Lee's Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National Park Canyonlands National Park Parry provides detailed commentary on

Parry provides detailed commentary on historical exploration

classic examples of inverted valleys capped by older lava flows

So whether you plan to swim in the turquoise blue water of Bear Lake

and late Tertiary to recent basin-andrange extensional faulting

The east half of the quadrangle is part of the Colorado Plateau whereas the west half is part of the transition zone that leads into the Basin and Range Province farther west

Lee's Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National Park Canyonlands National Park Parry provides detailed commentary onBy: P. T. Reilly One of the few places where wheeled vehicles could approach the Colorado River in its long miles through deep canyons and, thus, a critical transportation and communication link, north and south and up and down the river, Lee's Ferry became a historical funnel. A fascinating miscellany of western characters passed through or stayed. Reilly gives most of them a turn in the spotlight as part of his robust story of an out of the way