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Show Among such scenes as these a University party spent about six -weeks last summer. Cowboys, prospectors and relic hunters had told strange tales of the wonderful ruins and great mysteries found hidden away in these cliffs. The Commercial Club expedition, under the direction of Mr. H. L. A. Culmer, had brought back glowing descriptions of the mighty Utah natural bridges.Through the aid of Professor Edgar L. Hewett, Director of American Archaeology of Washington, D. C, and the financial backing generously given of Colonel E. A. Wall, -who was president of the society, an expedition was undertaken into this region. There was a desire to accomplish two purposes: one, to explore and map the canyons on the north of the San Juan river; the other, to survey, explore and map the region of the natural bridges and endeavor to get the government to set aside this section, with its great natural -wonders, as a national monument or park.The party was made up of four students, two engineers, Fred Scranton, '07, John C. Brown, '07; two sketchers, map makers and photographers, Neil Judd, Arts '10, and Joseph Driggs, Normal '05; two newspaper men, Burl Armstrong of the Inter-Mountain Republican, and Rev. Frank Fay Eddy, representing the Tribune; and Director Hewett of Washington and Professor Cummings of the University. The trip was exceedingly interesting and successful.The society expects to continue this study and investigation and collection of material from here and elsewhere, until Utah has here at home a collection of material and information that shall give as complete a knowledge as possible of this prehistoric race that once lived, loved and fought in the canyons and on the mesas of our sunny southern Utah. BYRON CUMMINGS.(142) |