Description:
Persons traveling over Arizona highways encounter an ever changing
variety of scenery, geologic features, climate, vegetation, wild life, and
conditions for human habitation and industry. All of these have a close
relationship to the physiography and geology of the particular area. In
passing through the region, the viewer of the landscape, particularly if a
stranger, may want to know more about what he is seeing and what has
happened. This road guide to a part of the southwestern Arizona desert is
designed to answer at least some of such questions, by keying brief
descriptions to points of interest in a sequential manner. The amount that
a traveler can see depends largely on the speed of his transit. This guidebook
is planned primarily for those who wish to take time to observe the
general geologic setting and physiographic features, and to understand
their effects on life in the region.
effects on life in the region.
The text, illustrations, and appendices are designed to provide a
thumbnail sketch of what is there and what has, and is taking place.
To those who wish to know more, the selected bibliography furnishes
numerous references that may be explored. 80 p.