From the March 7, 1931, issue
By Science News
CANYON DE CHELLY NOW NATIONAL MONUMENT
A famous canyon of the West, with ancient Indian ruins under the shelter of its thousand-foot red walls, has been given the status of a National Monument, by an act of Congress recently signed by the President.
This is the Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, with its tributaries, Canyon de Muerte and Monument Canyon. Although Canyon de Chelly is among the most noted of western canyons, relatively few people have seen it as yet, for the roads that lead to it are not good and there are only very limited accommodations. At present the principal object is to get the region under the protection of the National Park Service, which has administrative and police facilities for preventing vandals from looting the historically valuable ruins.