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French-Canadian explorer Etienne Provost discovered this area on a trapping expedition in 1825, deemed it suitable for settlement and gave the Provo River its name. Encouraged by his reports, a group of settlers from Salt Lake City established a colony in 1849 on the river's south bank, overshadowed by Provo Peak, Mount Timpanogos and the Wasatch Range.

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ARTICLEProvo French-Canadian explorer Etienne Provost discovered this area on a trapping expedition in 1825, deemed it suitable for settlement and gave the Provo River its name. Encouraged by his reports, a group of settlers from Salt Lake City established a colony in 1849 on the river's south bank, overshadowed by Provo Peak, Mount Timpanogos and the Wasatch Range.Provo
NATIONAL PARKArapaho And Roosevelt National Forests And Pawnee National Grassland In north-central Colorado past and present coexist within the 1,280,000 mountainous acres of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, which embrace some of the higher and more visited areas of the region. Creaking ghost towns in the Arapaho region set off lively ski resorts, and the rotted roadbeds of abandoned narrow-gauge railways contrast with the well-maintained highways that provide access to this rooftop of the continent.Arapaho And Roosevelt National Forests And Pawnee National Grassland
NATIONAL PARKArches National Park Arches National Park lies 5 miles northwest of Moab on US 191. The rugged area contains the largest number of natural stone arches in the country. Along with more than 2,000 arches are many red rock canyons, spires, fins and balancing rocks. The erosion of the Arches National Park
NATIONAL PARKAshley National Forest In the northeast corner of Utah, Ashley National Forest includes the only major mountain range in the lower 48 states with an east-west alignment—the Uintas. Ashley National Forest embraces this area and the pinion-juniper and ponderosa pine-covered benchland along the Green River. One of the major water-producing areas in the state of Utah, the forest was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908.Ashley National Forest
NATIONAL PARKBlack Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has several observation points on the South Rim, reached via SR 347, leading off US 50, 8 miles east of Montrose; the North Rim is reached by an 11-mile road (the last half is gravel) from SR 92 east of Crawford.Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park
NATIONAL PARKBridger Teton National Forest Bordering Grand TetonBridger Teton National Forest
NATIONAL PARKCanyonlands National Park In southeastern Utah, Canyonlands National Park encompasses deeply eroded canyons interspersed with sheer-sided mesas and a variety of spires, arches and unusual rock formations. The Green and Colorado rivers join and continue in a series of powerful rapids through the multicolored recesses of Canyonlands National Park
NATIONAL PARKCanyons Of The Ancients National Monument In the Four Corners region 15 miles northwest of Cortez and west of US 491, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument preserves one of the richest archeological areas in the United States, covering 176,000 acres of remote and difficult terrain. More than 6,000 archeological sites, including dwellings, shrines, hunting camps and petroglyphs, preserve the remnants of cultures and traditions spanning thousands of years.Canyons Of The Ancients National Monument
NATIONAL PARKCapitol Reef National Park Near the visitor center, brightly colored tiered cliffs rise 1,000 feet above the Fremont River. Pre-Columbian Indian petroglyphs can be seen on the surrounding canyon walls. Growing amid Capitol Reef's red rock formations are orchards where fruit may be picked in season. Visitors also can see the remains of Fruita, an early Mormon pioneer settlement.Capitol Reef National Park
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