A wagon shed, as seen in late spring, part the Daniel Arnold Homestead, a historic farm located in Huber Heights, part of present day Dayton, Ohio. Daniel Arnold a German immigrant, came to the region in the 1830’s from Virginia, building first a cabin and then a large farm house in 1835. The historic Arnold farmstead is the center piece of Dayton’s Carriage Hill MetroPark, which offers both a museum and outdoor exploration opportunities in the surrounding pastures and woodlands. The homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Comb Ridge is an interesting geologic structure, known as a monocline, that exists in the southeast corner of Utah. It stretches for more than 30 miles from the Abajo Mountains in the north, to near Monument Valley in the south. It is known for the many Anasazi ruins that are found on its flanks and in the surrounding area.
A view of downtown Salt Lake City at sunset, with the prominent snow-covered Wasatch mountains rising above some of the city’s largest skyscrapers. At the center of the picture is Temple Square, and one of the Mormon Churches first temples built over a 40 year period, and opened in 1893. Also visible is the Mormon Tabernacle completed in 1867, and home to the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The last rays of the sun reflect off skyscraper buildings, even the first light of evening appear in the temple’s spires.
