ARIZONA HIGHWAYS : LAKE POWELL: America's Newest Playground: Jan 1964, Vol XL (40), No 1

Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highway Department, 1964. Volume XL (40), No 1, January 1964 . Soft Cover/Magazine. Very Good/None as Issued. Arizona Highways Color Classics. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/edge rubs & light surface wear, edge loss & faint creasing to lower front corner, and archival tape reinforcements to upper/lower spine tips. COVER ART: "Lake Powell" by Bavarian-born Californian photographer Josef Muench (1904-1998), who covered landscapes of the Southwest for Arizona Highways from early 1930s on. Vintage Jan. 1964 issue story of Lake Powell ---Colorado River water storage reservoir in Utah & Arizona initiated Oct. 1st, 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, completed in 1963, spanning some 186 miles in length, and so massive that it took near 14 years to fill after the dam's completion. Named in honor of John Wesley Powell, civil war veteran who explored the river in wooden boats in 1869. 48 pgs, 6 articles: 1, Page, Arizona: Portrait of a Town that was Built by a Dam on the Colorado; 2, Glenn Canyon Dam; 3, Lake Powell: A Scenic Tour; 4, With My Camera on Lake Powell (Joseph Muench); 5, Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area; and 6, Art Greene.