A Marvelous Setting for Nature's Jewels

Postmarked 31 August 1942

Gallup, New Mexico

POSTCARD CAPTION:

AGATIZED LOGS, PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZ. There are hundreds of acres of agataized pine and spruce trees which lie tumbled over the slopes in this vast basin--once the bed of an ancient sea. The surrounding mesas with their bands of different colors and their slopes seamed by the erosion of  countless ages make a marvelous setting for this collection of Nature's jewels.

MESSAGE:

Wilhelmina and I are enjoying a trip to Grand Canyon. It is nice to see her again. The scenery is very beautiful here. / Best wishes / Emma Benton 

Very few days pass without me missing Arizona. This is not one of the scenes I think of during those moments.