Simpson Springs Pony Express Station

  Simpson Springs Pony Express Station The 1861 mail contract listed Simpson’s Springs as a route site, which other sources also identify as Pleasant Springs, Egan’s Springs, and Lost Springs. Fike and Headley place this station eight miles west of Government Creek. George Chorpenning found the site promising in 1851,

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Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Rainbow Bridge National Monument Rainbow Bridge National Monument is administered by Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, southern Utah, United States. Rainbow Bridge is often described as the world’s highest natural bridge. The span of Rainbow Bridge was reported in 1974 by the Bureau of Reclamation to be 275 feet, but

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Valley of the Gods

  Valley of the Gods The Valley of the Gods is included in the newly designated Bears Ears National Monument   The Valley of the Gods area may be toured via a 17-mile gravel road  that winds around the formations. The road is rather steep and bumpy in parts but

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Goosenecks State Park

  Goosenecks State Park On the edge of a deep canyon above the sinuous river meander known as a gooseneck, this small park affords impressive views of one of the most striking examples of an entrenched river meander on the North American continent. The San Juan River twists and turns

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