 Scattered over the plain were thousands of the fantastically formed buttes to which I have so often referred in my notes; pyramids, domes, towers, columns, spires, of every conceivable form and size. Among these by far the most remarkable was the forest...  REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION - Page 97by PROF. J.S. NEWBERRY - 1876Full view - About this book
 | William M. Thayer - 1887 - 774 pages
...surprising appearance which they presented from this new and advanFOREST OF GOTHIC SPIRES. tageous point of view. Singly, or in groups, they extend like a belt of timber for several miles. Nothing in nature or art offers a parallel to these singular objects ; but some idea... | |
 | United States. National Park Service - 1950 - 280 pages
...o £ Ho o E o ID Q. a o B Q•o -oa 3 M « .o 2 V O O T) C O */> •a c O o « t3 818271° 50—13 nothing but bare and barren rocks of rich and varied...that of Trinity Church, but many of them full twice in height. Scarcely less striking features in the landscape were the innumerable canons by which the... | |
 | United States. National Park Service - 1950 - 278 pages
...was the forest of Gothic spires, first and imperfectly seen as we issued from the mouth of the Cañon Colorado. Nothing I can say will give an adequate...that of Trinity Church, but many of them full twice in height. Scarcely less striking features in the landscape were the innumerable cañons by which the... | |
 | A. M. Celâl ?engör - 2003 - 432 pages
...form and size. Among these by far the most remarkable was the forest of Gothic spires . . . Singley. or in groups, they extend like a belt of timber for...Trinity church, but many of them full twice its height" (Newberry, 1 876. p. 97). (Newberry, 1876. p. 62). Neither did volcanism cause any local upheaval (see... | |
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