Grand Staircase Escalante Grosvenor Arch Poster Discover Your Parks Completed on June 6

Completed on June 6

travelers turned from smooth highways by the thousands to see the scenic monument

Beyond Hana

it sits on top of a 22 foot pedestal

The two-ton stalactite has been celebrated over the years for its striking heart-like appearance

Grand Staircase Escalante Grosvenor Arch Poster Discover Your Parks Completed on June 6Description 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of National Geographic magazine, regretted that he could not accompany Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Park Service, on a tour of southern Utah in 1919. When Grosvenor finally visited Utah in 1932, he was unaware that an arch in the remote Grand Staircase would bear his name. Jack Breed, a National Geographic photographer, christened the gleaming white landmark in