Mather Memorial
At the end of a short side trail off the Giant Logs Trail is a memorial to Stephen Mather, first director of the National Park Service.
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Mather Memorial Details
At the end of a short side trail off the Giant Logs Trail is a memorial to Stephen Mather, an industrialist and conservationist who became the first director of the National Park Service in 1917. Similar monuments have been laid at other national parks, from Acadia to Zion. Like the others, the one at Petrified Forest reads: "He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done." The Mather Memorial at Petrified Forest is the only memorial to be personally dedicated by National Park Service Director Horace Albright.
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Rainbow Forest
Beginning at the southern entrance station and including the Rainbow Forest Museum is the Rainbow Forest area of the park.
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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Rainbow Forest Museum
Rainbow Forest Museum near the south entrance of the park offers exhibits of petrified wood, fossils and dioramas of prehistoric animals that lived in the park.
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Old Faithful
Old Faithful is possibly the most famous petrified log in the world.
