AGATIZED RAINBOWS _A Story of the Petrified Forest_ _With views of other National Park Service units of Northern Arizona_ [Illustration: Third Forest. _Photo by Jerry McLain._] [Illustration: Colorful petrified log sections, typical of many found in the monument. _Photo by Esther Henderson._] [Illustration: Blue Forest Badlands—Colorful banded ridges, a three mile side trip. _Photo by Ray Manly._] [Illustration: MAP SHOWING: NATIONAL PARKS, NATIONAL MONUMENTS, POINTS OF INTEREST] [Illustration: Agate Bridge. Erosion has cut out the rock from under this log leaving a span of 45 feet forming a bridge, now supported by a beam. _Photo by Leon Cantrell._] [Illustration: An example of color and erosion in the First Forest. _Photo by Josef Muench._] [Illustration: Logs of rainbow hues in the Second Forest. _Photo by Josef Muench._] [Illustration: Old Faithful Log near the Museum in Rainbow Forest has the largest base diameter of those readily seen during a trip through the Monument.] [Illustration: Logs in the Second Forest. _Photos by Josef Muench._] [Illustration: A polished specimen of wood from Rainbow Forest Museum, where many other colorful sections are on display. _Photo by Josef Muench._] [Illustration: Mariposa Lilies, one of the beautiful wildflowers that bloom during May, in the Forest. _Photo by Josef Muench._] AGATIZED RAINBOWS .... _A Story of the Petrified Forest_ POPULAR SERIES No. 3—1951 PRESENTED BY PETRIFIED FOREST MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, HOLBROOK, ARIZONA AND THE ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT _TEXT BY HAROLD J. BRODRICK, PARK NATURALIST_ “Oh ranger, please! Just one itzy bitzy piece of petrified wood to take home to show my boy friend. You won’t miss just one teeny weeny piece.” Holding in his hand an assortment of specimens of petrified wood which he had just retrieved from the young lady driving the flashy convertible, the Highway 260 checking station ranger at Petrified Forest National Monument shook his head with a wry smile. “Sorry, lady, but the rules say ‘It is unlawful to injure, destroy, or remove specimens of petrified wood of any size whatsoever found within the monument boundary * * *,’ and my job is to see that this and other regulations are obeyed. You’re right, we would never miss these few pieces if you took them home with you, but they belong to the people of the United States, and if everyone of the 350,000 visitors who come here each year took away only a few specimens, as you wish to do, in a very few years there wouldn’t be any left. It’s my job, as representative of the people of this country, to see that there will always be this great natural display of petrified wood here where it was formed.”