Escalante Utah
Escalante Utah
 The
monument is a geologic sampler, with a huge variety of formations, features
and world-class paleontological sites. President Clinton's proclamation
said, "The...Monument's vast and austere landscape embraces a spectacular
array of scientific and historic resources. This high, rugged, and remote
region, where bold plateaus and multi-hued cliffs run for distances that
defy human perspective, was the last place in the continental United States
to be mapped."Escalante Utah |
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Although
the Anglo-American settlement of Escalante began in the spring of 1875
by a group of men from Panguitch desiring to find a location with a milder
climate, signs of inhabitation of the area reached back much farther with
evidence of the Fremont and Anasazi cultures in the area. In September
of 1996, President Clinton designated this huge national monument, which
at 1.7 million acres, dominates any map of southern Utah. It is unique
in that it is the first monument to be administered by the Bureau of Land
Management, rather than the National Park Service.