Grand Staircase Escalante Grosvenor Arch Poster Discover Your Parks it sits on top of

it sits on top of a 22 foot pedestal

In honor of his contribution

the structure had to be capable of holding back the immense volume of what is still the largest man made lake in the United States

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

Completed on June 6

Grand Staircase Escalante Grosvenor Arch Poster Discover Your Parks it sits on top ofDescription 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