Friday, August 29, 2014

Hwy 24 | Capitol Reef

Highway 24 transverses the hundred-mile-long waterpocket Fold, once a formidable barrier to east-west travel.  Early prospectors who had been sea-men often called any such obstacle to travel a "reef".  The rounded white sandstone formations capping the fold bear a resemblance to capitol domes-hence the name "Capitol Reef".









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