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Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell

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For anyone who visits Lake Powell, yet still cares about all the things flooded beneath it, this book is a must-have. The book opens with a large map of the lake, with numbers on various points of its shoreline. Turn to any of these numbers, and you'll find historic photos, great facts, and a good basic overview of what was lost beneath the lake...and what's left.
I took a six-and-half month canoe trip around Lake Powell's entire 1,960-mile shoreline, and this book was my Bible. I used it daily, and it always taught me something.
The book's author was on many of the final fact-gathering explorations that were done in Glen Canyon--before Lake Powell covered it--and he and his crews documented thousands of now-submerged ruins, artifacts, and natural wonders. Many of their finds are in this book.
"Ghosts of Glen Canyon" is not a complete record, but it doesn't profess to be. It's merely a very simple attempt to give visitors to Lake Powell a basic idea of what's beneath them. Use it with Gary Topping's very complete "Glen Canyon and the San Juan Country." Use it as a guide, and use it as a reference--it works well for both...though I've often wished it had a better index.

I love this book.

It has gorgeous and historical pictures of Glen Canyon on every page.

"Defiance House" is one of the many points mentioned- this is where ancient Anasazi Indians lived once ago. Shown are kivas, dwellings and rockart.

The historic old Lone Star House is fearured in the book.

So is Smith Fork- where there is an extensive panel of beautiful Anasazi petroglyphs.

Also shown are: old miner's cabins, old gravestones, ruins, Rainbow Bridge, Klondike Bar, Dungeon Canyon, Wild Horse Bar. Rock Creek, Last Chance Creek, Gunsight Pass, Indian Trails, The Crossing of the Fathers, Navajo Creek, Wright Bar (a wall filled with TONS of ancient old petroglyphs), Galloway Cave, Sentinel Rock, Wahweap Canyon, Tapestry Wall, Moqui Canyon, The Stanton Gold Dredge, Hall's Crossing, and much, much more!!

66 sites are talked about in great depth and detail. The pictures are just amazing!

Now that Lake Powell is in a severe drought -and its water level is decreasing rapidly-- it would be fascinating to go see and explore the historical and ancient remains that were once completely under water!

I have always felt haunted and fascinated by Glen Canyon and the water that covered it. Everyone of my visits to the place has ilicited a deep sense of loss. Ater reading multiple descriptions of its beauty I continue to feel regret and sadness that the Glen Canyon Dam was built and that there wasn't enough done to prevent the building of it. Too late.. This place was a one of a kind place and I think over time more and more people have come to realize the incredible gem that was covered with water. Once I got started with this book I couldn't put it down. For me it was another fix in my pursuit of experiencing the essence - in spirit - of this canyon. The book is full of history, pictures and descriptions that will keep you going thru to the end. It is scary to think there are people who still believe that more dams need to be build along the Colorado river.

A great book for amateurs of photography and fans of the American SouthWest. The author puts all pictures in their historic and geographic context. This book probably has the most complete information about Glen canyon, with some amazing stories that happened only 50-100 years ago.
Foreword by Edward Abbey, author of "Desert Solitaire".
Only downside is that they could have given before and after pictures of the places they mention.

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my husband and he is thrilled with it. He's always been a Lake Powell fan. He's read a lot about the changes to Glen Canyon and was interested in seeing the pictures before Lake Powell came to be. So far he's very impressed with this book.

all titles on eco of Lake Powell should be noted there are activists seeking to REMOVE the dam! See E Magazine, Sierra Club on Dave Foreman, earth first