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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
10
A travel note near Navajo Arizona describes the Petrified Forest as nature's painting on desert sand and broken logs from an ancient forest. The Interstate 40 route via a constructed sightseeing loop passes these sites and rejoins the highway at Holbrook.
A first site entry via a ranger station yields a $1.50 fee collected amid Sunday work sighs. From a bluff the Painted Desert unfolds in pink tan and grey hills. petrified logs up to 250 feet lie scattered as rangers guard the area. Ancient Indian foundations hint at once thriving settlements amid harsh conditions. Visitors explore fossilized forests with multi colored rings showing ages of decades to centuries, while legends of theft persist yet are largely refuted. A newborn Daniel Christopher Lomar joins Emmetsburg residents, with family updates noted.
The maternal grandparent is Mrs Alma Beschorner and the paternal grandparent is Mrs Hazel Lamar, both residents of Graettinger. This notes the family ties of Daniel Christopher and identifies the grandparents listed in the local public notice.
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