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Route 66 Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 14, 2008 by joanie7

  Petrified Forest National Park is the only National Park that Route 66, the first interstate highway system in the United States, offering 2,200 miles of open road from Chicago to Los Angeles ending at the beach in Santa Monica … Continue reading →

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Lacey Point Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 12, 2008 by joanie7

  Lacey Point is named for Iowa Congressman John Fletcher Lacey who was an advocate for protection of public lands.  The Antiquities Act of 1906 which protected “objects of historic or scientific interest” on Federal Land is often referred to … Continue reading →

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Whipple Point Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 11, 2008 by joanie7

  Whipple Point was named for U.S. Army Lt. Amiel Whipple.  In 1853 Lt. Whipple was surveying for a railroad route along the 35th parallel (1 mile South of here) for military and pioneer use.  He passed down the broad, … Continue reading →

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Nizhoni Point Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 9, 2008 by joanie7

Four miles into the park we come to Nizhoni Point.  In Navajo Nizhoni means pretty or beautiful.  Here you will find the site of a 200 million year unconformity.  This is a gap in the geologic record.  The Bidahochi formation … Continue reading →

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Chinde Point Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on June 7, 2008 by joanie7

  In Navajo Chinde means unwelcome ghost or evil spirit.  Think of the pre-dinosaur era when giant reptiles and amphibians ruled.  Chinde Point is notable for an important archeological find.  In 1984 he fossil bones of a very early, small … Continue reading →

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