  Vermillion Cliffs along U.S. Highway 89 alt. This monument stands on the north side of the Navajo Bridge as a tribute to a great and fearless pioneer, John Doyle Lee, after which lee's Ferry is named. The Navajo Bridge over the Colorado River, along the Vermillion Cliffs route 89 alt. This bridge is now the 2nd highest steel arch bridge in the world (The Glen Canyon Bridge is the highest).
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• Fishing, In the Lee's Ferry Area
  During the spring of 1963, thirty thousand pounds of catch able trout were planted below the Glen Canyon Dam. The main place for catching this food-for-the-frying-pan will be at Lee's Ferry, a five mile drive from Marble Canyon.
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• Rainbow Bridge, You have to see it to appreciate it - by K. C. Den Dooven - The entire Lake Powell area is a land and water combination of scenic beauty. Although there are many parts worth exploring, the Rainbow Bridge is and always will be the focal point of this land. It can be described, measured, photographed and talked about but take it from one who was there . . . it has to be seen to be appreciated.
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