Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, and Natural Bridges National Monument - Historic resource study
Mehls SF, Mehls CD, Western Historical Studies, Inc.. 1986. Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, and Natural Bridges National Monument - Historic resource study. Historic Resource Study. Rocky Mountain Regional office, National Park Service
This narrative history of Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, and the lands around them, the bulk of this report, has been done for a number of reasons. First and foremost it provides a regional context so that the history of the parks is not evaluated in a vacuum created by the lines drawn by park planners or Congress that may or may not have any historical basis. The second use of this study will be by members of the park staffs in executing their duties. It will allow resource managers to set their priorities for historic resource management. It will also help in other resource management decisions by outlining which resources need to be protected and which ones do not have historic values. Also, the parks’ interpretative staffs may find information useful to their programs in the narrative study or possibly sites they wish to include in future interpretative programs. The final purpose of this study, to create a lengthy, annotated bibliography, not only helps with this work but identifies sources that can be used for site-specific research. Further, the bibliography may prove of value to future researchers interested in the parks and the region.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mehls, Steven; Mehls, Carol; Western Historical Studies, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 1986-07-15
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Regional office, National Park Service
- Units
- ARCH , CANY , NABR
- Keywords
- Arches, Canyonlands, Cultural Resources, ehistory, expansion, Fur Trade, Mining, Natural Bridges, Resource Management, Utah, World War II