Grand Staircase Escalante Calf Creek Falls Poster South Dakota Eugene Ricksecker’s fieldwork resulted in

Eugene Ricksecker’s fieldwork resulted in uniquely engineered roads within Mount Rainier National Park

Walnut Canyon National Monument

and given the official designation of State Highway 12 in 1923

developed in the early 1800s to support trade along the Ohio & Erie Canal

Gear-driven Shay engines were used for their ability to haul heavy loads on steep mountain grades

Grand Staircase Escalante Calf Creek Falls Poster South Dakota Eugene Ricksecker’s fieldwork resulted inDescription 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy Located on the northern edge of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Lower Calf Creek Falls is one of the most well known features within the monuments 1. 9 million acres. In 1875, John Wesley Powell described a great stairway of geologic layers climbing from the Grand Canyon to Bryce Canyon. The description remained, giving rise to the name of this vast network of desert canyons and plateaus.