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In 1960 and 1961, I was employed by the U.S. Government, specifically the National Park Service, which was an division under the U.S. Government. Since I was an Historian, and also expert in Geology, I lectured to the visitors on the various geology and history of the two parks I was working in during those two years. They moved me into the trailer house, along with another Ranger, who was Edward Paul Abbey, not only an Park Ranger like myself, but also an writer, of whom Hollywood had noticed. Kirk Douglas, a very popular actor, had bought the movie rights from Ed Abbey, paying Abbey at that time, $12,000 for the rights to make a movie using Abbeys book. So since I was an Ranger, who studied Geology, I used to study the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert, on my two days off from work. I also used to study and visit the various businesses in the adjacent town of Holbrook Arizona. So I wrote an booklet abot the National Park. I took vintage photos, enhanced them to very clear results, and stuck them into the booklet. I think it will be interesting to readers of this forum, as it kind of trains and explains Geological features. Now some of the material I gathered, did not make it into the booklet, as the booklet would end up too large for me to handle. So it is not in the booklet, but I just might stick it into this forum at will in this area. If I stick the individual photos into this area, i will explain the vintage photos. The past to me is very very very interesting you see. It may or may not be interesting to all of you, but reading about the past, is conducive to education along with operating a metal detector out in the world. So I will start out, explaining the geology of the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. Two areas which are side by side, inside that particular park...
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Now there you have it, the Geologic Story of that particular park, going back into time, into that geologic past of the earth. Now to learn about Petrified areas, I took an old map, and enhanced it as well, so one can look at the 1956 map, whick is very very clear now, and it is a rare map copy, I took it from the government archives, and enhanced it for my study of the area of that park. It goes hand in hand with my booklet. Here is the enhanced copy of my 1956 map, which shows the Geologic areas, where they are and were located on the earth. So it is readily available in size, I will stick it in full size, so one will have something the ordinary tourist will not possess... Enjoy the knowledge!
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Now there you have it, the Geologic Story of that particular park, going back into time, into that geologic past of the earth. Now to learn about Petrified areas, I took an old map, and enhanced it as well, so one can look at the 1956 map, whick is very very clear now, and it is a rare map copy, I took it from the government archives, and enhanced it for my study of the area of that park. It goes hand in hand with my booklet. Here is the enhanced copy of my 1956 map, which shows the Geologic areas, where they are and were located on the earth. So it is readily available in size, I will stick it in full size, so one will have something the ordinary tourist will not possess... Enjoy the knowledge!
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