Arches National Park:
Arches National Park is a 76,679-acre park located north of Moab in the state of Utah. Bordered by the Colorado River in the southeast, it’s known as the site of more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches. Humans have inhabited the region for 10,000 years, and until roughly 700 years ago the Pueblo People called this area home. In the 1700s the Spanish explorers encountered the Paiute and Ute Native Americans in the area, and in 1855 the first white settlers (the Mormons) built a mission there. In later years the region began to gain popularity as a possible tourist location. In 1929 President Herbert Hoover created Arches National Monument, and in 1938 President Franklin D. Roosevelt enlarged the monument and added development permits. In 1969 President Lyndon B. Johnson expanded the national monument, but in 1971 President Richard Nixon reduced its size and re-designated it as a national park.
